IF USA May 2022 Edition

Aviation History Partnering with Education

at the American Aviation Historical Society

Looking for an aviation-centered educational program for a single student or
a whole class? The American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) is proud to of-
fer its PLANESPOTTER website to educators and individuals who want to help
in an important aircraft identification project!

AAHS has digitized hundreds of thousands of aviation photos, taken by our
members over the last 65 years. These images need to be documented! AAHS
has developed AAHSPlanespotter.com to post images online to view and allow
users to enter information such as aircraft type and manufacturer (see screen
capture, below).

College programs are now using this web application for students as a class as-

signment and extra credit, while individual users across the world are contrib-

uting to this important effort. Do you have a passion for a particular aircraft

genre? AAHS Planespotter can provide users with types of aircraft

www.aahs-online.org images, such as ‘jets’, ‘vintage’ or ‘commercial aviation’. All that is
needed to start is an email address!

[email protected] The website tracks how many images have been documented by

www.aahsplanespotter.com each user, while AAHS volunteers help with QC and fact checking.
AAHS Planespotter provides tutorials on how to identify aircraft, as

well as helpful online resources to help hunt

down aircraft registration numbers, and mil-

itary IDs.

Once images are documented they are add-
ed to the AAHS image database, and posted
the the AAHS image website, where they are
available to the public for search and view-
ing.

Have questions? Contact the AAHS Plane-
spotter Administrator, Steve Riter, at: ivo-
[email protected], or call the

AAHS office at
714-549-4818.

AAHS’ long
standing
mission is in
part dedicated
to collecting
and preserving
a written and
visual record of
the planes, plac-
es, people and
events involved
in the develop-
ment and expan-
sion of American
aviation.