Ohio: Birthplace of Aviation

The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Powered Flight

• The Engineering of Flight : Aeronautical Engineering Facilities of Area B, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  WOO Docs I 29.74:EN 3
• First Flight : The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
  WOO Docs I 29.9/5:159
• From Huffman Prairie to the Moon : The History of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  WOO Docs D 301.2:H 62/7
• Photographs by the Wright Brothers : Prints from the Glass Negatives in the Library of Congress
  WOO Docs LC 1.2:W 93
• Remarkable Journey : The Wright Field Heritage in Photographs
  WOO Docs D 301.45:J 82
• Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Chronology Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright
  WOO Docs LC 33.2:W 93/2
• Wilbur & Orville Wright, Pictorial Materials : A Documentary Guide
  WOO Docs LC 1.6/4:W 93
• The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design
  WOO Docs SI 9.9:5
• Wright Brothers National Memorial
  WOO Docs I 29.58:34
• The Wright Flyer : An Engineering Perspective
  WOO Docs SI 9.2:W 93/2

Additional web sites celebrating the Centennial of Flight (December 17, 1903):

• US Centennial of Flight Commission
• Wright Brothers First Flight Centennial (Evergreen State)
• Wright State University, Wright Brothers Collection

Ohio Astronauts: First in Orbit, First Man on the Moon

• Apollo By the Numbers : A Statistical Reference
  WOO Docs NAS 1.21:2000-4029
• Before This Decade Is Out-- : Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program
  WOO Docs NAS 1.21:4223
• Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U. S. Civil Space Program
  WOO Docs NAS 1.21:4407/v.1-4
• The First Lunar Landing
  WOO Docs NAS 1.19:73/989
• Investigation of the Challenger Accident: Hearings
  WOO Docs Y 4.Sci 2:99/137 and Y 4.Sci 2:99/139
• Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
  WOO Docs PR 40.8:SP 1/R 29/V.1-5
• Stages to Saturn : A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles
  WOO Docs NAS 1.21:4206
• Technical Facilities : Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
  WOO Docs NAS 1.2:T 22/11
• This New Ocean; A History of Project Mercury
  WOO Docs NAS 1.21:4201
• To Commemorate Mankind's First Landing on the Moon
  WOO Docs NAS 1.43:Ap 4/3
• Where No Man Has Gone Before : A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions
  WOO Docs NAS 1.21:4214

Additional web sites about Ohio connections to NASA:

• Glenn Research Center
• Ohio Astronauts (from NASA)

Museums and Historical Sites

• Aviation Trail
• Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
• International Women's Air and Space Museum
• MAPS Air Museum
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Aviation Hall of Fame
• National Museum of the Air Force
• Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum
• Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation