Is Dedicated to the Preservation & Dissemination of Pioneer Aviation History
Welcome to the Flying Machines web site. Before the Wright Brothers achieved the first successful heavier-than-air controlled flight on December 17, 1903, hundreds of women and men attempted to fly, in airships, gliders and aeroplanes, and many did go aloft in gas and hot-air balloons. This site documents a number of those pre-Wright attempts at heavier-than-air flight, as well as significant events and thoughts which contributed to the ultimate success of powered, heavier-than-air human flight.
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Conduct Your Own Scientific Aerial Investigations
1485 to 1903
Offer Images And Accurate Information About Early Aviation
Memoirs Of ROLAND G. GARROS
1910 - 1911"
(ISBN 0-9727059-0-2)
| LITTLE LOOPER PRESS, Ltd., currently offers "The Moisant International Aviators - Memoirs Of Roland G. Garros," a first-hand account by famed French aviator Roland Garros of his experiences while flying in the Americas under contract with The Moisant International Aviators during 1910 - 1911. |
| Softcover, Velobind, 64 pages of text, frontispage portrait and reproduction signature, index, 20 pages of illustrations - total of 45 images (14 in full color) - $ 24.00 & $5.00 S&H (US) |
Pioneer Aeronaut & Aviator
1887 - 1915"
(ISBN 0-9727059-3-7)
| Lincoln Beachey's true story, a full and factual account of his remarkable life and career in the air. Illustrated with many rare, never-before published photographs and original scale drawings of his airships and aeroplanes, fully indexed, with extensive chapter notes and sources, hardcover with dust jacket. |
Balloon Ascensions, Airship & Aeroplane Exhibitions, Meets & Flights
August 1709 - April 1917"
(ISBN 0-9727059-1-0)
| A chronological listing, exceeding 880 pages, of many thousands of aerial events throughout the World - The Americas, The Caribbean, Asia, The South Pacific, Africa, The Middle East, Russia, The Indian Subcontinent, and Europe (up to the start of World War I). |
| Fully indexed and cross-referenced by dates, places and names of over 500 aerostaticians, aeronauts, aviators, and passengers. Included are summaries of over 50 airship and aeroplane exhibition companies as well as a detailed narrative of The Exhibition Era of Aviation. This useful reference work will be available in print and later on CD-ROM in Windows and Mac-OS formats. |
Pioneer Aerial Photographer
Paris, France, ca. 1858
