Web Sites

www.firstflightcentennial.org
First Flight Centennial Foundation. Find a list of First Flight events around the United States.

www.centennialofflight.gov/chrono/preface.htm
Wilber and Orville Wright: a Chronology. View the Wrights’ flight logs from 1900-1918, short biographies, and a chronology of the attempts at the first flight.

www.first-to-fly.com
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Co. A very comprehensive overview of the the flight, the brothers’ experiments, images of the equipment, and music from that era.

www.nps.gov/wrbr/
National Park Monument to the Wright Brothers. View events that will commemorate the brothers at the monument in Kill Devil Hills, NC, see the latest news, and plan your trip to the park.

www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html
Time Magazine: the Wright Brothers. View a video clip of a 1908 flight by Wilbur, take a quiz testing your aviation knowledge, and see a historic Time magazine front cover.

www.outerbanks.com/wrightbrothers/wrightlc.htm
Wright Brothers Photographs. Look at fascinating photographs from the Library of Congress’ collection.

Wright Brothers

On great white wings : the Wright brothers and the race for flight.
Culick, Fred 629.130092 CUL

To conquer the air : the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight.
Tobin, James 629.130092 TOB

The Wright brothers and the invention of the aerial age.
Crouch, Tom D. 629.130092 CRO

Understanding Flight

The Complete idiot’s guide to flying and gliding
Lane, Bill 629.13 LAN

The Miracle of flight
Dalton, Stephen 591.479 DAL

Understanding flight
Anderson, David F. 629.13 AND

Flights in History

Deadly departure : why the experts failed to prevent the TWA flight 800 disaster and how it could happen again
Negroni, Christine 363.12416 NEG

The Forbidden diary : a B-24 navigator remembers
Stewart, John Lawrence 940.5442 STE

Men In The Air: The Best Flight Stories Of All Time From Greek Mythology To The Space Age
Aymar, Brandt 629.1309 MEN

Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground
Ottis, Sherri Greene 940.548641 OTT

Whistling death : the test pilot’s story of the F4U Corsair
Guyton, Boone T. 358.43 GUY

The Wild blue : the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany 1944-45
Ambrose, Stephen E. 940.5449 AMB (Also available in Large Print)

Personal Narratives

Forever flying : fifty years of high-flying adventures, from barnstorming in prop planes to dogfighting Germans to testing supersonic jets
Hoover, R. A. 629.13092 HOO

Plane insanity : a flight attendant’s tales of sex, rage, and queasiness at 30,000 feet
Hester, Elliott Neal. 387.742092 HES

Press on! : further adventures in the good life
Yeager, Chuck 623.746048 YEA

The Wrong stuff
Moore, John 629.13092 MOO

Female Aviators

Amelia Earhart’s daughters : the wild and glorious story of American women aviators from World War II to the dawn of the space age
Haynsworth, Leslie 629.130922 HAY

Amelia Earhart’s shoes : is the mystery solved?
King, Thomas F. 629.13092 AME

Amelia Earhart : the mystery solved
Long, Elgen M. 629.13092 LON

Daughter of the air : the brief soaring life of Cornelia Fort
Simbeck, Rob B FORT

Last flight
Earhart, Amelia 629.13092 EAR

The Mercury 13: the untold story of 13 American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Ackmann, Martha 629.45 ACK

The Wright Stuff - Flights of Fiction

Anderson, Alison, Hidden Latitudes*

Bach, Richard, Out Of My Mind : The Discovery Of Saunders-Vixen

Biggins, John, The Two-Headed Eagle

Blackstock, Terri, Broken Wings

Blume, Randy, Crazy In The Cockpit : A Novel

Boyne, Walter J., Dawn Over Kitty Hawk: The Novel Of The Wright Brothers

Brown, Dale, Air Battle Force*

Brown, Dale, Wings Of Fire

Carlson, Lori M., The Flamboyant: A Novel

Cassutt, Michael, Missing Man

Collins, Max Allan, Flying Blind: A Novel Of Amelia Earhart

Corrick, Martin, The Navigation Log: A Novel

Denny, Robert, Night Run

Faulkner, William, Pylon

Forsyth, Frederick, The Shepherd

Francis, Dick, Rat Race

Garner, Sharon K., River Of Dreams

Gerritsen, Tess, Gravity*

Gilling, Tom, The Adventures Of Miles And Isabel

Henderson, Dee, True Valor

Humphreys, Helen, Leaving Earth : A Novel

Huston, James W., The Shadows Of Power : A Novel

Ing, Dean, The Nemesis Mission

Knox-Mawer, Jane, The Shadow Of Wings

Lindbergh, Reeve, The Names Of The Mountains : A Novel*

Macomber, Debbie, The Last Two Bachelors

Mason, Anita, Reich Angel

Masterton, Graham, Lords Of The Air

Mayhew, Margaret, Our Yanks

Mendelsohn, Jane, I Was Amelia Earhart: A Novel

Moore, Christopher, Island Of The Sequined Love Nun

Morton, C. W., Pilots Die Faster

Nance, John J., Headwind

Oltion, Jerry, Abandon In Place

Rosenbaum, Ray, Condors : A Novel

Rust, Megan Mallory, Coffin Corner

Rust, Megan Mallory, Dead Stick

Rust, Megan Mallory, Red Line

Salter, James, Cassada

Shute, Nevil, An Old Captivity

Spencer, James, The Pilots*

Steel, Danielle, Lone Eagle*

Steel, Danielle, Wings*

Stewart, Chris, The Third Consequence

Willard, Tom, Wings Of Honor

Zahn, Timothy, Conquerors' Heritage

* Also available in Large Print.

 This list was prepared by the St. Charles Public Library, 10/03 jl