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British Airways Museum
Website under development
The Museum holds archives covering the development of commercial flight in
Britain. The museum's curator can be contacted on phjarvis@hotmail.com
The First Flights Across the Atlantic
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/firstflight.html
Charts the history of transatlantic flights, with photographs of the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic.
Vickers Vimy Bomber
www.leighton-museum.org.uk/gallery3/morgan/02.htm
Photographs and information about the Vickers Vimy Bomber, the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
Charles Lingbergh
www.charleslindbergh.com
Site dedicated to the first man to fly the Atlantic solo.
John Alcock and Arthur Brown
www.fi.edu/flights/long/
Contains short biographies of the two men, with details of their non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
History of Aviation: Pan Am
www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Commercial_Aviation/Pan_Am/Tran12.htm
History of Pan American Airways. Also has a biography of Juan Trippe, the aviation entrepreneur behind the airline.
Imperial Airways
www.imperial-airways.com
Site discussing the history of the airline and its aircrafts. Includes photographs and a timeline.
Flying Boats
http://airlines.afriqonline.com/features/flyboats.htm
A linear history of flying boats, with photographs.
National Museum of Naval Aviation
www.naval-air.org/exhibits/nc4.asp
Webpage of the Washington-based National Museum of Naval Aviation discussing the NC-4 flying boat.
Journey of the NC-4
http://history1900s.about.com/library/prm/bljourneyofnc4_1.htm
Article about the competition to be the first transatlantic flying boat to cross the Atlantic.
Zeppelins and German-built Aircraft
www.ciderpresspottery.com/ZLA/greatzeps/Great_Zepps.html
Click on 'Hindenburg' to find out more about the infamous airship.
The Wright Brothers: The aviation pioneers who changed the world by Ian Mackersey (Little, Brown, 2003)
Charts the progress of the two bicycle mechanics that changed the world with the Kitty Hawk in December 1903. Buy this book from Amazon
Our Transatlantic Flight by Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (Kimber, 1969)
A personal account of the first non-stop transatlantic crossing in 1919. Buy this book from Amazon
Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the track of Imperial Airways by Alexander Frater (Penguin Books, 1987)
A history of early aviation and a wealth of knowledge about modern flying. Buy this book from Amazon
Concorde (Airliner Colour History) by Gunter Endres (Motorbooks International, 2001)
A history of Concorde, with photographs, charting its first supersonic flight across the Atlantic. Buy this book from Amazon
Cutty Sark and the Great Clippers
Graphics version (includes layout and images)