Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Air Force Armament Museum. "Air Power and a World At War." Air Power and
World War, Air Force Armament Museum Eglin AFB. Air Force Armament
Museum, n/a. Web. 12 Mar. 2016.
http://www.afarmamentmuseum.com/airpower.html
The world has had two world wars so far, and this has shown everyone that
not every living thing can be at peace with one another. This website told
of how the second world war had affected everyone, and how it had been
affected by aviations influence.
The aircraft of the world dont just involve planes and flying aircraft with selfpropulsion. Gliders were also involved in aviation, and were the base start of
aviation too. This site explained who the glider pilots were in world war two,
and what they did. This also partially explains the side-effects of the great
world war.
Anderson, John D., Jr. "Inventing Flight." Google Books. Johns Hopkins
University Press Baltimore and London, 2004. Web. 04 Jan. 2016.
https://books.google.com.pa/books?id=IYnl_XPggZYC&pg=PA145&hl=es419#v=onepage&q&f=false
The Wright brothers did in some way, invent flight, or rather allow humans to
fly with aircraft using wings. This book is the story of how the Wright
brothers and other famous aviators discovered and encountered flight
methods.
The world war two years were a time of war, and also a time of great and
interesting aircraft. This website has photos from the war, and of which
have some useful photos of the past.
This picture shows the crew of an airplane once for the world wars, but now
for history museums and for showing some of the militaries aircraft.
The Editors of Publications International, Ltd. "Classic Airplanes" 17
October 2007.HowStuffWorks.com.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/classic/classicairplanes.htm 8 March 2016
Airplanes, are all classic when one thinks about it, and some planes (and
gliders) have an interesting manner of being assembled or their style of
flight in general. This site displayed photos of older aircraft from the
Golden Age of Flight.
The aircrafts used in the Second World War are quite similar to modern day
aircraft designs. This website displayed a picture of a military
aircraft used in the Second World War.
Gruner, Ronald H. "Appendix/Aviators." Silent Giants. N/A ed. Vol. N/A. N/A:
N/A, N/A. N. pag. Print. N/A.
Not every aviator was famous for something they did, but they certainly did
do great things. This books appendix has a list of the aviators in it, but the
book itself described an event that was great, despite their lack of fame.
The history of aviation would be harder to learn about if we didnt have jobs
for aviation, making the idea of a service of flight pointless if there were
no aviation-based jobs in the world. This website helped me learn about
the aviating jobs out in the world, and how the service has helped vastly.
This site was an eyewitness account of the Wright brothers first manned
flight success, as this helped me learn about the first manned powered flight
in history, and as to how it happened, and how we have had the aircraft in
history and in todays modern society.
This kind of flight style would not be available today if the Golden Age of
Flight hadnt occurred when it did. This website explains the Golden Age of
Flight, and how it had happened.
The Wright brothers were two great achievers whom made the first powered
manned flight in history, helped create the first manned and unmanned
gliders, and more. This website is a timeline of the Wright brothers
achievements.
Secondary Sources
Graves, Darrell. "Golden Age of Aviation History." The Golden Age of Aviation.
Darrell Graves, 12 Mar. 2016. Web. 12 Mar.
2016. http://goldenageofaviation.org/history.html
The Golden Age of Aviation was a time of many developments in flight and
aviation. This website helped me learn about the Golden Age of Flight and
Aviation in general.
Johanson, Mark. How The Airline Industry Has Evolved In 100 Years Of
Commercial Air Travel. International Business Times. International
Business Times, 02 Jan. 2014. Web. 06 Jan.
2016. http://www.ibtimes.com/how-airline-industry-has-evolved-100-yearscommercial-air-travel-1524238
The commercial airlines have flourished greatly with the Golden Age of Flight,
and that has been a great focused objective on safety, and has put the
peoples attention on keeping people safe. This website explained how the
commercial airlines have grown vastly and effectively.
Lincoln Ellsworth was a great achiever like Harriet, the Wright brothers, and
many other great aviators. This site explains Lincolns mission to the icy
plains, and what happened during his mission out there.
Smith, Oliver -. "Being an Air Hostess during the Golden Age of Flying."
The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 18 Nov. 2015. Web. 08 Mar.
2016. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Being-an-air-hostess-duringthe-golden-age-of-flying/
During the Golden Age of Flight, airlines flourished greatly, but actually
having a job in airlines at the time was a thing many would have a hard time
enjoying. This blog explained what it was like at the time, and just how hard it
was to get a job in the field.
The evolution of flight has been an interesting thing and event which helped
humans to this very day. Artifacts from aviation in the past have useful
information within it, which this website explains about the item, helping
me understand more about the Golden Age of Flight.