Selected Links

Aerophilatelic Links

• SOLITAIRED Aviation Solitaire Game
  
  We took Solitaire to "new heights" and created a special “Heroes of Space and Flight” card design. Still plays like the classic card game of course, but our unique version features some of the most prominent figures in aviation history, such as the Wright brothers, Wernher von Braun, and even Leonardo da Vinci.
  
  It's also totally free-to-play. Check it out if you want to:
  https://solitaired.com/?deck=space-flight
• Richter Library with Pan American Digitized Treasures
  

  Aviation portal CLIR’d for take-off

  Grant fuels digitization and dissemination of treasured Pan American troves of company files, related government files, Pan Am History files.  Much of this Special Collection at the library is now available for download.
• 100 Years of Airmail-Smithsonian Air&Space Magazine
  The Smithsonian magazine  Air&Space  provided a special report to commemorate the 100th anniversary of air mail delivery in the United States
• Aerophilately Discussions hosted at Groups.io
  This discussion group, dedicated to Aerophilately is a secure group. To subscribe send an email to Aerophilately+subscribe@groups.io and the manager will approve. Once a member, your email to aerophilately@groups.io goes to all members. The Group.io has a files section that has numerous aero related materials including timetables for PAA, Airmail Postage Rates for Canada from the beginning to the recent data, Morenweiser's data collection for British censor tapes during WWII, China Clipper crash reports, a photo of a Baby Clipper waiting for restoration at the Smithsonian and other Aero items. If you have an Aero related question, somebody in the group can probably answer it for you.
• Aerodacious
  This massive site provides data including: Air Mail Etiquettes & Labels National Air Mail Week Canada Air Mail First Flights Pioneer Air Mail First Flights FAM Foreign Flights      
• Inverted Jenny Website
• FISA - International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies
• Jens Schenkenberger's Luftschiff Homepage
• John Dziadecki's Zeppelin Web Site
• FIP Commission for Aerophilately
  Click on Contacts - Commissions
• Catapult Mail
  Rate Study in Progress
• Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club "Otto Lilienthal"
• Symbols on Airmail Stamps
  Website showing various symbols on airmail stamps.  Hosted by Justin Milliun, jmilliun@ieee.org
• Scout Air & Space Mail
  This special collection highlights the wonder of flight and Scout topical philately. Categories include air flight, balloons, rigid airships, rockets, and even feathered flight. This tribute to aerophilately is sponsored by Scouts on Stamps Society International http://www.sossi.org. SOSSI specializes in the collecting, study, and enjoyment of stamps and other postal items celebrating the Boy Scout and Girl Scout (Guide) movements.

Aerophilatelic Societies

• National Postal Museum
  The NPM is the prime U.S. Museum for U.S. Postal History.
• FISA - International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies
• Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club
  "Otto Lilienthal-German"
• Aerogramme Society
• Irish Airmail Society
• Wreck & Crash Mail Society
  International society for collectors of Air Crash, Shipwreck or Trainwreck cover
• The Flying Duchman (De Vliegende Hollender) Airmail Society
  Mostly in Dutch, but has an English section.
• Canadian Aerophilatelic Society
• British Airmail Society

Aviation Links

• Great American Adventurers: The Wright Brothers
• Photos, Aviation and Other
  This site has a large number of aviation photos that can be purchased for publication and website use for prices that range from $3 to $12. It also contains photos from about 100 other categories. The license agreement page has a sidebar that is actually somewhat readable next to the legal stuff.
• Papers of G.U. "Scotty" Allan
  National Library of Australia MS4911 Papers of G.U. "Scotty" Allan - Famous Australian pilot
• American Airlines Museum Ft. Worth, TX
  The CR Smith Museum preserves the history of American Airlines and explains what it takes to run the airline, as told through the perspective of the team members who work there. Through its activities, the museum serves American Airlines team members and the aviation industry – past and present, and interested members of the general public. The museum is committed to education, with a focus on hands-on, interactive learning.  
• Richter Library with Pan American Digitized Treasures
  

  Aviation portal CLIR’d for take-off

  Grant fuels digitization and dissemination of treasured Pan American troves of company files, related government files, Pan Am History files.  Much of this Special Collection at the library is now available for download.
• TWA Museum
  

  Up Up and Away with the TWA Museum in Kansas City, Mo This airline is remembered in Kansas City with a very nice museum.

  [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="513"] Memorabilia overload awesomeness in the main room of the TWA Museum[/caption]                          
• SNO Museum
  San Francisco Airport Aviation Museum Museum is located at the entrance to the International Terminal at the San Francisco Airport. Contains numerous exhibits, mostly related to Pan American Airways as it used that airport. The museum has a wide range of permanent and temporary exhibits mostly related to photography and aviation. The museum space is filled with many scale models of aircraft ranging from the first airplanes to modern aircraft.
• Airline Timetable Images
  This site contains airline timetables for about 3,100 different airlines. These usually seem to go back to the airline's origin. In some cases the listings continue into the 1960's. A good bibliography of airline history can be found at: http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/books.htm
• Delta Flight Museum - Atlanta
  Delta Heritage Transport Museum Library of the Museum includes some 140 boxes of the publication Official Airline Guide (OAG) 1929-2007 Great Resource for airline timetables https://delta.pastperfectonline.com/library/7F00E330-D995-43F2-B943-223053151716        
• Pan American Heritage Web Site
  A great site for ex Pan Am employees and anyone interested in the world's greatest airline. Add your name to the guestbook, post messages, and look up Pan Am historical information.  
• Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
  A society for people interested in the history of the airship base at Lakehurst, New Jersey
• Flying Clippers
  FlyingClippers.com aims to recreate the days of Pan American Airways and their Fabulous Flying Ships and aviation’s Golden Age 1934-1946. Here you will learn about the 28 planes that changed the way we travel and think about the world. Includes information on the China Clipper and Boeing B-314 and a shop for related items.
• Aviation History Online Museum
  Aircraft photos available for download
• Airmail Pioneers
  This website is dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Air Mail Service, a little-remembered organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation worldwide.

Member Dealer Links

• Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc.
  Email: hgitner@hgitner.com - Updated Zeppelin & Aerophilately Price List with many cover images
• Subway Stamp Shop
  America's largest stamp collecting supply dealer, including aerophilatelic literature, pages & cover holders
• Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc.
• Jim Forte
  Worldwide Postal History & Airmail Postal History.  Email: jimforte@postalhistory.com
• Aerophil
  Aerophilatelic Books, Air Mail Covers & Air Crash Covers.
• Michael Rogers, Inc.
  Philatelic auctions with lots of aerophilatelic material
• James Bendon Ltd.
  Publishers and distributors of world-wide philatelic literature.
• Steven Zirinsky Stamps
  Member AAMS, APS, PTS, ASDA and NZSDA. Focus on Pacific airmail, Canton Island and USTT. Email: szirinsky@cs.com
• Stamp Auction Network
  Auctions with aerophilatelic & Zeppelin material appear at Stamp Auction Central.  Email: SUMMITAUC@aol.com