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Filed under: Balloons The Dominion of the Air, by John M. Bacon (Gutenberg text) Up in the Clouds, or, Balloon Voyages, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text) 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) 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) 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) Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Hatton Turnor
Filed under: Balloons -- Early works to 1800Filed under: Balloons -- Juvenile fiction
Filed under: Balloons -- Scientific applications -- New Mexico -- Roswell
Filed under: Hot air balloons -- Fiction Cinq Semaines en Ballon: Voyages de Découvertes en Afrique par Trois Anglais (in French; Paris: J. Hetzel et cie, ca. 1867), by Jules Verne, illust. by Edouard Riou and H. de Montaut (multiple formats at archive.org) Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne, trans. by William Lackland, illust. by Edouard Riou and H. de Montaut (illustrated HTML in Israel) Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen, by Jules Verne, trans. by William Lackland (Gutenberg text) Five Weeks in a Balloon: or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (New York: Hurst and Co., c1869), by Jules Verne, trans. by William Lackland
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Filed under: Aeronautics 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) 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
Filed under: Aeronautics -- Early works to 1900 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)
Filed under: Aeronautics -- Fiction
Filed under: Aeronautics -- Flights
Filed under: Aeronautics -- History 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)
Filed under: Aeronautics -- Human factors
Filed under: Aeronautics -- Juvenile fiction The Flying Squad (c1927), by William Avery Bishop and Rothesay Stuart-Wortley (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS) The Aeroplane Boys Among the Clouds: or, Young Aviators in a Wreck (1912), by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text) The Aeroplane Boys Flight: or, A Hydroplane Roundup, by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text) The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing: or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics (1912), by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text) Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic: or, The Longest Flight on Record, by Charles Amory Beach (Gutenberg text) Burton of the Flying Corps (London: H. Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, c1916), by Herbert Strang, illust. by C. E. Brock (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane, or, Daring Adventures Over The Great Lakes, by Roy Rockwood (Gutenberg text) The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly (1912), by Margaret Burnham, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings, by Margaret Burnham (Gutenberg text) L'Aventure de Nicolas Corbin (in French; Paris: Ch. Delagrave, 1890), by Maurice Champagne, illust. by René Giffey (multiple formats at archive.org) On a Torn-Away World, or, The Captives of the Great Earthquake, by Roy Rockwood Round the World in Seven Days (1910), by Herbert Strang, illust. by A. C. Michael (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) The Boy Scouts of the Air at Cape Peril (Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1921), by Gordon Stuart (multiple formats at archive.org) The Boy Scouts of the Air at Eagle Camp (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (page images at HathiTrust) The Boy Scouts of the Air at Greenwood School (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (multiple formats at archive.org) The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) The Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island, by Gordon Stuart (Gutenberg text) The Boy Scouts of the Air with Pershing (Chicago : Reilly and Lee Co., c1919), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by Joseph W. Wyckoff (page images at HathiTrust) The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron, by Robert Shaler (Gutenberg text) The Flying Girl (published under "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym; Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1911), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by Josef Pierre Nuyttens (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML) Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text) Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text) Dave Dashaway, Air Champion: or, Wizard Work in the Clouds (New York: Cupples and Leon, c1915), by Roy Rockwood (page images at HathiTrust) Boy Scouts in an Airship: or, The Warning From the Sky, by G. Harvey Ralphson (Gutenberg text)
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