Balloon ascensions
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En Ballon! Pendant le Siege de Paris (in French), by Gaston Tissandier (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)- A Letter, Addressed to a Female Friend, by Mrs. Sage, the First English Female Aerial Traveller, Describing the General Appearance and Effects of Her Expedition With Mr. Lunardi's Balloon, Which Ascended From St. George's Fields on Wednesday, 29th June, 1785, Accompanied by George Biggin, Esq. (second edition; London: Printed for the writer. ca. 1785), by Mrs. Sage (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- Travels in the Air (London: R. Bentley, 1871), by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents (1870), by Fulgence Marion (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (New York: C. Scribner and Co., 1870), by Fulgence Marion (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (London et al.: Cassell Petter and Galpin, n.d.), by Fulgence Marion (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Up in the Clouds, or, Balloon Voyages, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
- Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Hatton Turnor
- A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries With Mons. Blanchard: With Meteorological Observations and Remarks: The First Voyage, on the Thirtieth of November, 1784, From London Into Kent; The Second, On the Seventh of January, 1785, From England Into France (London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Robson, 1786), by John Jeffries
- Tom Sawyer Abroad, by Mark Twain (Gutenberg text)
- Tom Sawyer Ilmailija (Huckleberry Finn'in Jatko) (Tom Sawyer Abroad in Finnish; Helsinki: Otava, 1909), by Mark Twain, trans. by Tyko Hagman (Gutenberg text)
- An Account of Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland, in a Series of Letters to His Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni (London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, 1786), by Vincent Lunardi (page images at HathiTrust)
- Travels in the Air (London: R. Bentley, 1871), by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Filed under: Aeronautics- NASA Contractor Report (partial serial archives)
- Reports and Memoranda, ed. by Great Britain Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Great Britain Aeronautical Research Committee, and Aeronautical Research Council (Great Britain) (partial serial archives)
- NASA Technical Note (partial serial archives)
- Technical Note (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) (partial serial archives)
- Aircraft: Its Development in War and Peace and its Commercial Future (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1919), by Evan J. David
- Annals of Some Remarkable Aërial and Alpine Voyages, Including Those of the Author; To Which Are Added, Observations of the Affections to Which Aerial and Mountain Travellers Are Liable, and an Essay on the Flight and Migration of Birds (London: Keating and Brown, 1832), by T. Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation: A Contribution Towards a System of Aviation, Compiled from the Results of Numerous Experiments Made by O. and G. Lilienthal (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911), by Otto Lilienthal, trans. by A. W. Isenthal, contrib. by Gustav Lilienthal
- The Mastery of the Air, by William J. Claxton (Gutenberg text)
- The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, by Octave Chanute and Louis-Pierre Mouillard, trans. by Eugene Mortiz and M. Louise Kraus (HTML at msstate.edu)
- The Record of an Aeronaut: Being the Life of John M. Bacon (London: J. Long, 1907), by Gertrude Bacon
- Bibliography of Louis Pierre Mouillard (Lancaster, PA: The author, 1961), by Pearl I. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
- French-English and English-French Dictionary of Aviation (New York: Languages Pub. Co., 1918), by Robert M. Pierce (page images at HathiTrust)
- Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion From Chester, the Eighth of September, 1785, Taken From Minutes Made During the Voyage (Chester, UK: Printed for the author, 1786), by Thomas Baldwin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Description of an Artificial Hand (also includes his "Practical Remarks on Aerial Navigation" and "Essay on the Means of Promoting Safety in Railway Carriages"; London: Tyler and Reed, 1845), by George Cayley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Project for Flying: In Earnest at Last! (New York: A. W. Macdonald, 1871), by Robert Hardley (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Project for Flying: In Earnest at Last! (1871), by Robert Hardley (Gutenberg text)
- Travels in the Air (London: R. Bentley, 1871), by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- With The Night Mail; and As Easy as A.B.C. (with notes, and illustrations from original publications; 2013), by Rudyard Kipling (PDF at Forgotten Futures)
- The Air Pirate (London: Hurst and Blackett, ca. 1919), by C. Ranger Gull
- By Airship to Ophir (London: J. F. Shaw and Co., 1911), by Fenton Ash (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Flying Man: or, The Adventures of a Young Inventor (Boys' Star Library #187; 1891), by Harry Kennedy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together With Extracts From the Contemporary Magazine in Which It Appeared) (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1909), by Rudyard Kipling, illust. by Frank X. Leyendecker and Henry Reuterdahl (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Flying Family in Greenland (New York: T. Y. Crowell Co., c1935), by George R. Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- I Fly for News (New York: A. and C. Boni, 1932), by Larry Rue (page images at HathiTrust)
- Aeronautica: or, Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation, Comprising an Enlarged Account of the Late Aerial Expedition to Germany (London: F. C. Westley, 1838), by Monck Mason (multiple formats at archive.org)
- "We" (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927), by Charles A. Lindbergh, contrib. by Myron T. Herrick and Fitzhugh Green
- Santos-Dumont and the Invention of the Airplane (Rio de Janeiro: Centro Brasiliero de Pesquisas Fisicas, 2006), by Henrique Lins de Barros, trans. by Maria Cristina Ramalho Ardoy (PDF in Brazil)
- Santos-Dumont e a Invenção do Avião (in Portuguese; 2006), by Henrique Lins de Barros (PDF in Brazil)
- Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Hatton Turnor
- A History of Aeronautics, by Evelyn Charles Vivian (Gutenberg text)
- An Account of Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland, in a Series of Letters to His Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni (London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Bell, 1786), by Vincent Lunardi (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annals of Some Remarkable Aërial and Alpine Voyages, Including Those of the Author; To Which Are Added, Observations of the Affections to Which Aerial and Mountain Travellers Are Liable, and an Essay on the Flight and Migration of Birds (London: Keating and Brown, 1832), by T. Forster (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Dominion of the Air, by John M. Bacon (Gutenberg text)
- Travels in the Air (London: R. Bentley, 1871), by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents (1870), by Fulgence Marion (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (New York: C. Scribner and Co., 1870), by Fulgence Marion (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or, The Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages (London et al.: Cassell Petter and Galpin, n.d.), by Fulgence Marion (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- The Future of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation, ed. by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, Raja Pasasuraman, and James P. McGee (page images with commentary at NAP)
- Flight to the Future: Human Factors in Air Traffic Control, ed. by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, and James P. McGee (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
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