Reference Lists/Pre-World War I

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Pre-World War I Era Reference List

1 Related Subjects
2 People
3 Aircraft
4 References

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	Agafonov, Aleksandr	An early Russian aviator who participated both in the Balkan Wars flying as a volunteer pilot for Bulgaria, and in World War I
	Anatra, Artur	Russian airplane designer and manufacturer during World War I
	Bane, Thurman	Early U.S. military aviator, played a key role in laying the foundations for U.S. Air Force research and development
	Beck, Paul	An early U.S. military aviator, and one of the first to advocate the creation of an independent air service
	Blériot, Louis	French engineer, airplane designer, and aviator, famous for making the first crossing of the English Channel in a heavier-than-air vehicle in 1909.
	Breguet, Louis	French aviation pioneer and aircraft designer
	Caproni, Giovanni	Italian aviator and aircraft designer.
	Chambers, Washington	U.S. Naval officer who was the first person in the Navy to hold responsibility for aviation
	Charles, Jacques	French scientist and inventor who pioneered the use of hydrogen-filled balloons,
	Chodasiewicz, Robert	Polish military engineer and soldier of fortune who served with the Brazilian balloon corps during the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870
	Coutelle, Charles	One of the first military airmen in history, who constructed and piloted the French military balloon Entreprenant in 1794.
	Da Zara, Leonino	Italian aviation pioneer whose volunteer efforts helped to encourage the development of military aviation in Italy pre World War I
	De Havilland, Geoffrey	British aviation pioneer and aircraft designer
	de le Roi, Wolfram	Early German military aviator
	Deperdussin, Armand	Belgian businessman who formed the SPAD aircraft company in France in 1910
	Deroche, Elise	The world's first licensed female pilot
	Efimov, Mikhail	Russia's first aviator, trained to fly at the Farman school in France
	Engelhard, Paul	Early German aviator who was trained by and served as a flying instructor for the Wright Brothers
	Euler, August	Germany's first licensed pilot
	Fabre, Henri	French aviation pioneer and aircraft designer who designed the Fabre Hydravion, the world's first seaplane
	Farman, Henri	An early French aviator and aicraft designer, who along with brother Farman, Maurice founded the Farman Aviation Works
	Ferber, Ferdinand	Early French aviation pioneer
	Garros, Roland	Early French aviator and World War I fighter pilot who invented one of the earliest practical means for firing a machine gun through the airplane's propeller
	Gavotti, Giulio	Early Italian military aviator credited with being the world's first pilot to drop bombs from an airplane after dropping grenades on Turkish troops during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911
	Hay, James	Congressman from Viginia who served as Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs prior to World War I and advocated the creation of an independent air service
	Heinrich, Albert	Prussian Prince, younger brother of Emperor William II of Germany, career naval officer and early advocate of military aviation
	Humphreys, Frederick	America's first military airplane pilot, trained by the Wright Brothers
	Jordanoff, Assen	Bulgarian-American aviation pioneer, aviator, and engineer responsible for designing the first Bulgarian-built airplane during World War I
	Kovanko, Aleksandr	One of Imperial Russia's earliest aeronauts and founder of its first military airship unit
	Lahm, Frank	One of the first military aviators in the US military, trained to fly by the Wright Brothers
	Lebedev, Vladimir	Early Russian aviator and aircraft designer
	Lilienthal, Otto	German aviation pioneer known as the "Glider King", who was the first to make repated successful manned gliding flights
	Lowe, Thaddeus	Became of the earliest military airmen in the United States, using hydrogen balloons to observe Confederate troops for the Union army during the American Civil War.
	Matsievich, Lev	Naval engineer and one of the first pilots in Russia, his career was cut short by a tragic accident that resulted in a huge outpouring of public support and made him quite famous within Russia
	Romanov, Alexander	Member of the Russian royal family and naval officer, who helped to establish and organize military aviation in Russia
	Milkov, Radul	Early Bulgarian military aviator who participated in one of the world's first bombing raids during the Balkan Wars
	Moizo, Riccardo	Early Italian aviator who participated in the Italo-Turkish War and became both the first pilot to have his aircraft damaged by ground fire, and the first pilot to force-land and be taken prisoner.
	von Moltke, Helmuth	German Chief of the General Staff from 1906-1914, who recognized the potential of airpower and encouraged the development of military aviation in Germany prior to World War I
	Montgolfier, Jacques	One of the two Montgolfier Brothers who are credited with creating the world's first successful lighter-than-air vehicle, in France, 1783.
	Montgolfier, Joseph	Inventor of the worlds first successful lighter-than-air vehicle in 1783.
	Mozhaiski, Alexander	Russian naval officer and early aviation pioneer in Russia, claimed by the Russians to have been the first to fly a heavier than air manned aircraft, some 20 years before the Wright brothers.
	Piazza, Carlo	Early Italian military aviator, who commanded the Italian First Aeroplane Flotilla during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12, and participated in World War I
	Postnikov, Fyodor	Early Russian military balloonist who participated in the Russo-Japanese War
	Quimby, Harriet	The first female pilot to be licensed in the United States, and the second anywhere in the world
	Rossinskii, Boris	One of the earliest Russian and Soviet aviators, sometimes credited as the "grandfather" of Russian aviation
	Rudnev, Evgeniy	Russia's third military pilot
	Rumpler, Edmund	German engineer and aircraft manufacturer whose company produced the Rumpler-Taube, one of Germany's most famous pre-World War I aircraft
	Tarakchiev, Prodan	Early Bulgarian military aviator who participated in one of the world's first bombing raids during the Balkan Wars
	Utochkin, Sergei	One of Russia's earliest aviators
	Voisin, Charles	French aviation pioneer who helped to found the world's first airplane factory with his brother Gabriel
	Voisin, Gabriel	French aviation pioneer and aircraft designer, who established the world's first aircraft factory in 1905, and later with his brother Charles created several aircraft that were widely used during World War I
	von Zeppelin, Ferdinand	German aircraft manufacturer and founder of the Zeppelin airship company
	Zhukovskii, Nikolai	Prominent Russian scientist, regarded as the "Father of Russian Aviation"
	Zvereva, Lidiya	Russia's first licensed female aviator and recipient of Russian Pilot's License #31

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	Blériot XI	Pre-World War I monoplane design by Louis Blériot that was widely used, including military use during the Italo-Turkish War
	Fabre Hydravion	Seaplane design by Frenchman Henri Fabre that was the world's first airplane to take off from the water under its own power
	Farman III	French pusher biplane designed by Henri Farman that was widely used prior to World War I
	Fokker Spin	An experimental aircraft that was the first design built by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker
	Nieuport IV	Pre-World War I monoplane design that was used in many countries
	Taube	A pre-World War I monoplane with a bird-like design that was Germany's first mass-produced military airplane
	Voisin III	Two seat pusher biplane developed by Gabriel Voisin that saw service during the early part of World War I with the French and Russian air forces
	Wright 1909 Military Flyer	The world's first military airplane, entering service in August, 1909.

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Title	Author	Year
Adventures in the Air: Being Memorable Experiences of Great Aeronauts	de Fonvielle, Wilfrid	1877
Aerial Navigation	Mansfield, Charles Blachford	1877
Aeronautica, or Sketches Illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation	Mason, Monck	1838
Against the Wind: 90 Years of Flight Test in the Miami Valley		1994
The Airship-Carrying Cruiser "Rus"	Emelin, A. Yu.; Druzhinin, Yu. O.	1997
Aviation in Russia	Keldysh, M. V.; Svishchev, G. P.; Khristianovich, S.A; others	1988
The B.E.2, 2a & 2b	Bruce, J. M.	1966
The Balkan Wars: Adventures of War with Cross and Crescent	Gibbs, Philip; Grant, Bernard	1912
Building German Airpower, 1909-1914	Morrow, John H. Jr.	1976
Dictatorship of the Air: Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia	Palmer, Scott W.	2006
Journal of My Forty-Fifth Ascension, Being the First Performed in America, On the Ninth of January, 1793	Blanchard, Jean-Pierre	1918
Pilots of His Majesty	Gribanov, Stanislav V. (editor)	2007
Robur the Conqueror	Verne, Jules	1886
War of the Aeronauts: A History of Ballooning in the Civil War	Evans, Charles M.	2002

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Title	Author	Journal	Volume
A Flying Machine in the Army	Serrell, Edward Wellman	Science	Vol. 19, No. 495 (June 24, 1904)
Aeronautics in the Civil War	Squires, J. Duane	American Historical Review	Vol. 42, No. 4 (July 1937)
The Air Blitz of 1812	Tarsaidze, Alexander	Russian Review	Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn 1942)
Air Power and Imperial Defence 1880-1919	Paris, Michael	Journal of Contemporary History	Vol. 24, No. 2 (April 1989)
An Air-Ship		Science	Vol. 13, No. 313 (February 1889)
Aviation in the First Balkan War	Zhirokhov, Mikhail; Kotlobovskii, A.; Aleksandrov, K.	AviaMaster	2003 No. 03
The First Air Wars: North Africa and the Balkans, 1911-13	Paris, Michael	Journal of Contemporary History	Vol. 26 (1991)
Foundation of the First Aeronautics School for Officers in Russia	Kartashev, A. V.	Voenno-Istoricheskij Zhurnal	Vol. 2007, No. 1 Internet Supplement
Gas Balloons: View From Above the Civil War Battlefield	Fanton, Ben	America's Civil War Magazine	September, 2001
George Washington and the Inception of Aeronautics in the Young Republic	Pomerantz, Sidney L.	Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society	Vol. 98, No. 2 (April 1954)
The Grandfather of Russian Aviation	Orlov, Mikhail	Krylya	2009 No. 1
A Legislative History of the Air Arm	Williams, Edwin L. Jr.	Military Affairs	Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer 1956)
The Rusalka, Samoyod, Kobchik, and Others	Aleksandrov, A. O.	Tsitadel	1996 No. 1
Seeds of Separation: The General Staff Corps and Military Aviation Before World War I	Johnson, Herbert A.	Air and Space Power Journal	November-December 1982
Toward the 100th Anniversary of Aviation in Russia	Demin, Anatolii	Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika	2005 No. 7 (July 2005)
United States Signal Corps Balloons, 1871-1902	Parkinson, Russell J.	Military Affairs	Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1960-61)

[edit] Other Documents

	Title	Year
	1909--An Illustrious Year: As Seen Through the Austro-Hungarian Collection of the Canada Aviation Museum	2002
	The Sikorsky S-16 and Russian Aviation During the Great War	1995
	The United States Army Air Arm, April 1861 to April 1917	1958