LibGuides: Fight and Flight: Aviation

Aviation in the Past

NASA
A history of aviation, starting with Greek mythology and going up to the Wright Brothers.

Federal Aviation Administration
A history of aviation through photographs.
The Wright Brothers
First in Flight...from the Smithsonian Institute.
The National World War II Aviation Museum
Learn about planes in WW II, something that was not really possibly in WW I.
Aviation in the Korean and Vietnam Wars
Another exhibit from the Smithsonian Air and Space museum.

Air Pioneers by Neil Morris
Call Number: 920 MOR
ISBN: 1932333819
Publication Date: 2011-02-08
This book profiles the lives of George Cayley, the Wright brothers, Louis Bleriot, Alcock and Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and other air pioneers.
The Wright Brothers and Other Pioneers of Flight by Ole Steen Hansen
Call Number: 920 HAN
ISBN: 0778712001
Publication Date: 2002-10-31
This book traces the early history of flight, from flying in a hot air balloon in 1783 to the Wright brothers' Flyer III, a practical airplane in 1905.

Modern Military Aviation
The Smithsonian Institute looks at how the military uses aviation today.
The Black Box
How a black box can tell us what happened in a plane crash. You'll see why the whole plane isn't made out of the black box.
How Modern Airplanes work
Click ahead and read every page and watch the video about fuel efficiency.

Super Jumbo Jets by Brian Baum
Call Number: 629.133 BAU
ISBN: 0823961125
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
This book explores the science of aviation, describing the history of jet engines and jumbo jet planes and the benefits of super jumbo jets in the future.