April 6, 2003 
"Look... up in the sky... it's a bird... no, it's a plane... no, it's...well, yes it is a plane".
Today's FamSite looks at the magic of flight, but not from the dry old historical perspective, but from a unique point of view. This well designed site looks at the first manned fligh... continue reading...
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teaching tool December 4, 2002 
With all the focus on outer space, what with the space shuttle and the new space station, I thought it would be fun to go in the other direction, and look at a site that explored inner space. Today's FamSite is one that goes to great depths to get that message across.
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world wide web November 18, 2002 
Today's FamSite is one that brings back an air of nostalgia, yet is very innovative with its subject matter. The nostalgia is for those of us who lived through the Apollo moon flights, the cutting edge is for those of us who think it is time that we went back again, and even be... continue reading...
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www hq October 31, 2002 
Over the past years, headlines have been made about the discovery of ships that had been lost at sea, and through the use of modern technology, had been found again. Titanic, Bismarck, Yorktown, and others have been featured in several magazines. But the research and adventure that led to t... continue reading...
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