All Ages Video Playlist
Click to zoom into the sky with any of these amazing airplane videos!
Airplane History
Animated History of Flight – UVU Aviation
See where airplanes started and where they are now.
Who Really Invented the Airplane? – The Good Stuff
We all know it is the Wright Brothers, right? Maybe. Maybe not…
Amy’s Aviation: Wooden Planes – Fun Kids Learn
Learn the history of how wooden airplanes evolved.
Early Aviation Innovators
Miss Todd from Kristina Yee on Vimeo.
Miss Todd – Kristina Yee – National Film & Television School UK
Follow along with the incredible story of the first woman to build and design her own airplane.
Bessie Coleman – 3 Minute History Cartoon – Innovative History
Learn more about Brave Bessie Coleman, a daring barnstormer pilot. She had many firsts like becoming the first African-American to earn an international pilot’s license.
CGI 3D Animated Short: “Aviatrice” – by ESMA – TheCGBros
Discover Jacqueline Auriol, the first French woman to break the sound barrier.
The Early Days of Manned Flight
Breakthrough: Ideas That Changed the World – Abass Ibn Farnas – PBS
Over a thousand years ago, this inventor leaped from a cliff in a suit covered in feathers. See how this modern wing suit flyer builds on Ibn Farnas’ ideas from long ago.
Breakthrough: Ideas That Changed the World – Alphonse Pénaud – The Forgotten Pioneer – PBS
Alphonse’s airplane design was ahead of its time but people were too interested in hot air balloons to try it. Learn about the famous aviators he did inspire with a toy plane design.
The Brilliant Engineering of the First Flight – Lesics
Learn more about how the Wright Brothers’ airplane design worked and how it influences aircraft design today.
Just For Fun
Popularity of Barnstormers in the 1920s – Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Fly alongside Barnstormers as you learn more about Brave Bessie Coleman.
Night Ballet – EAA AirVenture Night Air Show – Jim Soyk
Is that a fireworks show? Wait…The fireworks are shooting from the plane’s wings! Check out this unforgettable night-time air show.
World’s Smallest Jet – Interview With Justin Lewis, Pilot of the FLS Microjet – AirshowStuffVideos
Wow! Check out this tiny little homemade jet that flies over 300 miles an hour.