Publications
Our staff write books on a wide variety of aviation- and space-related topics, including our exhibitions; the collection; the history of science and technology; and planetary science.
Curators also edit other titles, from the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight series to children's books on flight. In addition, Museum curators edit book series with Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Centennial of Flight series), Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science Technology), Texas A&M University Press (Centennial of Flight series), and the University of Missouri Press (Sports and American Culture).
You can explore more peer-reviewed articles, stories, and more with Smithsonian Research Online.
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Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Winner of the Earl D. Osborn Award, Aviation/Space Writers Association.
To Fill the Skies with Pilots: The Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1939-1946
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Space Series book.
Loving's Love: A Black American's Experience in Aviation
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Building the B-29
Black Aviator: The Story of William J. Powell, by William J. Powell
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots
Fokker: A Transatlantic Biography
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Fighter Pilot's Heaven, Flight Testing the Early Jets
