Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote a few things, but North to the Orient and Listen! The Wind! might be most interesting to you.

ETA: I have Byrd's Skyward but I'm pretty sure I haven't read it yet, but there it is: a narrative of the early days of aviation by the famed aviator and explorer. I have not read any single book about the doomed Umberto Nobile expedition (the airship Italia, which crashed), but I think there are some books out there.