Aviation

He was able to go up in a plane and fly with a wonderful friend of ours. Please see our unit on Aviation for more information.

With any BSA Merit Badge, please read the specific Merit Badge booklet for requirements and other helps. they are full of wonderful helps, tips and information specific to the Merit Badge. Most libraries carry books, but please make sure it is has the latest requirements. Please check with U.S. Scouter Service Project or Meritbadge.com for this badges current requirements and don't forget to talk with your counselor before beginning this Merit Badge.

Books:

All You Ever Wanted to Know about Flying; the passenger's guide to how airliners fly by Julien Evans (Motorbooks International, 1997; ISBN 0760304610)
How Jet Engines are Made by Julian Moxon (Threshold Books, 1985; ISBN 0816000379)
Pilots and Aviation by Carter M. Ayres (Lerner, 1990; ISBN 0822515903)
Planes and other Aircraft by Nigel Hawkes (Copper Beech Books, 1999; ISBN 076133260X)
The Fantastic Cutaway Book of Flight by Jon Richards, illustrated by Alex Pang (Copper Beech, 1998; ISBN 0761307265)
What if....Airplanes (what if series) by Steve Parker (Copper Beech Books, 1995; ISBN 1562949462)*
What's Inside? Planes edited by Hilary Hockman (DK, 1992; ISBN 0789442965)
Your Flight Questions Answered by a jetliner pilot by John Cronin (Plymouth Press, 1998; ISBN 1882663233)

Websites:

U.S. Centennial of Flight The In depth section is wonderful The Toothpick Air force is also very educational
NASA's web page for the Wright Brothers "Across the Curriculum" WONDERFUL links and education
Countdown to Kitty Hawk Info about the attempt to recreate the 1903 flight.
The Wright Flyer Recreation of the Wright Flyer's home page.
Wright Brothers NOVA Online Teacher guide. Wonderful if you taped the program, although many activities can be done without viewing the program
The Wright Brothers from the U of North Alabama
The Wright Brothers from AllStar Network (small biography)
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Co. First-to-fly.com photos of all 19 Wright Brothers' planes and tons of information! Worth the day spent clicking and learning.
Wilbur and Orville Wright short biography with links.
The Wright Brother from Enchanted Learning
To Fly is Everything A virtual museum covering the Invention of the Airplane from Mississippi State The collection of photos is wonderful!
National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) Great information to read and experiment with even online.
Wright Brothers National Park National Park service
Charles Taylor the forgotten aviator from centennial of flight
Boeing's Commercial Safety web page have a "how airplanes fly" page simple yet very educational.
Blue Angels home page WOW!!
How an Airplane flies from Howstuffworks (with lots of links)
Paper airplanes how to fold lots of paper airplanes--free!
US Air Force History Museum and home page
Alex's paper airplanes
Dedicated Aviation Merit Badge web site from troop 509

Kray April 2003

Last updated: April, 2008

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