The skies peopled with men: technology and faiths in competition?
Generalities
BELL, Dana, Smithsonian atlas of world aviation, New York, Harper Collins, 2008.
CHADEAU, Emmanuel, Le rêve et la puissance. L'avion et son siècle [Dream and might, the aircraft and its century], Paris, Fayard, 1996.
CHADEAU, Emmanuel, De Blériot à Dassault. Histoire de l'industrie aéronautique en France (1900-1950) [A History of French aeronautics], Paris, Fayard, 1987.
MARCK, Bernard, Histoire de l'aviation [A History of Flight] , Paris, Flammarion, 1997, rééd. 2012.
Aviation, culture and religion
CORN, Joseph, J., The Winged Gospel : America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950, New York, Oxford University Press, 1983.
LAGREE, Michel, La bénédiction de Prométhée. Religion et technologie, XIXe – XXe siècle [Prometheus' blessing, religion and technology], , Paris, Fayard, 1999.
SINGER, Bayla, Like sex with gods : an unorthodox history of flying, Texas A&M University Press, 2003.
STAUSBERG, Michael, Religion and Tourism : crossroads, destinations and encounters, Routledge, 2012