Bleriot-Related Books


      

Bleriot - Herald of an Age, by Brian A. Elliot (2000) with a forward by Louis Bleriot, grandson of the subject. 253 pages

Superb and very complete biography of Louis Bleriot.  

Published in the United Kingdom by Tempus Publishing Inc. (also available from Tempus in France, Germany and Belgium)

Available in the USA from Arcadia Publishing Inc. (division of Tempus Publishing Inc.) 2 Cumberland St, Charleston, SC 29401 (1-888-313-2665)


     

Flying - The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology, compiled by Rupert Prior (1991). 144 pages (large format)

Beautifully illustrated collection of contemporary accounts (letters, newspaper, magazine articles, etc.) of aviation milestones covering the period up to World War II, including several reports of Louis Bleriot's Channel Flight.

Published by H.C. Blossom Ltd., 6/7 Warren Mews, London WIP 5DJ


A very detailed catalog of both the pioneers in French aviation and their many and varied creations.  Over 700 builders are profiled.  The author is the publisher of both WWI Aero, The Journal of the Early Aeroplane and Skyways, The Journal of the Airplane 1920-1940.

This very comprehensive book is published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 4880 Lower Valley Road, Arglen, PA 19310.

 


$26.95 CL
1-57488-482-4
6 x 9
288 pages

$17.95 PB
1-57488-532-4
6 x 9
336 pages

25 B&W photos; bibliography; index

Eileen F. Lebow
Before Amelia
Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation

  • Details the careers of more than thirty pioneer women aviators who predated Amelia Earhart
  • Examines aviation in France, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States during the first two decades of flight
  • Includes rare photographs

Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the world’s women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. The story begins with Raymonde de Laroche, a French woman, who became the first licensed female pilot in 1909. De Laroche, Lydia Zvereva, Melli Beese, Hilda Hewlitt, Harriet Quimby, and the other women pilots profiled here rose above contemporary gender stereotypes and proved their ability to fly the temperamental heavier-than-air contraptions of the day.

Lebow provides excellent descriptions of the dangers and challenges of early flight. Crashes and broken bones were common, and many of the pioneers lost their lives. But these women were adventurers at heart. In an era when women’s professional options were severely limited and the mere sight of ladies wearing pants caused a sensation, these women succeeded as pilots, flight instructors, airplane designers, stunt performers, and promoters. This book fills a large void in the history of the first two decades of flight.

Eileen F. Lebow is an author and former teacher. Her previous books include Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight and A Grandstand Seat: The Army Balloon Corps in World War I. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Note: Harriet Quimby was the first woman to fly across the English Channel.  She accomplished this feat, reversing the course of Louis Bleriot (i.e., traveling from Dover to Calais) in a Bleriot XI on April 16, 1912 - but her achievement was lost in the furor of news that same day about the sinking of the Titanic.


Next Century of Flight Book Series Debut:
THE PAPERS OF WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT
(Including the Chanute-Wright Papers)
Volume One: 1899-1905
Volume Two: 1906-1948

Relive the history of flight through the actual writings of the men who conquered the air with this special limited edition two volume set. These fascinating documents - diary entries, drawings, technical references, personal correspondence and more - represent the most complete published record left by the Wright brothers.
[#M894] The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright $99.95

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