Aviation History

The history of aviation has extended over more than two thousand years, from the earliest forms of aviation, kites and attempts at tower jumping, to supersonic, and hypersonic flight by powered, heavier-than-air jets.

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The Wright Brothers
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
Flight: The Complete History
Lindbergh
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
Scramble: The Dramatic Story of a Young Fighter Pilot's Experiences during the Battle of Britain & Siege of Malta
Kelly: More Than My Share of It All
Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
Dowding & Churchill: The Dark Side of the Battle of Britain
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain
Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Yeager: An Autobiography
Gustave Whitehead by Susan BrinchmanHistory by Contract by William J. O'DwyerOhio by Louis ChmielBarnstorming by Martin CaidinBleriot by Brian A. Elliot
Early Aviation History Unveiled
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Ann Kathleen Otto
“ Anna sat down and studied her brothers. Both were nearly six feet tall. The older, Addison, was muscular with a darker shade of brown hair compared to the younger, blue-eyed Purl, who was leaner and lighter complexioned. Anna noticed that Purl’s wrists showed below his shirt and coat jacket, hand-me-downs from the uncles. All eight children had trouble adjusting after their parents’ death, but Purl’s situation was the most regrettable—three foster homes since he was fifteen. The moves had been h ...more ”
― Ann Kathleen Otto, Yours in a Hurry: A novel

Hank Bracker
“ Eighty years ago on July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the world in a Lockheed Model 10- Electra. Her expedition, sponsored by Purdue University, a public research university located in West Lafayette, Indiana, was brought to an end when this daring woman aviator and her navigator and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared near Howland Island in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. Since that ti ...more ”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One...."

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