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Baker, David. Flight and Flying: A Chronology. Facts on File, 1994. More than 7,000 entries cover the history of aviation until 1992.

Bilstein, Roger E. Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. How the airplane transformed life in the United States.

Chaiken, Andrew. Air and Space: The National Air and Space Museum Story of Flight. New York Graphic Society, 2000. Well-illustrated survey of the museum's artifacts from the history of flight.

Chant, Christopher. A Century of Triumph: The History of Aviation. Free Press, 2002. Copiously illustrated survey of the historical development of aircraft.

Haynsworth, Leslie, and David M. Toomey. Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age. HarperPerennial, 2000. Substantial and engrossing history.

Heppenheimer, T. A. A Brief History of Flight: From Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond. Wiley, 2000. Substantial, wide-ranging account of the history of flight, told in an engaging, sometimes offhand manner.

Heppenheimer, T. A. Turbulent Skies: A History of Commercial Aviation. Wiley, 1995, 1998. A science writer's history of aviation from its beginnings to the 777.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus. The Spirit of St. Louis. Scribner, Adventure Library, 1953. 1985, 1998. Personal account includes solo transatlantic flight in 1927.

Rabinowitz, Harold. Classic Airplanes: Pioneering Aircraft and the Visionaries Who Built Them. Metro, 1999. Photographs and text on 22 early airplanes.

Rendall, David. Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide. Harper Collins, 1999. Detailed information about commercial and military aircraft currently in use.

For younger readers

Berliner, Don. Aviation: Reaching for the Sky. Oliver, 1997. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Holland, Gini. Airplanes. Benchmark, 1996. For readers in grades 3 to 6.

Jennings, Terry. Planes, Gilders, Helicopters, and Other Flying Machines. Kingfisher, 1993. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

Lopez, Donald S. Aviation: A Smithsonian Guide. Macmillan, 1995. For high school readers.

Parker, Steve. What's Inside Airplanes. Bedrick, 1995. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Sullivan, George. How an Airport Really Works. Dutton, 1993. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

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