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The following items may be found in the Atlantic City Free Public Library (ACFPL) or at the Asbury Park Public Library (APPL). Some items are non-circulating. Please contact or visit either of our libraries if these materials interest you!

BOOKS

Harris, Sherwood. The First to Fly: Aviation's Pioneer Days. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1970.
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Jane, Fred T. Jane’s All the World’s Airships, 1909: A Reprint of the First Annual Issue of All the World’s Air-Ships. New York: Arco Publishing Co., 1969.
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Jane, Fred T. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1919: A Reprint of the 1919 Edition of All the World's Air-craft. New York: Arco Publishing Co., 1969.
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Reilly, H. V. Pat. From the Balloon to the Moon: A Chronology of New Jersey’s Amazing Aviation History. Oradell, NJ: HV Publishers, 1992.
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ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS

Bellville, Cheryl Walsh. The Airplane Book. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 1991.
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Botermans, Jack. High Flying Paper Airplanes. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 2005.
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Cooper, Jason. Aviones [Spanish-language]. Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Enterprises, 1991.
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Freedman, Russell. The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane. New York : Holiday House, 1991.
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Grimes, Nikki. Talkin' About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Bessie Coleman. New York : Orchard Books, 2002.
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Leder, Jane. Amelia Earhart. San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 1989.
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Moser, Barry. Fly!: A Brief History of Flight Illustrated. New York : Willa Perlman Books, 1993.
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Nahum, Andrew. Flying Machine. New York : Knopf, 1990.
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Sproule, Anna. Los Hermanos Wright: Los Pioneros de la Aviacion [Spanish-language]. Madrid : Ediciones SM, 1990.
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DVDs

Amelia. Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2010. ACFPL

"Black Wings: The American Black Aviation" in Black History. WWII, the Beginning of Change. (Woodland Hills, CA : St. Clair Vision, 2007.) ACFPL

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

The Atlantic City Free Public Library's Heston Collection has historical resources related to aviation in Atlantic City. These include:

Photographs and postcards from the 1910 Aero Meet (also part of the Virtual Exhibit)
Atlantic City Aero Club Scrapbook Collection (1910-1912)
Local History Subject Files related to Aviation History
Photographs and the official mayoral proclamation from Charles Lindbergh's 1927 visit to Atlantic City

The Asbury Park Public Library has a large collection of postcards, books and other material related to early aviation worldwide.

JOURNAL AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Curtiss, Glenn H. "The Aeroplane for the Navy," Columbian Magazine, 1910.

Kravitz, Pinky. "Atlantic City and Aircraft," Atlantic City Weekly, 15 July 2004.

Post, Augustus. "Atlantic City, The New Air Port," Columbian Magazine, 1910.

LIBRARY DATABASES

Biography Databases - search for information about aviators, such as Glenn Curtiss, Walter Brookins, Frank Coffyn, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and Dr. Albert Forsythe. *NOTE: a library card may be required to access these

Biography Collection Complete ACFPL APPL
Biography Reference Library ACFPL
Biography Resource Center ACFPL
Oxford African American Studies Center ACFPL

Science Databases - search for information about aviation, aeronautics, airplanes, flight, and more.

Science Reference Center ACFPL APPL
Science Reference Library ACFPL

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Atlantic City Daily Press
-- Foreign Wizards of Air to Fly for City Meet. June 27, 1910, page 1.
-- Erect Massive Aerodrome Here on Vogler Tract. June 29, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Count to Fly in Bleriot Biplane. June 30, 1910, pages 1, 7.
-- Air Carnival Fund Jumps Over $1000 in Single Day. June 30, 1910, page 1.
-- Aviation Fund is Growing (Curtiss arrives). July 1, 1910, page 1-2.
-- To Begin Flying Here on Monday. July 2, 1910, pages 1, 3.
-- Curtiss to Fly This Afternoon. July 4, 1910, pages 1, 8.
-- Carnival Fund Reaches $21,300; Still Soaring. July 4, 1910, pages 1, 9.
-- Everything on Beach Ready for Aviation Events Today. July 4, 1910, page 8.
-- Curtiss Makes Most Dangerous Trip of Career. July 5, 1910, pages 1, 7.
-- Patience and Aviation [ed.]. July 5, 1910, page 6.
-- Immense Crowd on Boardwalk Watch for Aeroplane Flight. July 5, 1910, page 8.
-- G. Curtiss in Air for 8 Minutes. July 6, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Carnival Fund Reaches $21,119. July 6, 1910, pages 1, 6.
-- Aviation Movements on Press Bulletin. July 6, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Optional With the Crowds [ed.]. July 6, 1910, page 6.
-- Where Do the Aviators Carry Lunch When Making Long Trips. July 6, 1910, page 8.
-- Curtiss Breaks Propeller and then Electrifies Crowd by Making 80 Miles an Hour. July 7, 1910, pages 1, 12.
-- A Master Stroke for the Resort [ed.]. July 7, 1910, page 6.
-- Over $500 More for Airship Fund. July 8, 1910, page 8.
-- Weather Prevented a Flight Yesterday; 4 Aeroplanes Here. July 8, 1910, pages 1, 9.
-- Clifford B. Harmon Will Have Speedy Airship in Near Future. July 8, 1910, page 10.
-- Why Curtiss Built Horns on the Seat of His Aeroplane. July 8, 1910, page 10.
-- Covered Planes with People’s Names. July 8, 1910, page 10.
-- Crowd Frantic as Curtiss Secretly Flies Off to See Ventnor Heights. July 9, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Give the Aviators a Chance [ed.]. July 9, 1910, page 10.
-- Brookins ‘Sky’ Record Official: Is 6,175 Feet; Big Race Today. July 11, 1910, pages 1, 3.
-- Gasoline Exhausted 6000 Feet in Air. July 11, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Carnival Fund Leaps to $22,1116; Require $3883.15. July 11, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Brookins Daring Feat. July 11, 1910, page 6.
-- Swilkey & Pardoe Do Aviation Stunts. July 11, 1910, page 8.
-- Amateur Aviator Offered Machine. July 11, 1910, page 8
-- Curtiss Makes New American Record on Beach. July 12, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Brookins Honor Guest at Pier Theatre. July 12, 1910, page 2.
-- Success of the Carnival [ed.]. July 12, 1910, page 6.
-- Wizard Curtiss Pelts Boats with Orange ‘Bombs.’ July 13, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Local Engineer Signally Honored by Aero Experts. July 13, 1910, page 1.

Atlantic City Sunday Press
-- Casper, Hannah. Annals of Atlantic City History – The Great Air Meet. June 24, 1973.

Atlantic Review (Atlantic City)
-- Subscription List for Aviation Week Reaches $18,100. June 27, 1910, page 1.
-- Warship Experiment Without Navy’s Aid to Prove Airships. June 28, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- Warships and Airships [ed.]. June 28, 1910, page 4.
-- Public Appeal for Funds for Airship Week. June 29, 1910, page 1, 2.
-- Aviation Fund Raised to $19,130 by Subscriptions. June 30, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- Huge Prizes for Air Ship World Record. June 30, 1910, pages 1,4
-- Nation Talks of Our Aviation Meet [ed.]. June 30, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Gets Here To-day With Airship. July 1, 1910, pages 1, 2.
-- Aviation Buttons Ready to Distribute. July 1, 1910, page 1.
-- Curtiss and Baldwin Start Aviation Week on Monday. July 2, 1910, page 1, 4.
-- $1000 More Given to Fund. July 2, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- Fine Field for Aviators. July 2, 1910, page 4.
-- Monday Airships Will Fly. July 2, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Ready to Begin Exhibition Flights Today; Crowd Views Airship; Battle of Rival Biplanes to Furnish Sensational Events Over 50 Mile Course. July 4, 1910, page 1.
-- Aero Fund $20,828, More Money Needed. July 4, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- Flag Signals Will Announce Start of Airships’ Flight. July 4, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- First Aeroplane Ascension Today [ed.], July 4, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Makes First Flight Along Beach Front; Went Thirty Feet High Over Crowd’s Heads; Will Try Today for 50 Mile Speed Prize. July 5,1910, pages 1,8.
-- Hot Shore Breeze Broke Air Currents, Says Glenn Curtiss. July 5, 1910, pages 1, 2.
-- First Flight of Flying Machine [ed.]. July 5, 1910, page 4.
-- Flag Signals Will Announce Start of Airships’ Flight. July 5, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Flies Eight Miles Over Ocean From Inlet to Chelsea; Went 500 Feet High in First Big Flight Yesterday Aero Broke Rib in Making Landing from Early Trial Over the Beach. July 6, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- Kuehnle Finds Battleship Waiting for Airship Bombs. July 6, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- Aero Club Asks Contributions to Complete Aviation Fund. July 6, 1910, page 1.
-- First Flight Over Atlantic Ocean. July 6, 1910, page 4.
-- Flag Signals Will Announce Start of Airships’ Flight. July 6, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Makes Sensational Flight Over 900 Feet High Over Ten Mile Course at Sea in Twelve Minutes; Made Three Ascents; Cracked Propeller in Surf. July 7, 1910, page 1.
-- Novel Aeroplane on Exhibition. July 7, 1910, page 3.
-- Flag Signals Will Announce Start of Airships’ Flight. July 7, 1910, page 4.
-- Interest in Aviation Flights Increasing [ed.]. July 7, 1910, page 4.
-- Hamilton and Curtiss to Race 50 Miles for Record Today; Brookins to Try for Altitude; Wright Airship Arrives. July 8, 1910, page 1.
-- Kuehnle is Ready to Fly in Airship. July 8, 1910, page 1.
-- New Air Records Made at Rheims. July 8, 1910, page 1.
-- $4,000 More Needed for Aviation Fund; $21,685 Subscribed. July 8, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- More Aviators Arrive [ed.]. July 8, 1910, page 4.
-- Flag Signals Will Announce Start of Airships’ Flight. July 8, 1910, page 4.
-- Aviators Make Seven Exhibition Flights; Curtiss Flies to Ventnor to “Take Tea”; Brookins Swirls 1,500 Feet Over Throng. July 9, 1910, pages 1, 6.
-- Making Wright Biplane Ready for Brookins’ Flight. July 9, 1910, page 3.
-- Mastering the Air [ed.]. July 9, 1910, page 4.
-- Brookins to Fly With Passenger; Broke High Record With 6,175 Feet; Curtiss to Try for 50 Mile Prize. July 11, 1910, pages 1, 8.
-- Over $400 is Added to Aviation Fund; About $3,883 is Needed. July 11, 1910, pages 1-2.
-- World Record for Altitude [ed.]. July 11, 1910, page 4.
-- 200 $7,500 Wright Aeroplanes Ordered [ed.]. July 11, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Makes Record for 50 Miles in 1 Hour & 14 Minutes; Soared Over Whole City; Ocean Flight Today. July 12, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- World-Wide Prestige [ed.]. July 12, 1910, page 4.
-- Curtiss Hurls Orange “Bombs” Over Boats in Miniature Battle; Brookins Took High Ocean Flight. July 13, 1910, pages 1, 4.
-- Curtiss Denies Lawsuit Rumors. June 13, 1910, page 1.
-- Airship Officials Commend Hackney for Timing Flights. June 13, 1910, pages 1, 8.
-- Sounds Reach Far Up in Sky [ed.]. July 13, 1910, page 4.
-- Aero Club Needs More Funds [ed.]. July 13, 1910, page 4.
-- Bombs from Aeroplanes. July 14, 1910, page 4.

Press of Atlantic City
-- The Roving Reporter: Atlantic City’s First Air Carnival in 1910, May 11, 1947.
-- Air Show ’90 Opens – Vintage Planes at FAA Technical Center, September 16, 1990.
-- Air Show in EHT Won’t Fly Because of Recession, Official Says, September 28, 1990.
-- Hold On! The Airshow’s Here, July 17, 1992.

New York Times
-- Rich Men Take Up the Dangerous Sport of Flying. June 26, 1910.
-- Aviators Gather at Atlantic City. July 4, 1910.
-- Jersey Winds Toss Curtiss in Biplane. July 4, 1910.
-- Curtiss Flies Above the Sea. July 5, 1910.
-- Wave Hits Curtiss Plane. July 6, 1910.
-- Goes Up 6,175 Feet in Wright Biplane. July 9, 1910.
-- Aviation Meet Still the Chief Topic of Interest on the Boardwalk. July 10, 1910.
-- Curtiss Up in High Wind. July 10, 1910.
-- Curtiss Sets 50-Mile Mark. July 11, 1910.
-- Asbury Park Meet To-Day. August 9, 1910.
-- Brookins Falls; Eight Injured. August 10, 1910.
-- Fall of Brookins Due to His Daring. August 11, 1910.
-- 6,000 Feet to Death From a Parachute. August 12, 1910.
-- Johnstone Flies 5,000 Feet in Air. August 13, 1910.
-- Wright Biplane Will Carry Five. August 15, 1910.
-- Wright Pupils Fly in Heavy Storm. August 16, 1910.
-- Night Ascension for Aeroplanes. August 17, 1910.
-- Aeroplane Crashes into an Automobile. August 18, 1910.
-- Airmen Play Tag With Moonbeams. August 19, 1910

Sunday Gazette (Atlantic City)
-- Yacht for a Warship in Aviation Carnival. June 26, 1910, page 1.
-- Planning for an Aero Meet [ed.]. June 26, 1910, page 4.
-- Thousands View Curtiss Bird Car. July 3, 1910, pages 1, 7
-- Signals for Aeroplane Meet. July 3, 1910, pages 1, 7.
-- Local Yacht Club Protects Aviators. July 3, 1910, page 1.
-- Airship Exhibit. July 3, 1910, page 1.
-- Airship Week Dawns [ed.] July 3, 1910, page 4.
-- Aeroplanes Housed on You[n]g’s Million Dollar Pier. Page 8.
-- World’s Height Record Smashed by Kid Brookins. July 10, 1910, pages 1, 6.
-- Dr. Tom Reed Predicted Aviation. July 10, 1910, page 1.
-- Who’ll Buy an Airship? [ed.]. July 10, 1910, page 4.
-- Members of the Atlantic City Aero Club… [ed.]. July 10, 1910, page 4.
-- With the Man-Birds. July 10, 1910, pages 3-4.

MUSEUMS & WEB SITES

Empire State Aerosciences Museum

Glenn Curtiss Museum

Library of Congress "Dream of Flight"

NASA "Centennial of Flight"

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum