Here are key events in the development of aeronautics up to time of the first successful airplanes and airships.īallooning Narratives. Timeline of Early Flight: the Balloon Era to the birth of powered aviation. “For that is what this book is to deal with–adventures in Polar Ice, far out upon the broad sea, and high up in the air which covers them both.” Page images at Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era “Will you walk with me a while in the paths of adventure?” writes Walter Wellman in the introduction to his 1911 memoir. The Aerial Age, by Walter Wellman (1911). Flight to the Top of the World: The Adventures of Walter Wellman
This page at History Nebraska’s website has links to additional information about each of the book’s 120 stories, plus a place to sign up for a free, weekly Nebraska History Moment email. Some online resources related to the topics of my books: Nebraska History Moments
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