The Museum of Flight’s Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library is one of the most complete and publicly accessible aviation and space repositories in the country. Containing 36,000 books, 60,000 journal issues, 18,000 aircraft and accessory manuals, 6,850 British and United States aviation technical reports, and an extensive clipping file, it is a popular and useful resource for researchers, aviation enthusiasts, students, model-makers, and authors.


To access materials in the Library, visit the Reading Room in the Kenneth H. Dahlberg Research Center. Library materials are for reference use only and cannot be checked out.

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