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Airplane Racing: A History, 1909-2008
Don Berliner
Paperback (McFarland, May 13, 2009)This is the history of air racing from its beginnings in 1909 at Reims, France, to the end of the 2008 racing season at Reno, Nevada. The history of air racing is very much the history of aviation, with glamorous pilots, some of military fame (e.g., Jimmy Doolittle) and builders (e.g., Glenn Curtiss), machines that captivated the national imagination, and many relatively unknown tinkerers and designers. This book follows air racing from pre-World War I European races, through the interwar years when popular air races stimulated military design, and the booms and struggles of the postwar years before racing found a permanent home in the Nevada desert.
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Airplane Racing
Don Berliner
Hardcover (Lerner Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1979)Introduces airplane racing with a discussion of its history, the types of airplanes used, and the current racing classes.
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Aviation: Reaching for the Sky
Don Berliner
Hardcover (Oliver Pr Inc, Oct. 1, 1996)Book by Berliner, Don
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Stealth Fighters and Bombers
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, April 1, 2001)Describes the origins, specifications, and performance of military aircraft using stealth technology, and discusses pilot training and possible future developments for this type of airplane.
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The World Aerobatics Championships
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Feb. 1, 1989)Follows pilot Debby Rihn as she trains for and participates in the 1986 world championship for aerobatics, the modern version of airshow stunt flying
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Before the Wright Brothers
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, April 1, 1990)Describes the ideas and experiments that lead to the first powered flight by the 1903 "Wright Flyer"
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Our Future in Space
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Feb. 1, 1991)Examines current space research and future space projects such as a permanent space station, an observatory and research base on the moon, and the search for extraterrestrial life
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Distance Flights
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, July 1, 1990)Describes great distance flights from the first successful crossing of the English Channel by Louis Bleriot in 1909 to the circling of the earth without refueling by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager in 1986
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Research Airplanes: Testing the Boundaries of Flight
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, June 1, 1988)Describes how airplanes, designed for research and testing, are used to explore new areas of flight.
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Helicopters
Don Berliner
Hardcover (Lerner Pub Group, Dec. 1, 1983)Traces the history of helicopters and discusses the many models and uses of this versatile flying machine which can take off and land vertically, hover in mid-air, and fly backwards and sideways.
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Unusual Airplanes
Don Berliner
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Feb. 1, 1986)Describes a variety of airplanes invented through the years with unusual shapes and wing arrangements and run with human or solar power.
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Flying Model Airplanes
Don Berliner
Hardcover (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 1982)Discusses the history, types, and construction of flying-model airplanes. Also describes sport and contest flying of radio-controlled and control-line models.
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