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AEROPLANES.IMKEEP LOOKING UP
AN ENTHUSIAST’S PLACE TO EXPLORE

Keep
looking up.

From fragile first flights to the supersonic dream. Follow the machines, meet the stories and find a new reason to watch the sky.

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History • Engineering • Isle of Man heritage

Original illustration of an imagined aviation heritage hall
An imagined hangar. Original illustration, not a photograph of a real museum.
01 / CHOOSE YOUR FLIGHT PATH

A century of questions.
A sky full of stories.

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Through history

Twelve milestones, with filters and stories behind the dates.

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Compare aircraft

Dimensions, roles and carefully labelled figures side by side.

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Identify that aircraft

Six original silhouette puzzles. Clues and explanations included.

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02 / ON THE ISLAND

The Isle of Man.
A different view of aviation.

Ronaldsway, former wartime airfields, local museum stories and a hangar that is itself part of the heritage.

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FIELD NOTE / IOM

Look beyond the aircraft.

A building, a photograph or a family story can tell you something a performance table never will.

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03 / THE AIRCRAFT GALLERY

Familiar silhouettes. Unfamiliar details.

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Concorde, BA passenger configuration

Speed changed the shape of the entire experience.

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Avro Vulcan B2

The delta wing on a monumental scale.

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Lockheed SR-71A

A reconnaissance aircraft shaped around extraordinary speed.

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04 / WATCH THE SKY

What’s flying now?

Open a real flight-tracking provider, then learn what the labels and gaps mean.

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05 / THE READING ROOM

One good question leads to another.

Facts

How wings work

Lift without the misleading reunion story.

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Four forces, one flight

A useful starting point for understanding an aeroplane.

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Range is not a guaranteed route

Why the biggest number is not always the useful one.

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06 / TAKE A LITTLE AVIATION HOME

The Keep Looking Up collection.

Original gifts and useful printable companions, with the same curiosity that runs through the site.

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The Keep Looking Up aviation collection artwork