Engineering

Page Updated June 2022 .

A Century of Flight  This site covers the century's landmark achievements since the first Wright Brothers flight in 1903.

Airliners.net  Just choose your aircraft and get all the facts, pictures and information you could ever want. A premier site for aviation enthusiasts.

Concorde SST  Click on the parts of a Concorde to learn about its airframe, engines, fuel, nose, speed, and wings. (No plug-in required.) From NOVA.

Beginner's Guide to Propulsion  How do jet engines work? Why are there different kinds of jet engines? The Beginner's Guide to Propulsion from the aeronautics resources at the NASA Glenn Research Center answers these and many other related questions.

Build a Bridge  Learn about the four major types of bridges and match the right bridge to the right location. From NOVA.

Building Big  Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston.

Deltaworks  This site presents the Deltaworks--a system involving locks, channels, and other control methods to prevent flooding. Many people in the Netherlands believe it is the eighth wonder of the world.

Dryden Flight Research Center Archives  This archive contains digitized images, movies, and audio of the unique research aircraft flown at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California from the 1940s to the present.

Fast Attacks & Boomers  Discover how nuclear powered submarines were built, operated and used during the Cold War.

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century  Explore a list of the top 20 engineering achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.

Hot Air Ballooning  From an easy to understand explanation of how balloons fly to answers to typical kids' questions like "What happens if a bird flies into a balloon?" Hot Air Ballooning provides a thorough overview of these graceful devices.

How Air Traffic Control Works  There are 5,000 planes in U.S. airspace every hour. See how all that traffic moves in the air and on the ground.

How Gas Turbine Engines (and Jet Engines) Work  Ever wondered about the inner workings of those large turbine engines that propel airplanes? This site describes the whole process.

Lift and Drag  This interactive activity will help you understand lift and drag and how it relates to race cars.

National Association of Rocketry  Model rocket competition from the National Association of Rocketry.

The Aviation History Online Museum  This site has everything from pictures to information about the history of flight. Including a section of links to other sites.

The Science of Cycling  Investigate the science behind the wheel, drives and gears, frames and materials, braking and steering, aerodynamics and human power.

United States Corp of Engineers Information Network Home Page  Explains what the Corp does and reports on several projects they are presently working on.

Unusual Vehicles  Small companies attempting to get in the vehicle market regularly produce strange, but effective vehicles. Compiled here is a list of various eccentric vehicles and unique concepts.