1. Prehistory, Kites, Gliders, Engineless AirplanesLegend and FlightEgyptian Model AirplaneThe Flying MonkMan Flying KitesParachutesCharles DellschauBaden Baden-PowellWar GlidersThe Triple NickelCrossing the ChannelDaedalus 2. BalloonsBlanchardHydrogenEnglish BalloonsAir Mail, 1859Observation BalloonsApennines BalloonBalloon BombsTale of Two BalloonsLighter than Air 3. Airships and DirigiblesVision of FlightEarly DirigiblesAn American DirigibleSan Francisco DirigibleMorrel's ArielThe California EagleZeppelin in MinnesotaWar ZeppelinsHindenburg in Flames 4. Before the Wright BrothersCayley's Flying MachineAirplane as a BirdAlphonse PenaudAeronautics, 1869Maxim's AirplaneTesting PropellersJohn MontgomeryOctave ChanuteNames of MachinesAeronautics 1897-1911 5. The Wright BrothersWhy the Wrights FlewWright & LilienthalTaylor's EngineWright and LangleyHidden Wright BrothersFirst AirplaneAnother First Airplane!Two Visions of FlightSimple Gifts 6. Early Flight & FliersLearning to FlyFlight in 1909First DaredevilHerbert HinklerCharles LindberghWrong-Way CorriganWriting About Flight 7. World War IAerial Warfare, 1909Baden Baden-PowellWar ZeppelinsEarly WarplanesSopwithFokkerNieuport 17Fokker D-VIIdeHavilland DH-4War & Technology 8. Commercial AircraftOld AirportsSeaplanesIgor SikorskyFlying the AtlanticThe DC-3The Maxim GorkySoviet DisastersNevil ShuteThe Comet DisastersPiper CubFloating Airports 9. Variety in AircraftLearning to FlyAerial MapsHelicopterXP-75Organs & AirplanesFlight of VoyagerCyclocraneMummy, North PoleGhosts From the SkyNASA's Helios 10. World War IINevil Shute's OrdealTo Kill a CitySopwithListening DevicesRadarNorden's BombsightHinman CollatorHannah ReitschWar GlidersThe Japanese ZeroBalloon BombsSoviet Women PilotsPloestiGlide BombsTuskegee AirmenFlying FortressLulu Belle 11. Women and MinoritiesWomen in FlightDolly ShepherdEarly Women FliersHarriet QuimbyKatherine StinsonGene BullardBessie ColemanBlack AviatorWest With the NightAmelia EarhartAmy JohnsonHannah ReitschSoviet Women Pilots 12. Space & Space TravelCyrano de BergeracGerman RocketryVon Braun & HistoryRocket BeltAn Elevator to HeavenMoment of InertiaRocket BoysCrawler-TransporterUllage in a PenMining the MoonMoonfall. 1969Shuttle GlowVoices from AdelaideMcDouall Stuart ExpeditionLift-Off 13. Additional Design IssuesWings Stability Inherent Stability, 1916 Le Corbusier & Aircraft Completed Technologies Retractable Landing Gear Worst Airplanes Faster Than Sound Boundary Layers NASA's Helios
