‎Aviation ‎

‎(Australian Naval Aviation Museum)‎

‎Flying Stations : A Story of Australian Naval Aviation‎

‎Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1998. 1st edition. As New. Quarto. dust jacket x 289pp. b/w plates index Published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of HMAS Albatross. Nice production with many unusual photographs. Limited edition. Copy No. 122. Signatures of several Fleet Air Arm members mentioned in text on the title-page Allen & Unwin unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85611

‎(aviation fuel)‎

‎AVIATION FUEL CONSERVATION SYMPOSIUM‎

‎Washington 1985. 4to. 733pp. photo illustrations diagrams wraps. Small depository library stamp and some ink numbers on front. Number stamp on title page. VG. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : a50924

‎(AVIATION - BALLOONS). FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, BARTHELEMY‎

‎DESCRIPTION DES EXPÉRIENCES DE LA MACHINE AÉROSTATIQUE DE MM. DE MONTGOLFIER. and L'ART DE VOYAGER DANS LES AIRS . . . . bound with ROULAND. DESCRIPTION DES MACHINES ÉLECTRIQUES À TAFFETAS DE LEURS EFFETS ET DES DIVERS AVANTAGES QUE PRÉSENTENT CES NOUVEAUX APPAREILS‎

‎Paris: Cuchet 1783-1784; 1784; Amsterdam and Paris: Gueffier 1785. FIRST EDITIONS. Second Issue of the first work with the four-page "Supplément" at the end. 223 x 127 mm. 8 x 5". Three separately published works bound as a three-volume set the first work occupying the first two volumes. <br/> Uniform contemporary orange paste-paper boards backed with marbled sheepskin corners tipped with vellum raised bands flanked by decorative gilt rolls one red and one green morocco label. First work with a folding table and 14 ENGRAVED PLATES nine numbered plates in first volume five in second two of the latter folding; second with three engraved plates; third work with one folding plate. First work: Darmon 51; PMM 229; Norman I 769; Maggs Bros. "The History of Flight" 65. A hint of rubbing to extremities intermittent minor browning small rust spots or offsetting in the text bed largely due to inferior paper stock four leaves with one-inch brown stain to text nothing obscured a couple of short marginal tears from rough opening but QUITE A FINE SET--the text clean fresh and well-margined the plates with excellent impressions and the binding remarkably well preserved with few signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is the second issue with the rare "Supplément" in the second volume of the earliest account of the first public experiments with hot air balloons and it is considered to be the first authoritative technical and historical work on aerostation as well as the first serious discussion of balloon travel as a practical possibility. The experiments were conducted by the Montgolfier brothers Joseph 1740-1810 and Etienne 1745-99 who had been intrigued by the experiments of Cavendish and Priestly with "inflammable air." The eminent scientist Faujas 1741-1823 who was the promoter financier and chronicler of the Montgolfiers quickly published this account after the brothers had launched a balloon at Annonay in June of 1783 then a balloon carrying some farm animals in September and finally a balloon carrying Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes in November. This last flight--the first manned aerial voyage in history--covered five-and-one-half miles across Paris and lasted 25 minutes. Plate 8 here shows the two original aeronauts viewed from the terrace of Franklin's home in Passy. <br /> <br /> The third volume begins with a discussion of the inflammable gas used to lift the balloons and gives a summary of Montgolfier's history of balloon flights. The final work sets forth another scientific innovation an electrostatic machine that employed sheets of taffeta to create friction that produced static electricity. The Royal Academy of Sciences tested the machine and found it a great improvement--less expensive and less liable to accidents--than earlier machines that had used plates of glass. The work seems to be very rare: we could find no copy sold at auction in either RBH or ABPC. This is a most appealing set its combination of works on inventions offering a glimpse of the popular fascination with emerging technologies especially those related to flight in the late 18th century. Cuchet, 1783-1784; 1784; Amsterdam and Paris: Gueffier unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : ST15350

‎(Aviation Training Division ).‎

‎Gymnastics and Tumbling. 1944. First edition.‎

‎Annapolis.: United States Naval Institute. 1944. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. United States Naval Institute. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 228708

‎(Aviation Interest) Hedin, Sven‎

‎My Life as an Explorer‎

‎Garden CityNY: Garden City Publishing Co 1925. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. 544p large octavo illustrated. A very good copy in tan cloth. Dated 1925 but much later. Original edition was published by Boni and Liveright. This copy inscribed by Wiley Post the first pilot to fly around the world solo. Inscribed by Post in 1935 to aviation pioneer Will D Parker in 1935. Parker built his own plane in 1912 and flew with a British unit in World War 1 <br/><br/> Garden City Publishing Co hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41983

‎(Aviation & Space) ALDRIN, Buzz‎

‎Reaching for the Moon SIGNED 1ST‎

‎New York: HarperCollins 2005. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Wendell Minor. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $15.99 on rear panel. Signed by both Buzz Aldrin and Wendell Minor on the title-page. PSA/DNA autograph authentication to same page with slip laid-in. HarperCollins hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4787

‎(Aviation Education Research Group)‎

‎Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics‎

‎New York: MacMillan 1944. reprint. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth xix 868pp. b/w pls. text ills. diags. maps appends. glossary index Very comprehensive account of aviation technology to date. Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy MacMillan hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 57229

‎(Aviation)‎

‎Aircraft Year Book 1928‎

‎NY: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1928. First. Hardcover. Khaki colored cloth stamped in blue and red 551 pps. with index statistical appendices. Illustarted with monochrome photos and drawings. This edition the 10th annual covers Lindbergh's famous flight to Paris. Sections include: Ephocal Flights of 1927 Civil Avaiation in the U.S. Governmental including miltary Aviation Airports and Airways Airships and Balloons Aeronautical Education and Foreign Aeronautical Review. A tight clean fine copy couple of tiny nicks to the front cover. <br/><br/> Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : E1267

‎(AVIATION)‎

‎Archive of Designs Photos and Other Ephemera of Aviation Expert Paul Karnow.‎

‎V.p.: N.p. 1915-1948. Paul Karnow was a designer for the US Naval Aircraft Modification Unit in Johnsville PA during the war and following years in the 1940s having Confidential Status. As a child he developed a passion for aircraft and became a respected and noted designer and builder of model airplanes. Actually even though he designed a missile for the U. S. Government he is best remembered for his mastery of model airplane designs. These binders provide an insight from his birth and growth in this field via photos original and photocopy drawings and blueprints new articles and letters plus three aeronautics lapel pinsThe archive consists of five very meticulously ordered binders. They start from his birth and go through to late 40s. They are all 9 1/2 x 12 inches and all material therein is sleeved. When needed an item is annotated by Karnow who had such good penmanship he won a "Penmanship Award" in high school; included herein in extremely clear lettering. Four of the binders are black faux morocco and the fifth is blue. All the binders have spine labels under mylar. All in very good condition.The first binder is labeled- P. Karnow Album 1915-1937. It opens with a photocopy of his Russian birth certificate and right after that is the original substituted Certificate of Birth issued by the State of Pennsylvania as the Russian one was of no use stating he was born on 12/06/1915 and listing his father's name as John Turofsky. And behind that is a photocopy of the decree issued in 1945 allowing him to officially change his name from Paul Turofsky to Paul Karnow the Cold War was in full effect and he worked at times for the government so this was an understandable undertaking. But they must have passed themselves of as Karnows for decades for in each graduating class list he is called Paul Karnow not Turofsky. It is followed by a few original photographs of the family in Russia. The next photograph is one of the whole family surrounding a infant sibling's coffin. Paul Karnow appears to be about ten years old. They must have been in the U. S. by then as the banner on the casket reads "Our Dear Baby" it is an open casket and one can see the deceased infant. Then follows many dozens of original photographs dealing with his homes friends and schools. Madison Elementary School in Philadelphia then to Lawrence Massachusetts then to Penn Treat Junior High School back in Philly and finally graduation from Northeast High School includes a copy of his diploma. The second half of the album is concerned with his personal life; kayaking visiting Russian Orthodox churches sailing partying and most of all aviation. There is one photo entitled "Photos taken from Col. Clarence Chamberlin's Curtiss Condor biplane flying from Boulevard Airport" so it would seem he already had his pilot's license. It ends with photographs of a friend's wedding and later his both in 1937. The extreme details exhibited are rather astounding. E.g.; He has the names of all his graduating classmates at all his schools and one with a overlay on which the people are numbered and on top the numbers are given names. The next four volumes are predominantly about his occupation and avocation; flight. The next binder has a simple title and is composed almost entirely of designs for model planes: Drawings by Payl Karnow Published in Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Saturday Aviation page 1932 TO 1935. In manuscript in the first leaf we can read- Age 16 yrs Mach 26 1932. Printed on rectos only. the first 69 leaves are construction designs and the remaining approx 60 leaves bear newspaper stories about Karno's model aircraft racing. He won a good many times. At the end of this section are photocopies of his manuscript thoughts on flight in general and model airplanes in particular. One of the final photocopies is a page from a notebook he kept and below it he has typed "Reproduced from Notebook on Aeronautics written by Paul Karnow at age 12." A rather precocious and obsessive individual. Writing in the third person connotes to this cataloger that he had plans for a publication of all this material. There is another volume that duplicates all of this one except the articles are actually clipped from the newspapers rather than photocopied.In the blue volume we have a complete history of all the model and occasionally actual planes that he designed. There are over thirty 8 x 10 original photographs and numerous blueprints. Each plane has a tab separating it from the other; XLRA 1941; XLRA Twin 1942; Zebra June 1944; Duckling 1944 etc. There are some tabs with no contents.The final binder concerns his work with the U. S. Naval Aircraft Modification Unit at Johnsville Pennsylvania. He he was likely a civilian employee although with Confidential status. Here he work with others on the proposed Growler-Jet guided missile. From the 5th page; -"The Growler-Jet packs a terrific wallop. The extreme power available. particularly in short bursts is second only to atomic power. It however. exhibits none of the radio-activity which makes atomic application so difficult . Exhaust gases are said to be highly ionized but radio interference is not expected. It is known officially as the CA-1 Ascender." Aside from the text it also contains four original photographs and two hand-drawn designs. The whole binder is entitled "CONFIDENTIAL Date 12-17-46 Report No. 8 CAN-! "Ascender" Preliminary Analysis." One suspects that Karnow's participation in this project was to build a model of the missile and indeed there is a photograph of a model of it. The project was eventually abandoned by the Navy.The obsessive nature of these binders is rather astounding and a bit disturbing but it does provide a very intimate look into the life of an immigrant. From his childhood in the poorer parts of Philadelphia through his younger years and into his time with the U.S. Navy we are given everything neatly arranged and annotated. An impressive gathering.abaa-ny-2022 N.p. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 75243

‎(AVIATION) BARLING, Walter H‎

‎Confidential Prospectus for the Formation of the Barling Aircraft Corporation.‎

‎Santa Cruz: N.p. ca. 1942. Original typescript 18-page rectos only document recounting the aviation design skills of Walter Henry Barling and seeking investors for his proposed Barling Aircraft Corporation. In a binder with an original 8 x 10 photograph of the Barling Bomber with its development crew standing in front of it with Walter Barling at the far right standing right next to General "Billy: Mitchell; William Lendrum Mitchell was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.Walter Henry Barling was born in England and for a time worked as a designer for the Royal Aircraft Company there but soon immigrated to the United States. He was an engineer of the first order and was soon at work on experimental aircraft for the US government. While his contributions to the history of flight are many and varied he is chiefly remembered as the designer of the ill-fated "Barling Bomber." The Barling Bomber is generally attributed the press called it "Mitchell's Folly" to William "Billy" Mitchell a U.S. Army Air Service General and most vocal advocate of strategic airpower who in 1919 discovered Walter H. Barling who had previously worked for the Royal Aircraft Factory. Mitchell asked Barling to design a bomber capable of carrying enough bombs to sink a battleship. Mitchell's goal was to demonstrate the effectiveness of airpower by sinking a battleship from the air and needed a large strategic bomber in order to accomplish this feat. Mitchell projected the cost of two prototype bombers at $375000. On 15 May 1920 the Army Engineering Division sought bids for the construction of a bomber based on Barling's sketches with the requirement that it be capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load to an altitude of 10000 ft 3000 m at a speed of no less than 100 mph 160 km/h.23 Barling had all of its engines mounted level with the fuselage. The aircraft used three wings but was not actually a triplane. More correctly it was a two-and-a-half wing aircraft. The middle wing had no control surfaces and was shorter and narrower than the two primary wings. The top and bottom wings had a chord of 13 ft 6 in 4.11 m and each had a surface area of about 2000 sq ft 190 m2. The stabilizer and elevator surfaces were 575 sq ft 53.4 m2 with an 8 ft 2.4 m chord. The fins and rudders looked like a box kite and had a surface area of 250 sq ft 23 m2. The undercarriage consisted of 10 wheels including two wheels mounted towards the front of the aircraft to prevent a nose-over on takeoff and a tail skid. The gross weight of the bomber was 42569 lb. It had a fuel capacity of 2000 gallons and carried 181 gallons of oil. On 22 August 1923 the Barling Bomber made its maiden flight from Wilbur Wright Field in Fairfield Ohio. At the time it was by far the heaviest aircraft in the world and remains large even by today's standards. Although capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load it was soon discovered that the aircraft was seriously underpowered and performance was disappointing. When it failed to fly over the Appalachian Mountains the program was discontinued. Many historians point out its influence in the development of the great bombers of WWII; the B29 and B17.But Walter Barley's aviation career did not end there. He turned to civil aviation and designed a three place low wing high performance monoplane which could be made by quality production methods such as those used in Ford Automobile plants. This craft was to become the well known NB3. It was put into manufacture by the Nicholas Beasley Airplane Company. There are two pages extolling the excellence of the NB3. Barling soon felt that another larger ship was in order so he designed the Barling B6. It was built flight tested and made ready for manufacture. In 1931 due to hard times in the business world the plant that was to build the B6 shut down. Barling purchased all the drawings specification lists valuable dies and jigs and had them shipped along with himself and his family to Santa Cruz California. In California he did some consulting work for J. H. McCollough and the two eventually in 1939 decided to form the Barling Aircraft Company. The remaining pages are a plea to investors stating that they can build great numbers of reliable and inexpensive NB3 and 6s. The final two page are marked "Confidential" and are a list of Barling's demands salary etc should some entrepreneur decide to foot the bill and actually fund the Barling Aircraft Company. Apparently William Barling never found a backer and he spent the rest of his life in Santa Cruz where he died in 1965. N.p. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74006

‎(Aviation)‎

‎INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW WRIGHT WHIRLWIND NINE WRIGHT WHIRLWIND SEVEN WRIGHT WHIRLWIND FIVE AVIATION ENGINES.‎

‎Paterson N.J.: Wright Aeronautical Corperation October 1929. 2nd edition. Pages 119 pp.8vo. Brown cloth binding. 2nd edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous fold-out plans. Owner�s signature on title page else in very good condition. Paterson, N.J.: Wright Aeronautical Corperation October, 1929. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12

‎(AVIATION)‎

‎Le Conquête de l’Air‎

‎This spectacular color lithograph commemorates the Grande Semaine d'Aviation of 1909 the first international public flying event and a turning point in aviation history. The powered aircraft featured at the event dominate the center. Surrounding it are portraits of pioneering figures in flight including Wright Curtiss Latham Fournier and Blériot and vignettes from aviation history.The event held at Reims France in August 1909 attracted more than 500000 spectators to watch famous aviators compete in contests of distance altitude and speed all from the massive grandstands constructed for the event. The meeting signified a transition in the public perception of flight. Once an experimental curiosity practiced by a few it came to be seen as a viable technology with the potential for practical application.This print a supplement to Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal highlights technological advances in aviation history. The fall of Icarus is depicted in the upper right corner next to two unrealized designs for flying machines from the 17th century. Vignettes show the various hot air balloons of the 18th century and capture the 19th-century shift to airships capable of controlled flight.At the center the collection of heavier-than-air planes flown at Reims in the early 20th century point to the transitional nature of this pioneer era. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved a twelve-second flight in their biplane; in 1909 technology had advanced enough for Louis Blériot to cross the English Channel in a powered monoplane. The array of airplanes shown in Reims exemplified this transformational period as Wright-style flyers and propeller-led monoplanes were featured side by side. The debut of lightweight more reliable engines at Reims also indicated the advances that were to come.The Grande Semaine showed that heavier-than-air flight was proven to be a viable technology full of possibilities. The next few decades brought the first major wartime use of airplanes the invention of the jet engine and growth of commercial aviation. Within sixty years man's "conquest of the air" had extended to outer space.This is a visually stunning record of a critical moment in technological history marking the beginning of modern aviation. Le Petit Journal‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 32820694

‎(aviation)‎

‎NATIONAL AIRPORT SYSTEM PLAN REVISED STATISTICS 1980-1989‎

‎Washington 1989 Federal Aviation Administration. Oblong 4to 446pp. original printed wraps. A few depository library stamps and numbers on front and on title page. VG. . paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : a62592

‎(Aviation) RICKENBACKER, Capt Edward‎

‎Seven Came Through SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY‎

‎Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company 1943. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 118 PP. Signed "To my good friend & associate / "Hugh Knowlton" / With my very best wishes / Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker 1943" directly on the FFEP.<br /> <br /> Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $1.50 intact on front flap. Signed by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to his friend and the man largely responsible for his purchase of Eastern Airlines from General Motors in 1938. Rickenbacker a Medal of Honor Recipient is best known as the most successful fighter ace of WWI. After WWI Rickenbacker parlayed his fame into an eventual purchase of Eastern Airlines for $3.5 million. In 1942 Rickenbacker was sent by the Secretary of War Henry Stimson on a tour of Pacific Theater Operations at the outset of WWII and survived 24 days adrift at sea after his plane crashed. <br /> <br /> A clean copy with minor toning. DJ a bit chipped and worn at edges and folds. Tape repairs to inside of DJ. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5515

‎(AVIATION) DE LA CIERVA, Juan [inventor]‎

‎The Autogiro.‎

‎Philadelphia: Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company of America 1930. First edition a second edition was published 3 years later. Quarto 8 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches. 31 1 pp. with photographic illustrations on every page. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Small stamp at head of from wrapper else a very good copy."Instead of a wing the autogiro had a large propeller on top. A second regular propeller drove it forward. But the big overhead propeller free-wheeled as the autogiro flew; it provided only lift. An autogiro could take off and land in a very short distance; but it couldn't rise vertically like a helicopter. If one lost power it spun safely back down to earth like a maple seed. It was developed by Spanish aerial pioneer Juan de la Cierva. Cierva and his brother began trying to build airplanes before WW-I while he was a civil-engineering student in Madrid. Juan de la Cierva built conventional airplanes for several years before he began thinking about the autogiro. Finally one night at the opera Aida he realized how to balance lift on advancing and retreating blades of that overhead propeller" J. Leihard. For some while there was a fantasy that everyone would own an autogiro and park it in their driveways. A year after this publication Amelia Earhart tried to be the first person to fly an autogiro coast to coast; she finally made it only to be told she had been beaten to the punch. In the late 1930s real helicopters came on the scene and that was in effect the end of the autogiro. Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company of America unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74956

‎(Aviation) REED Arthur‎

‎C-130 Hercules‎

‎Ian Allan Ltd, London, “Moderne Combat Aircraft 17”, 1984. In/4 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleur, 112 p.‎

‎(AVIATION: PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH)‎

‎Flying School Detachment Souther Field Ga. Composed of Squadrons A B C and D.‎

‎Jacksonville FL: John A. Coles Jr. 1919. Original panorama photograph of all the members of the four squadrons in front of a modified Curtiss J4. It measures 47 3/4 inches x 8 inches. Archivally matted. Excellent.Souther Field is the oldest continuously operating civilian airport in the United States that participated through military use on both World Wars. During WWI 500 cadets earned their wings here arriving 25 at a time and training for a period of two months. In 2009 it was renamed the Jimmy Carter Regional Airport. Perhaps the most famous aspect of this airport was its relation to hero aviator Charles Lindbergh. In April 1923 Charles Lindbergh arrived at South Field and purchased his first plane for $500 although he was not yet a pilot. His connection to aviation prior to this was that he was a "wing-walker" and a parachutist in an aerial circus. He bunked at the airport until his plane was finished after which he took his first solo flight and developed his piloting skills from flights out of Souther Field. After becoming proficient he departed for a life of barnstorming. Four years later in 1927 he became the first person to make a non-stop transatlantic flight cementing his status n the annal of aviation. John A. Coles, Jr. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74295

‎(AVIATION: PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH)‎

‎Maneuver Camp Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas.‎

‎San Antonio: H. Rudolph Fox Photographer 1911. Original photograph measuring 48 x 7 1/2 inches. Large panoramic photo depicting the March 1911 United States Army maneuvers which featured 20000 troops with early US military aircraft such as the Wright Model B biplane as well as two others by Robert McCormick and Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor flying above the camp. . captions scratched into negative at lower margin minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge minor creasing still a a wonderfully clean and clear image.This exceedingly scarce original panoramic photograph features the United States Army maneuvers in March 1911 and was one of the earliest such camps to coordinate with US Army fliers. Within the image the YMCA tent is identified as well as the placement of the field hospital field artillery the Signal Corps as well as the Depot Commissary in the foreground. Above three different biplanes are shown flying maneuvers including the Wright Model B flown by Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois who along with Phil Parmalee flew the first military reconnaissance scouting missions in a fixed-wing aircraft along the US-Mexico border; as well as planes flown by Robert McCormic an early Chicago aviator and inventor who would later construct and house several experimental aircraft at Fort Sam Houston as well as Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor who flew a Johnson Wright Model B airplane. The Wright Model B was the Wright brothers’ most successful aircraft produced from 1910 to 1914 and they were shipping nearly 4 aircraft a month. Unfortunately the rear elevator made the Model B more tail heavy and prone to stall and within two years faster propeller first aircraft with drag-reducing fuselages began appearing. Fort Sam Houston was a very popular experimental airfield for flying meets air races because it occupied 800 acres annd the field was unbroken by no hills of real prominence. Established in 1890 as a post the War Department began expanding the Fort after the Spanish-American War adding Cavalry and Light Artillery from 1905-1912 and also served as the birth of military aviation. Lt. Foulois had made his first solo flight the year before in March 1910. See: Edmond Percy Noel America Now Has Forty Flying Fields San Antonio Tex. Aero and Hydro 1912 Vol. 4 pp. 59 66; McFarland The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright 1953 p. 1183. H. Rudolph, Fox Photographer unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74260

‎(AVIATION: WWI)‎

‎The Aircraft Year Book; 1919.‎

‎New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association 1919. First edition. Octavo. 398 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic illustrations on nearly every page and 3 folding color maps of the current air routes World Europe United States. Publisher's blue cloth with blue lettering. Binding somewhat soiled extremities worn old bookplate of a lending library but a very good and clean copy sturdily bound.The publisher did a excellent job on the this the first issue of yearly publication that would continue all the way to 1959. In addition to an article by Orville Wright there are histories of all the major American aircraft makers of the time: Aeromarine Plane and Motor Corporation Burgess Company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation St. Louis Aircraft Corporation Dayton Wright Airplane Company Engel Aircraft Company Glenn L. Martin Company L-W-F Engineering Company Standard Aircraft Corporation Standard Aero Corporation of N.Y. Springfield Aircraft Corporation Sturtevant Aeroplane Corporation Thomas-Moore Aircraft Corporation Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. There are also chapters on the flying aces of America France England Germany and Italy. Manufacturers Aircraft Association hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74513

‎(AVIATION: WWI) MATTHEWS, R Borlase‎

‎The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918.‎

‎Londoon: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1918. Sixth edition. Twelvemo. cxxviii ads for aviation related items 362 pp. plus some foldout diagrams. Publisher's brown cloth with ads as endpapers. Very good. Crosby Lockwood and Son hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74512

‎(AVIATION: WINGS CLUB)‎

‎Three Titles Published by This Organization.‎

‎New York : Wings Club 1964-65-68. SIKORSKI Igor I. Recollections and Thoughts of a Pioneer. First edition. Octavo. 38 pp. including numerous full page photographic illustrations.HUNSAKER Jerome C. Some Lessons of History. First edition. ix 29 1 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations.VON BRAUN Werner Space Flight; Past Present and Future. First edition. Octavo. iv 2 27 1 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations.All three are bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver spine and cover lettering and silver stamped icon of the Wings Club blue endpapers. The Sikorski volume has a previous owner's name on dark blue endpapers hard to see else a very good set.The Wings Club was founded in New York City on May 15 1942. It was housed within the Yale Club and served World War II pilots as a place of leisure and occasional living quarters. The first board of directors included Juan Trippe the founder of Pan American World Airways and World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The first president was Caleb Bragg a racer of automobiles and speedboats aviation pioneer and automotive inventor. Bragg had previously been a governor of the Aero Club of America. He was made president of the Wings Club despite suffering from a longterm illness which led to his death later the next year. Also in 1964 founding club member former club president and retired USAF General Harold Ross Harris implemented the annual "Sight Lecture" series at which a leading aviation notable was to be invited to deliver a lecture adhering generally to "insights foresights and hindsights" of aviation. Each lecture was to be published in book form by the Wings Club. Offered here are the First Second and Fifth Sight Lectures. Wings Club hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74265

‎(EARLY AVIATION ARCHIVE)‎

‎An Archive Concerning Lieutenant Frederic E. Humphreys The First Army Officer To Fly Solo. These Letters Mention The Thirtieth Anniversary Of His Historic Flight‎

‎Archive. 7 pieces. 1938 to 1939. A grouping of seven pieces concerning Frederic E. Humphreys the first Army officer to fly solo. These pieces arranged in chronological order mention the thirtieth anniversary of Humphreys first flight.1 TLS. 1pp. 8 x 10. July 18 1938. War Department. A typed letter signed J Totten on War Department letterhead concerning Special Recognition for Colonel F.E. Humphreys: Reference is made to your letter of November 12 1937 recommending that some form of special recognition be awarded Colonel Frederic E. Humphreys New York National Guard for being the first officer of the United States Regular Army to fly a plane aloneit is proposed to make a suitable award to Colonel Humphreys. By order of the Secretary of War.2 TL. 1pp. 8 x 10. July 18 1938. War Department. A typed letter that is an unsigned copy of #1.3 TDS. 1pp. 8 x 10. August 3 1938. No place. A typed letter signed Ames T. Brown indicating that he mailed a letter to Louis L. Pendleton concerning the 30th anniversary of the flight.4 TD. 1pp. 8 x 10. August 4 1938. Camp Smith Peekskill. A typed document mentioning that it is to be addressed to Colonel Louis L. Pendleton.5 ALS. 1pp. 8 x 10. August 23 38. New York City. An autograph letter signed L.L. Pendleton Colonel addressed to Lieutenant Humphreys: Please not attached papers which please return to me at your convenience. The Mills of the Gods grind slow it would seem but better late than never also applies. I hope I will be around next summer to see what they really do then!6 TLS. 1pp. 7 x 9. April 5 1939. Aberdeen Proving Ground. A typed letter signed C.M. on Office of the Commanding Officer Aberdeen Proving Ground stationery. He wrote to Humphreys: It certainly was nice to get your pleasant letter of April 3rdmy memory is quite clear as to the time you and Lahm were trying out the first Wright airplane. I am glad you enjoyed the bulletin or class letter but I prepared it quite a while before it was issued and made some serious omissionsThere is a good article in the Sperryscope Vol 8 no 10 just out by Lahm which mentions the trying experience of your pamphlet. Call up the Sperryscope Co. and get a copy from Gillmor who is an old friend of mine. Lahm received the first flying lesson but Humphreys made the first solo flight just before Lahm made his flight.7 Card. 1pp. No date. Governors Island NY. A card imprinted Colonel Earl McFarland and written on in pencil My best wishes and I hope to see you soon. Governors Island NY. unknown‎

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‎(EARLY AVIATION)‎

‎Les Etapes de l'Aviation.‎

‎Paris: C.M. ca. 1911. First edition. Oblong octavo consisting of 20 photographic illustrations of early aeroplanes each with a caption beneath in French. All with tissue guards. Publisher's printed brown wrappers with the front bearing images of a biplane and a monoplane. No copies located by OCLC. A very good copy.There is no information about this publication but likely it was meant to accompany "Les Etapes de l'Aviation:Conférence Faite le 12 Décembre 1909" by Mathieu Varille. The conference was held in Lyon perhaps in anticipation of their 1910 air meet. Many of the much monkeyed with photographs herein are by M. Branger a well known early aviation photographer. C.M. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74173

‎(EARLY AVIATION)‎

‎Salon De l'Aeronautique 1913.‎

‎Paris: L'Auto 1913. First edition. Bifolio 16 3/4 by 24 inches. Now separated into two leaves but complete. Photographic illustrations. Very good.A free newspaper supplement detailing the 1913 Air Meet in France. The third page bears photographic illustrations of the winners and include; Monoplane Nieuport; Monoplane Morane-Saulnier; Biplan Breguet; Hydravion Borel; Biplan H. Farman; Monoplan Bleriot; Hydravion M. Farman; Hydravion Caudron. There are alos photographic portraits of 10 pilots including one woman: Mme de Laroche. Born on 22 August 1882 in Paris Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a plumber. She had a fondness for sports as a child as well as for motorcycles and automobiles when she was older. As a young woman she became an actress and used the stage name "Raymonde de Laroche". Inspired by Wright's demonstations of flight in Paris in 1908 she decided to become a pilot. "In October 1909 de Laroche appealed to her friend aviator and aeroplane builder Charles Voisin to instruct her in how to fly. On 22 October 1909 de Laroche went to the Voisin brothers' base of operations at Chalons 90 miles east of Paris. Voisin's aircraft could seat only one person so she operated the plane by herself while he stood on the ground and gave instructions. After she mastered taxiing around the airfield she lifted off and flew 300 yards. De Laroche's flight is often cited as the first by a woman in a powered heavier-than-air craft; there is evidence that two other women P. Van Pottelsberghe and Thérèse Peltier had flown the previous year with Henri Farman and Delagrange respectively as passengers but not as pilots. On 8 March 1910 de Laroche became the first woman in the world to receive a pilot licence when the Aero-Club of France issued her licence #36 of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale International Aeronautics Federation or F.A.I." Wiki.L'Auto was the main French sports daily issued from 16 October 1900 to 17 August 1944 . Founded under the title L'Auto-Vélo 1900-1902 by its founder director Henri Desgrange this organized the Tour de France. It was banned from publication in 1944 because it was considered favorable to the German Occupation. L'Auto unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 73067

‎(Faa), Federal Aviation Administration‎

‎Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1329650301.G ISBN : 1329650301 9781329650305