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The Air Almanac. US Government Printing Office, Astronomical data for air navigators, published three times a year by the US Naval Observatory.

Aviation Week and Space Technology. Weekly news of the flight world, published since 1916.

Bergman, Jules, and Bergman, David. Anyone can fly. New York: Doubleday, Basics, with a glossary.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus. The Spirit of St Louis. New York: Scribner; Avon, 1953; 1985. Personal account includes solo transatlantic flight in 1927.

Lomax, Judy. Women of the Air. New York: Dodd, 1987. A colourful history of women's significant role in aviation.

Mondey, David, and Trippe, Juan, eds. International Encyclopedia of Aviation. New York: Crown, 1977. Illustrated.

Robinson, Anthony. Dictionary of Aviation: an Illustrated History of the Airplane. New York: Crescent, 1984. For the layperson.

Stinton, Darro. Design of the Aeroplane. New York: Sheridan, 1985. The engineering aspects of aeroplane design and operation.

Thurston, David. Design for Flying. Macmillan, 1987. Explains principles of aircraft flight and design. Also Design for Safety (1987).

Todd, Daniel, and Simpson, Jamie. World Aircraft Industry. New York: Auburn House, 1985. A survey of the industry.

Wright, Orville and Wilbur

Combs, Harry. Kill Devil Hill: the Epic of the Wright Brothers, 1899-1909. London: Secker and Warburg, 1980.

Crouch, Tom D. The Bishop's Boys: a Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: W. W. Norton &Company, 1989.

Gibbs-Smith, C. H. The Wright Brothers: a Brief Account of their Work, 1899-1911. London: H.M.S.O., 2d ed., 1987.

Kelly, Fred C. The Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville Wright. Toronto and London: Bantam, 1983. Originally published in 1944.

Tomes, Richard. The Wright Brothers. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1990.

Walsh, John Evangelist. First Flight: the Untold Story of the Wright Brothers. London: Allen and Unwin, 1976.

Wright, Orville, and Wright, Wilbur. Miracle at Kitty Hawk: Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: Da Capo Press Inc., 1996.

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