FREEFLIGHT

FreeFlight

Learn

A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

Foundations

The building blocks of free flight — how a wing generates lift, what wing loading and center of mass mean, and the aircraft that carry pilots aloft without an engine.

11 entries

Weather & Technique

The air pilots read — ridge lift and thermals, katabatic and foehn winds, turbulence and cloud signs, and the meteorology behind a good flying day.

11 entries

Gear & Safety

The equipment and habits that keep a flight routine — reserves and altimeters, radios and locator beacons, and the risk-management thinking behind them.

9 entries

History & Culture

The dreamers and experimenters behind free flight — from Icarus and Leonardo da Vinci's sketches to the 19th-century glider pioneers who proved it could be done.

8 entries