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• Helicopters -- History
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• Rotors (Helicopters)
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• Copters

• V/STOLAND Avionics System Flight-Test Data on a UH-1H Helicopter (Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1980), by Fredric A. Baker, Dean N. Jaynes, Lloyd D. Corliss, Sam Liden, Robert B. Merrick, and Daniel C. Dugan
  • PDF at NASA
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Elements of Propeller and Helicopter Aerodynamics (New York: Pitman Pub. Corp., 1953), by Daniel O. Dommasch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Airmobility, 1961-1971 (Washington: Department of the Army, 1999), by John J. Tolson (PDF at US Army CMH)

• On a Steel Horse I Ride: A History of the MH-53 Pave Low Helicopters in War and Peace (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2012), by Darrel D. Whitcomb (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• A Computer Program for the Determination of the Acoustic Pressure Signature of Helicopter Rotors Due to Blade Thickness (NASA Technical Memorandum X-3323; 1976), by Gerald H. Mall, F. Farassat, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• 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)
• 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
  • page images at lindahall.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• 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
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• 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
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• 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)

• 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 (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere (London: Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Hatton Turnor
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• 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)

• The Flying Squad (London et al.: G. A. Harrap, 1933), 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)
• The Airship Boys in Finance: or, The Flight of the Flying Cow (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1911), by H. L. Sayler, illust. by Sidney H. Riesenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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)
• The Motor Boys on the Wing: or, Seeking the Airship Treasure (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1912), by Clarence Young (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys Over the Ocean: or, A Marvelous Rescue in Mid-Air (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Clarence Young (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys Over the Rockies: or, A Mystery of the Air (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Clarence Young (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• On a Torn-Away World, or, The Captives of the Great Earthquake, by Roy Rockwood
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at durendal.org
• Round the World in Seven Days (1910), by Herbert Strang, illust. by A. C. Michael (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Tom Swift and His Airline Express: or, From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1926), by Victor Appleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets: or, Tracing the Stolen Inventions (New York : Grosset and Dunlap, c1925), by Victor Appleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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)
• The Motor Boys in the Clouds: or, A Trip for Fame and Fortune (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Clarence Young, illust. by Charles Nuttall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys Under the Sea: or, From Airship to Submarine (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1914), by Clarence Young, illust. by Dick Richards (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)
• Linda Carlton, Air Pilot (Akron and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1931), by Edith Lavell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• 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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