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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. McLAUGHLIN, George F. (Ed.)
Admiral Sims says aircraft dooms battleships; The Naval aircraft factory; Aircraft’s important role at Hawaii. . . In: Aero Digest Vol. VII No. 3.
New York: Aeronautical Digest September 1925. 4to. pp. 457-512. Numerous photos text illustrations schematics diagrams numerous advertisements. Illustrated colour softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art of battleship being destroyed by biplane divebombers against the backdrop of a setting sun in blue orange peach white & black slight shelfwear very slight dustsoiling NF copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the noted early aviation magazine with particular focus on Naval aviation and Naval aircraft. Aeronautical Digest, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 51859
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[AVIATION -- CATALOGUE]. SHRADER, Welman A. (Ed.), JARCK, Berneice H., ROGERS, Russell F., et al.
Aeronautical engineering catalog. . . .
New York NY: Institute of Aeronautical Sciences 1946. 4to. 409 1 pp. i.e. 420. With over 200 pages of illustrated manufacturers advertisements most in colour along with price lists etc. some leaves printed on colour-tinted paper. Pebbled-blue publisher’s cloth Art Deco lettering & cover design in silver silver on spine slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners still NF copy. Third edition revised & expanded of this invaluable catalogue tracing the changeover of the aviation industry from World War II production to civil airlines in the Post-War era. Companies include Aerojet from Azusa CA touting their rocket propulsion jets; Allison Division of GM their jet propulsion engines such as the engine for the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star; Edison Aeronautical Equipment; B.F. Goodrich airline wheels and brakes; Hardman Manufacturing “Siesta Seats†for passenger airliners; the United States Rubber Co. airline upholstery fabrics; and even Warner Aircraft Engines. Last half is a detailed directory of all manufacturers listing over 2000 aviation parts. Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 57091
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[AVIATION -- TRAVEL DIRECTORY].
Airports and established landing fields in the United States: with supplementary sections for Alaska Canada and Mexico. . . 1934 edition.
Hackensack NJ: Airport Directory Co. 1933. 4to. 184 2 42 pp. With over 200 aerial photos numerous maps throughout colour-illustrated ads for Shell Aviation and other text illustrations. Black cloth-backed softcovers rounded corners ads for Viking automatic sprinklers front cover Stanovo Aviation Engine Oil on back cover minor sunning & dustsoiling front cover still VG bright copy. First edition thus of this 2nd installment in the noted Airport and Landing Fields directories which would continue to be issued through the Great Depression World War II and into the Mid-20th Century. Prior to December 1935 and the nascent attempt by an airline consortium to open the first Airway Traffic Control Station pilots used visual cues maps compasses and radio communications to fly between airports. These directories which were continually updated with aerial photographs offered essential reference points for pilots navigators and now researchers as they captured architectural geographical and physical details visible beyond the edges of hundreds of airports. Airport Directory Co., paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 62672
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[AVIATION - DIRIGIBLES] Goodyear-Zepellin Corporation
America In The Skyways with souvenir medallion
Akron: Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. 1929. First Edition. Quarto 31cm. Blue flocked fabric boards with foil-stamped ornament to front cover matching the souvenir aluminum medallion described below; 23pp; mounted color frontispiece; printed in colors throughout with lithographic text illustrations. Boards soiled and faded with some discoloration along lower 1/3 of front board; internally clean tight and unmarked though there has been some offsetting on pages facing lithographed illustrations. About Very Good and retaining the souvenir aluminum medallion given out at the 1929 "Ring Laying" ceremony for the ZRS-4 Prototype of the Goodyear Zeppelin with stamped text: "ZRS-4 / RING LAYING / GOODYEAR ZEPPELIN / AKRON OHIO U.S.A. / OCT. 31 1929"<br /> <br /> Souvenir book from the ring-laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Akron the largest airship of its kind at the date of it launch and the first dedicated Naval aircraft carrier. The book itself is a fragile item bound in a soft flocked cloth that seems to have been specially designed to absorb any dirt in its general proximity; this copy with perhaps less than average wear compared to others we've seen in commerce. The accompanying medal crafted from Goodyear's patented "Duralumin" alloy is a rare survival and desirable piece of aviation history. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 82778
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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. [EHRENCLOU, V.[aldor] L. (Gen. Manager) & PRITCHARD, Robert J. (Ed.)].
An industry weathers a storm; 1931 in review; The dispatcher how he operates; A moormast on wheels U.S.S. Akron; Developing a course of study at the Boeing School of Aeronautics; News of the West. . . In: Western Flying Air Race Report Issue Vol. XI No. 1; together with ZOOM Flyers fix firs Frolic date Pearson Field Vol. 1 No. 1 broadside.
Los Angeles CA & Portland OR: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District Army Air Corps January 1932. Two pieces. 4to. 64 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted illustration Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art advertisement for Eclipse aviation engine starters colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Curtiss-Wright Union and Douglas Amphibion aircraft slight scuffing minor shelfwear minor creasing 1 small tear still VG copy; 4to. 1 printed leaf very slight edgewear & toning still NF copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast detailing the Goodrich Airplane Tires in Alaska United Airlines and review of the Army Air Corps in 1931. Of special interest is the exceedingly scarce humorous broadside for the Portland District of the Army Air Corps Zoom announcing the Frolics for Pearson Field commanded by Lieutenant Carlton F. Bond in Vancouver WA featuring officers friends and family of the 321st Squadron with the Seventh Infantry Band. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District, Army Air Corps, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 51853
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED U-2].
An unusual group of colour photo transparencies for lighted salesman sample cases or overhead presentations illustrating several configurations of Lockheed U-2R and U-2S spy planes developed by Melpar E-systems in the 1980s and 1990s.
Falls Church VA & Burbank CA: Melpar Inc. E-Systems; Lockheed Aircraft Co. ca. 1990. Nine colour photo transparencies sized 8 x 10 in. all mounted on cream-coloured and green matte boards sized 10 x 12 in. many w/ pencil & ink annotations some w/ Melpar ownership label on versos 1 image from a printed colour photo all w/ nice contrast minor edgewear rubbing to matte boards still VG set. These scarce images focus on assorted configurations for the famed Lockheed U-2R spy planes including those later converted into U-2S jets and some appearing in their Superpod configuration while others in the very odd Span Pod configuration in flight and on the tarmac. The aircraft depicted include the 68-10339 U-2 which first flew in Oct. 22 1968 transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB in 1972 and later to Beale AFB before being upgraded and later crashed killing Captain Rich Snyder Dec. 13 1993; the 80-1074 TR-1A U-24 U-2S delivered to Beale AFB in Fe.b 1984 and later converted to U-2S in May 1996; and the 80-1071 U-2R delivered to Beale and converted to U-2S in Oct. 1994. Two of the images show the U-2R in Superpod configuration developed by Melpar including one image of the aircraft flying over the Golden Gate Bridge featuring twin 24-foot-long superpods mounted at midspan each wing capable of carrying 800 lbs. of equipment and three times longer than the instrument pods used during the EP-X trials. Other images show the Span Pod Configuration which consisted of a 30-inch parabolic antenna housed in an unpressurized dorsal radome on the fuselage and two for the control systems trailer. See: Peter W. Merlin Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2 2015; David Donald U-2 The Second Generaltion Black Jets 2003. Melpar, Inc., E-Systems; Lockheed Aircraft Co., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 56654
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[AVIATION -- POLAR EXPLORATION]. LACHAMBRE, Henri & MACHURON, Alexis.
Andree and his balloon. . . .
Westminster UK: Archibald Constable & Co. 1898. 8vo. viii 9-301 3 pp. plus 15 1 pp. publisher’s illustrated catalogue. Colour chromolithograph frontisp. 44 photo plates. Blue-ribbed pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art illustration of Andree’s balloon on front cover & spine slight rubbing very minor wear to corner tips still VG bright largely uncut & unopened copy. First edition in English of this work examining the preparations and efforts of the Salomon August Andree’s doomed Polar Expedition via balloon in 1897 traveling with Knut Fraenkel and Nils Strindberg. Andree beleived he could steer the hydrogen-filled balloon with a drag line but this proved ineffective and his Polar balloon the Ornen Eagle leaked far more hydrogen than expected and as of the end of this contemporary crashed and disappeared. In 1930 the expedition’s last camp was discovered with documents and photos recording how they’d crashed on a drifting ice pack poor Arctic gear and died on Kvitoya in Svalbard. Archibald Constable & Co., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 63167
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[AVIATION -- MAPS].
BEA international route maps. . . .
London & Paris: British European Airways 1949. 4to. 20 pp unpagianted. colour-illustrated maps and red & black text throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated maps w/ ad for BP Aviation Service and Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd. on back cover Dunlop tire ad verso of front center crease fold as issued w/ original BEA sleeve from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this surprisingly scarce BEA route map book issued following World War II and prior to the establishment of the Western US UK and French Zones into the Federal Republic of German and the Soviet Zone into the German Democratic Republic East Germany. In 1946 BEA was established to feed short commuter flights across Europe and until 1950 used a fleet of Douglas DC-3 aircraft based out of Croydon and Northold Airports moving to Heathrow in 1950. No copies in Worldcat. British European Airways, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 62765
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[Aviation Training Division: Office of the Chief of Naval op
Boxing: The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals
United States Naval Institute 1943-01-01. hardcover. Used - Acceptable. 0x0x0. some wear. has moldy odor. discoloration from age. very readable copy. United States Naval Institute hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 24-08-21-gw-35758-lcz
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[Aviation Training Division: Office of the Chief of Naval operations]
Boxing: The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals
United States Naval Institute 1943. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Tight and unmarked but lacks jacket. Illustrated throughout. 1943 issue. D35 Please email for photos. United States Naval Institute hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 117040
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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. NOEL, E. Percy (Ed.)
Buffalo racing boats sink flying boats float; New Borel meets military requirements. . . In: Aero and Hydro. America’s Aviation Weekly Vol. VI No. 24.
Chicago: Noel & Company Sept. 13 1913. 4to. 449-460 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations illustrated ads. Illustrated printed softcovers photo cover art photo of Aviator Pegoud the first man to fly voluntarily upside down minor thumbing dustsoiling shelfwear still VG- copy from the collection of Albert Colson 1898-1975 World War I veteran who trained to fly with the Portland-Based Dudrey Aircraft Company. First edition of this scarce early aviation periodical including photos and scale drawings of the Borel Military Monoplane. Noel & Company, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 48082
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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. McLAUGHLIN, George F. (Ed.)
Congress studies the air; European air transport; Airplanes are saving our forests; The De Passy Rigid Express and Battle Cruiser Type A; . . . In: Aero Digest Vol. VIII No. 3.
New York: Aeronautical Digest March 1926. 4to. pp. 113-176. Numerous photos text illustrations schematics diagrams numerous advertisements. Illustrated colour softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art of float biplane flying over the Arctic slight shelfwear very slight dustsoiling minor wear to fore-edges VG- copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the noted early aviation magazine with articles on European air transport proposals for heavier-than-air aircraft as well as excellent article on using airplanes at Spokane Base Air Forest Fire Patrol District I in Spokane WA for fire spotting duties. Aeronautical Digest, paperback
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED]. [JUERGENS, Philip L. (Ed).]
Cover title. Of men and stars: A history of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1913-1957 Chapters I-IX March - January.
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Nine parts in one vol. 4to. 4; 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together in original Lockheed Corporation adjustable blue & silver foil softcovers copper lettering stamped on front cover yapp edges very slight uniform toning NF set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these unusually rare original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958 as was the company printed softcover post-binder and additional 4 page introduction present here. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 53090
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[AVIATION -- CONVAIR].
CV-340 Flight manual: general 1 thru 20 -- systems description. . . airplane limitations and performance. . . .cruise control. . . ; Flight Training Center Denver DENTC United Air Lines Inc. CV-340 Transition Training Topical Course. . . .
San Diego CA & Denver CO: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Convair; Flight Training Center Denver DENTC 1957-1960. Two parts in one vol. 4to. Approx. 250; 200 pp sections separately paginated some unpaginated or unnumbered. first part w/ text illustrations diagrams colour charts photos MS flight logs; 2nd w/ mimeographed and copied Convair training literature and coursework sheets many on DENTC letterhead many w/ MS notes. United Airlines black pebbled cloth 3-ring binder piano hinged covers United logo in colour on front cover w/ lettering blocked out minor edgewear some scuffing hand-written spine label still VG copy from the library of Lt. W.illiam L.ouis Airis 1927-2004 former National Guard pilot and commercial pilot for United Airlines based out of Seattle WA. First edition of this very scarce original flight manual for the Convair CV-340 which was basically a Super Convair 240 the first private aircraft used in a US Presidential campaign by John F. Kennedy and named Caroline. The CV-340 airliners featured more length greater wing span and power for high-elevation performance and were launched when United Airlines ordered 55 of the aircraft with orders from Braniff Continental Delta Northeast and National Airliners. They earned a reputation for reliability and profitability which allowed them to be developed into the final piston-engined Convairliner the CV-440. The Denver Flight Training Center for United Airlines required pilots to complete simulation training flight training and also included illustrated information on stability flaps instrument controls and more. Airis has included flight log sheets for flights from June 21 1960 through Jan. 27 1961. No copies in Worldcat. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Convair; Flight Training Center, Denver, DENTC, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 61913
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[AVIATION -- WORLD WAR I GERMANY]. SUPF, Peter.
Das Buch der deutschen Fluggeschichte. Vorkriegszeit Kriegszeit Nachkriegszeit bis 1932. Herausgegeben vom Verein zur Forderung des Luftsports. Zweiter Band.
Stuttgart: Drei Brunnen Verlag 1958. Thick 4to. 736 pp. Photo frontispiece 100s of photo illusts. maps diagrams. Blue cloth silver lettering minor shelfwear w/o endpapers still G copy. First edition of this famed illustrated monograph on German aviation history from before World War I until 1932. The author provides an expansive and excellent history of the formation of the German air force early German aviation pilots in the German Colonies the development of planes and pilots during World War I the evolution of air racing in Europe and much more. Drei Brunnen Verlag, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 45753
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[AVIATION -- NETHERLANDS]. BAKKER, Lt. WN. (Editor). W. N.
De Luchtvaart Geillustreerd tijdschrift voor Luchtvaart en aanverwante vakken. Aviation. Illustrated magazine for aviation and related subjects. Officieel orgaan van de Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Luchtvaar en de Nederlandsch-Indische Vereen. . . . Tweede jaargang. . . .
Haarlem: Gedrukt bij J.A. Boom 1910. 4to. Twenty-six issues in one vol. iv 460 pp. With 100’s of photo illustrations text illustrations digrams charts maps. Quarter-black cloth over publisher’s illustrated boards blue & black lettering illustration on front cover minor scuffing wear dustsoiling wear to corners slight fraying head & foot of spine and light uniform interior toning ex-lib markings on title endpapers still VG- copy w/ perforated stamp at foot of title w/ withdrawn stamp and ownership stamp of Bill Rhode b. 1915 Aeronautical Collection was the owner of a large clipping service for aviation and flying subjects and worked for the legendary Gates’ Flying Circus was a stunt parachute jumper B-17 tail gunner during World War II and later acrobatics instructor. First edition of all 26 issues of the second volume in this pioneering Dutch aviation magazine. These exceedingly scarce early illustrated magazines provide an essential visual and textual documentary record of aviation within the first decade of the Wright Brothers first powered flight. Articles encompass early balloon trips barrage military balloons lighter-than-air airships descriptions and illustrations of the latest Wright airplanes Maxim’s new plane Etrich’s monoplane and many early aviators air races crashes and more. Issued biweekly from 1909-1913 this magazine was the official publication of the Dutch Aviation Association & 1910-1913 for Dutch East Indies Association for Aviation. [Gedrukt bij J.A. Boom, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 59028
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[AVIATION -- CINEMA & IFILM]. ANDREWS, Frank A.
Dirigible: based on The Columbia Picture screen version by Lieut. Commander Frank Wilber Wead U.S.N.
New York & Chicago: A.L. Burt Co. Publishers 1931. 8vo. 256 pp. Photo frontisp. 3 photo illustrations colour illustration cover art of USS Los Angeles Zeppelin. Orange publisher’s cloth black lettering & ruling front cover black lettering on spine rubbing shelfwear dustsoiling w/ d.j. cover art of USS Los Angeles sailing through the clouds minor chipping head & foot of spine closed tears at corners fore-edges VG/VG- copy. First photoplay edition based on this Art Deco inspired for Dirigible -- Frank Capra’s epic aviation disaster film for Columbia pictures. Based on the crash of the airship Italia flown by Umberto Nobile in May 1928 near the North Pole and the subsequent rescue which cost Roald Amundson his life Capra intended to emulate the success of Wings. This fascinating film was shot in a semi-documentary style providing splendid footage of the USS Los Angeles mid-air docking/recovery of a fighter aircraft and the crash of an airship during a storm just a few years before the Hindenburg disaster. The movie starred Jack Holt Ralph Graves and Fay Wray two years before her huge success in King Kong. This was the first Columbia Pictures film to receive a glamorous premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. A.L. Burt Co., Publishers, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 63162
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[AVIATION -- MILITARY MEDICINE]. MAYCOCK, Wing Commander Robert.
Doctors in the air.
New York & London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Printed in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1957. 8vo. 10 145 1 pp. Photo frontisp. with numerous photo plates. Blue tweed publisher’s boards silver lettering on spine minor dustsoiling slight bowing to covers w/ d.j. surrealistic cover art of pilot wearing breathing mask minor shelfwear British price clipped U.S. price of 3.75 rubber stamped w/ imprint on jacket still VG/VG copy. First American edition of this surprisingly uncommon memoir and study of Altitude Training Program during World War II and afterwards designed to familiarize flying aviators and bombing crews with the physiological principles in ascent to high altitude. He details the research to aid pilots in coping with great hights trans-sonic speeds violent acceleration parachute drops exposure fatigue during the mammoth Berlin airlift and early studies of the effects of observing an atomic explosion mushroom cloud from a Canberra jet. Thomas Nelson and Sons, [Printed in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.], hardcover
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[AVIATION -- WORLD WAR I]. CLUNE, Frank.
D’Air Devil: the story of “Pard†Mustar Australian Air Ace.
Sydney & London: Angus & Robertson Ltd. 1941. 8vo. 8 251 1 pp. Red cloth black lettering on spine half-title list of titles as front pastedown pictorial map at rear of flight from Rabaul to Lae and Wau minor shelfwear rubbing some slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of monoplane aerial acrobatics on front & spine minor chipping head & foot of spine minor wear to corners slight scuffing price-clipped a few old tape repairs on verso still G/G copy w/ former ownership stamps on list of titles & upper fore-edge title. First edition of this very scarce biography of the Australian Ace who flew during World War I over Egypt Gallipoli the Sinai Palestine Syria and Arabia for the Allies against the Ottoman Empire and later mapped Lake Eyre and the Great Barrier River. During World War II Ernest Andrew “Pard†Mustar Mustard 1893-1971 would later fly with the Royal Australian Air Force. Very scarce in original dustjacket. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 62101
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[AVIATION -- KOREAN WAR].
Flight handbook. USAF series F-86A aircraft. Security information -- restricted. T.O. No. 1F-86A-1 Formerly AN 01-60JLA0-1. . . ; Safety of flight supplement. Flight handbook USAF Series F-86A aircraft Feb. -- May 1955.
n.p.: United States Air Force United States Navy December 5 1953 - May 13 1955. 4to. 192; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 pp. 100s of illustrations diagrams colour diagrams charts some leaves printed in red & black. Bound in split-ring clasp binder holes punched at gutter margin as issued metal clasp black lettering on front sover rounded corners minor shelfwear soiling still a VG- copy w/ contents in excellent condition. First edition of this exceedingly scarce flight handbook for the famed North Americaqn F-86A Sabrejet swept wing fighter jet. This jet fought continual high-speed dogfights over Korea with similar swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 jet fighters and was considered the best fighter aicraft in the war. It experienced an extended production run of over 7800 aircraft through 1956 and was used in Air Forces around the world until 1994. This handbook details the capabilities for the aircraft armed with .50-caliber machine guns carrying bombs rockets or chemical tanks powered by the J47 turbojet engine operating limitations flight characteristics systems operation crew duties and all-weather operations. Many of the American pilots flying the Sabrejets during the Korean War were experienced World War II veterans. However as the war progressed increasing numbers of pilots were being trained at Nellis Air Force Base and the casualty rate for the fighters were quite high. The American pilots succeeded in downing 792 MiG fighters during the War. No copies located in Worldcat. United States Air Force, United States Navy], unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 49186
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[AVIATION -- WRIGHT BROTHERS]. FREUDENTHAL, Elsbeth E.
Flight into history: the Wright brothers and the air age.
Norman OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press 1949. 8vo. xiii 1 268 2 pp. Illust. title page. With numerous photo plates. Blue-gray publisher’s cloth silver lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art of Wright Flyer minor scuffing edgewear slight chipping head of spine still NF/VG copy. First edition of perhaps one of the best historical biographies and analyses of the growth of the Wright Aero Corporation. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 60581
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[AVIATION -- ARCTIC]. FARQUHAR, Francis P. & MERNER, Garfield.
Flight to the North Pole 24 August 1949.
San Francisco CA: Grabhorn Press 1950. Tall 8vo. 11 5 pp. Title illust. & decorated in red black & blue couple leaves w/ black letter type. Blue softcovers pale white lettering yapp fore-edges very slight shelfwear still NF copy signed & dated by Farquhar on title w/ original mailing envelope. First edition signed of this charming Grabhorn Press piece recounting the polar aerial adventure of Farquhar noted California historian mountaineer & Bohemian Club member and Garfield Merner founder of the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park CA. The black letter excerpts from Haluyt’s 1582 Divers Voyages and Martin Frobisher in 1578 serve as preface and afterword. [Grabhorn Press], paperback
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[AVIATION -- CESSNA].
Flight with a new flair: 1957 Cessna 182/180. Dealer brochure/poster.
Wichita KS: Cessna Aircraft Company 1957. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 8 pp unpaginated. which folds out into 24 x 18 in. poster colour-printed & illustrated recto & verso. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art photos of the Cessna 182/180 aircraft slight dustsoiling NF copy. First edition of this very scarce original Cessna dealer’s brochure/poster extolling the advantages of the latest redesigned aircraft the Cessna 180A and the Cessna 182A Skylane. The Cessna 180 first introduced in 1953 during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the company featured a 225-horsepower engine and proved very popular with bush pilots the 182A in 1957 had its landing gear widened 5.4 inches and lowered by 4 inches and improved handling substantially in crosswinds. No copies in Worldcat. Cessna Aircraft Company, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 63192
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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. [EHRENCLOU, V.[aldor] L. (Gen. Manager) & PRITCHARD, Robert J. (Ed.)].
From carrier decks; Shock absorbers for the Akron; Autorotation; Plane parking in the Arctic; Hospitality -- Pueblo Style; Fire Fighters in the air; News of the West. . . In: Western Flying Vol. X No. 6.
Los Angeles CA: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St. December 1931. 4to. 64 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Eclipse aviation engine starters and generators colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Wright Union and Shell slight scuffing minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast including illustrated articles on the Autogiro from the Autogiro Company Pacific Airmotive the Albuquerque airport and more. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St., paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 51849
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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. McLAUGHLIN, George F. (Ed.)
From ocean to ocean; Wings of the rising sun; Handley Page air liner; Leviathans of the air; Gliders in Soviet Russia . . . In: Aero Digest Vol. 8 No. 1.
New York: Aeronautical Digest January 1926. 4to. 56 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations schematics diagrams numerous advertisements 1 printed in red & black. Illustrated colour softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art showing winged flapper welcoming the new year by C.E. Miska slight shelfwear very slight dustsoiling minor wear to fore-edges 1 ad clipped at rear reference copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the noted early aviation magazine with extensive articles on the winning of the Trans-Continental National Air Race by Kenneth Montee and Maraschi in an OX5 Biplane as well as detailed report on the fast-growing Japanese aviation industry during the 1920s. Aeronautical Digest, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 51864
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[AVIATION -- CATALOGUE].
Good safe planes you can afford to buy and fly -- Piper Cubs.
Lock Haven PA: Piper Aircraft Corporation Oct. 15 1946. Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 12 pp unpaginated. With three-colour plates colour-printed throughout self-printed colour softcovers minor shelfwear slight creasing still NF copy w/ printed price-list mounted verso front cover. First edition of this extraordinarily scarce Piper Aircraft Corp. sales brochure issued just after World War II before private Civil Aircraft restrictions had been lifted in the United States. The models featured here include the Piper Cub Super Cruiser a 3-passenger aircraft fitted with 100 horsepower engine and capable of 600 miles flying range; the Piper Cub Special which was the thrifty low-cost model fitted with a 65-horsepower engine and cruising range of 200 miles; and finally the Piper Cub Sea Scout which was a Super Cruiser fitted with pontoons. The PA-12 Super Cruiser was basically a J-5C aircraft produced from 1946-1948 and two of them flew around the World in 1947 with both still surviving in museums. Worldcat locates 1 copy Canada Sci & Tech Museum. Piper Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 58083
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[AVIATION -- BALLOONING].TISSANDIER, Gaston.
Histoire de mes ascensions recit de quarant-cinq voyages aeriens 1868-1888. . . Ouvrage accompagne ce nombreux dessins par Albert Tissandier ferat et Adrien Marie. . . .
Paris: Maurice Dreyfous Editeur 20 Rue de Tournon 1888. Tall 8vo. 7 x 10.5 in. xxiv 308 pp. Frontisp. portrait w/ text woodcut engravings engravings from photo illustrations and plates throughout. Elaborately decorated & embossed red publisher’s cloth decorative lettering & borders in gilt silver & black a.e.g. minor bumping to corners wear to corners uniform interior light toning edgewear still G copy from library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II w/ ownership stamp on front pastedown. Revised edition of this beautifully illustrated book on the history of balloon ascensions by the author and his brother Gaston as they were the most renowned balloonists of the Mid-19th-Century. Gaston Tissandier 1843-1899 was a noted chemist meteorologist aviator and editor whose works focused solely on scientific amusements as a way to encourage and promote scientific learning. He founded and edited the scientific magazine La Nature and even managed to escape the 1870 siege of Paris by flying a balloon and in 1883 created the first powered airship by attaching a Siemens electric motor to an airship. Albert Tissandier 1839-1906 was a noted adventurer aviator architect and archaeologist who collaborated with his brother on the magazine La Nature. See: Sofie Lachapelle Conjuring Science: A History of Scientific Entertainment and Stage Magic in Modern France 2015. Maurice Dreyfous, Editeur, 20, Rue de Tournon, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 59637
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[AVIATION -- CHINA]. [TAO SHUYUAN 陶叔淵].
In Chinese. èˆªç©ºèˆ‡å»ºè¨ Hang kong yu jian she or: Hangkong yu jianshe Aviation and construction.
Shanghai: Zhonghua shuju 1936. 8vo. 2 144 pp. including advertisements for other titles by Tao Shuyuan. With numerous photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams. Printed softcovers as issued some interior toning minor shelfwear scuffing to front cover minor chipping to spine still G copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this exceedingly scarce work on Chinese civil aviation aircraft and airport construction published the year before the Second Sino-Japanese War devolved into World War II. The author has included seat configurations cockpit designs and interiors largely drawn from Italian airliners. The section on airports includes photo illustrations and descriptions of runway layout and details for early international airports such as Los Angeles and Brookland along with proposed designs for Chinese airports as well as runway lighting equipment radio & control towers and more. Worldcat locates 2 copies Beijing U of W. Zhonghua shuju, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 63312
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[Aviation Publications]
Instruction Manual for Ford Trimotor 1929
Appleton Wisconsin: Aviation Publications 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback perfect bound with white card covers lettered in black and illustrated with image of Ford trimotor plane. Illustrated with detailed diagram drawings and several black and white photographs. A facsimile of the operational and maintenance manual for the Ford all-metal monoplane. First thus by this publisher. No previous ownership marks. Mild age toning to white covers else a clean tight and unmarked copy. Very good. Aviation Publications Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 022187 ISBN : 0879940239 9780879940232
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[AVIATION -- HELICOPTER].
Introducing the new Bell Model 47 G helicopter. Product of over a million flight hours.
Fort Worth TX: Bell Aircraft Corporation 1953. 4to. 36 pp unpaginated photo illustrations colour-tinted text illustrations colour-tinted diagrams maps. Colour-illustrated softcovers minor soiling minor foxing to spine some minor shelfwear VG- copy. First edition of this scarce catalogue promoting the agility and virtues of the 47 G helicopter during the Korean War. The Bell 47G was equipped with open cockpits or sheet metal cabins fabric covered or open doors and some with four-wheel landing gear. It is perhaps best remembered as the chopper which transported 1000s of casualties during the Korean War to MASH units behind the lines. It was used in insect control crop dusting power and oil pipe line inspections construction in rugged terrain surveying military and much more. Bell Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 49026
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[AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA]. [KUCERA, S.].
Jubilee album. 25th anniversary of aircraft production in the Moravan National Company In Czech Jubilejni album. 25. vyroci letecke vyroby v n.p. Moravan. Deluxe presentation photo album catalogue with 185 real photographs of the 25 year history of the company’s production of gliders racing aircraft and trainers which was recently renamed again the Zlin Aircraft Company.
Otrokovice: S. Kucera n.p. Moravan 1958. Oblong elephant folio. 19.5 x 14.25 x 2.25 in. 49 leaves of thick dark gray paper stock each leaf retaining original tissue guards. Title page & colophon in white ink calligraphy. 185 tipped-in real photos 46 leaves with tipped-in printed histories & descriptions matched to the tipped-in photos. Embossed & stitched padded leather post binding brown silk braid at gutter margin elaborate gilt embossed illustration & logo on front cover of Moravian Airplane w/ laurel leaf cluster around 25 LET slight shelfwear a fine copy. This spectacular and exceptionally large Soviet-era photo album offers an invaluable visual record of the 25 year history of the central European Zlin/Moravan Aviation Company. This amazing production is beautifully done and all of the photographs are quite crisp. The first 6 leaves illustrated with photos and text detail the history of the company from its formation in 1933 as the Zlin Aviation Company which was commissioned to build gliders by the Masaryk Air League since the major shareholder the Bata Company was not allowed by the Ministry in charge of aircraft production to produce powered aircraft. These early gliders were designed by the Czech aeronautical engineer Kryspin and included the Kluzak Zlin I Vetron Zlin II the Kluzak Zlin III designed by R. Dohnalek and then several designed by F.O. Mayer including the Kluzak - Zlin V VI the very popular Vetron Zlin VII -- Akela which was used throughout Europe as a racing glider and others. Zlin Aviation began producing powered aircraft finally in late 1934 and 1935 with prototypes of the Zlin Z-XII sport and two-seater trainer monoplane. The Z-XII trainer designed by Jaroslav Lonek became the most popular aircraft of its kind in Czechoslovakia and Germany during the 1930s eventually producing over 200 of them powered by Walter Mikron engines illustrated here in the catalogue and later with Persy I and Persy II engines. One of the images included shows the Z-XII at the 1938 races where the plane finished 29th. After World War II the aircraft were used by the Czech Army and as courier planes and were called the K-72 -- replicas of these are being built to this day. Just before the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia in 1938 the company experimented with producing a racing plane called the Letoun Zlin 13 but only 1 was built. After the Germans took over and renamed the company Zlin Aviation Enterprise they built 1 Letoun Zlin-20 which was to be a small two-engine passenger plane but it was quickly superseded by the need to produce the Bu 181 for the Luftwaffe which was the Z-181 Z-281 -- a two seat primary trainer which continued to be built for air forces around the world after World War II. They also produced a variety of gliders for the Luftwaffe and private individuals during the War. After the war the company was nationalized by the Communist Government and became part of the Automotive Enterprise and later renamed Zlinavion. In 1953 it was again renamed Moravan Company and began producing the very successful trainers and aerobatic planes used in aerobatic competition around the world. The Letoun Z-226 Trainer followed by the Z-326 which in this catalogue is still a prototype resulted in numerous different models and over 800 aircraft eventually built by the company and sold around the world. In addition the final leaf shows the Moravan Vrtulnik HC 2 a small 2-seater helicopter which also proved popular for the company. S. Kucera, n.p. Moravan, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 47619
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[AVIATION -- OREGON].
Kitty Hawk Menu. 1952. 49th Annual Kitty Hawk Party.
Portland OR: Aero Club of Oregon 1952. Folio. 4 pp unpaginated. Printed in sepia on cream-coloured thick paper stock ragged fore-edges cover art of the first flight by the Wright Brothers minor shelfwear creasing still VG- copy. First edition of this scarce menu commemorating the 49th anniversary of the historic flight by the Aero Club of Oregon. Menu items featured Crab Cocktail Green Turtle soup Filet Mignon Lobster and more. The banquet was organized by harry Coffey Dave Warwick Robert McGee and Dr. Raymond Staub and the guest speakers were General Carl Tooey Spaatz and Lt. General Ira C. Eaker. Aero Club of Oregon, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 51349
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[AVIATION -- CONVAIR].
Large concept art advertising photo for the Convair CV-240 airliner manufactured by Convair from 1947 to 1954 and intended as a competitor and replacement for the Douglas DC-3.
San Diego CA: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Convair ca. 1947. One large silver gelatin photo oblong folio 19 x 14.5 in. minor rippling & creasing to fore-edges and very small scuffing and minor tidemark lower forre-edge still a VG exemplar from the library of Lt. W.illiam L.ouis Airis 1927-2004 former National Guard pilot and commercial pilot for United Airlines based out of Seattle WA. A scarce original promotional concept art photograph for the Convair CV-240 which featured a more modern design than the ubiquitous DC-3 and featured 30 seats accommodated 40 passengers and was the first private aircraft used in a US Presidential campaign by John F. Kennedy and named Caroline. The CV-240 airliners were initially ordered by American Airlines and were powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial piston engines. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Convair, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 61914
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[AVIATION -- LINDBERGH] [LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL].
Lindbergh: the flier of Little Falls. Daring. . . .
Little Falls MN: Little Falls High School Printed by Transcript Publishing Co. 1928. 4to. 24 pp unpaginated. Decorated & illust. title text illust. of Spirit of St. Louis in silver embedded behind text numerous photo illustrations. Textured blue softcovers yapp fore-edges decorated & illust. in black & silver on front cover slight bumping to couple corners very minor shelfwear still NF copy. First edition of this souvenir composed by Little Falls High School Juniors and Seniors honoring the life and achievements of Charles Lindbergh. Included are childhood photos of Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis taking of and landing the Lindbergh homestead Little Falls celebration events and more. [Little Falls High School, [Printed by Transcript Publishing Co.], paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 58101
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED].
Lockheed in the 1950’s promotional factory catalogue detailing Lockheed projects for civil and military aircraft and aerospace at the outset of the Korean War.
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1950. 4to. 28 pp unpaginated. printed throughout in red & black. Pictorial softcovers printed in gray-blue black & yellow black lettering cover art of the Lockheed XF-90 fighter jet slight shelfwear NF copy from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First edition of this very rare promotional sales brochure for the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. detailing their accomplishments and aircraft available for civilian and military use at the beginning of the 1950s. Sections are included on the development of jet engines turbine propeller engines afterburners rocket engines electronic surveillance Lockheed facilities and manufacturing and more. This brochure was written and published before the USAF contract had been awarded for the newly requested penetration jet fighter and bomber escort. The two competitors were the Lockheed XF-90 developed by Willis Hawkins and the Skunk Works team under Kelly Johnson who built two prototypes which was the first USAF jet with an afterburner and the first Lockheed jet to fly supersonic. Unfortunately Lockheed’s design proved underpowered and the XF-88 Voodoo won the production contract. Worldcat locates 4 copies; Pace The Projects of Skunk Works: 75 Years of Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs pp. 52-55. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 53099
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[AVIATION -- WHITEHEAD/WOMEN]. RANDOLPH, Stella.
Lost flights of Gustave Whitehead.
Washington DC: Places Inc. 1937. Tall 8vo. x 11-95 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illusts. maps. Black silk moire gilt lettering on front cover & spine slight shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art illustration of Whitehead’s machine in flight by Liebowitz still F/F copy. First edition first issue w/o reviews on back cover of this fascinating work which was the first to put forward the arguments that Gustave Whitehead 1874-1927 had achieved power flight 2 years before the Wright Brothers in 1901. This controversy has reemerged in the recent years because the editor of Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft chose to support the claim while most including the National Air & Space Museum Curator feel that the evidence is very sparse. In addition there have been recent teams in 1986 and 1998 constructing experimental reproductions of Whitehead 21B at the Experimental Association fly-in and in Germany but these have been disputed as well because they have used some modern materials such as fiberglass and modern engines. Randolph b. 1895 was initially drawn into researching the flights of Whitehead during the Great Depression as a free-lance writing assignment and would eventually accumulate a substantial collection of correspondence affidavits articles and interviews now held in the Special Collections History of Aviation Collection Univ. of Texas at Dallas ID # H001-71. Places, Inc., unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 60496
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[AVIATION -- BALLOONING]. POESCHEL, Johannes.
Luftreisen. Air travel. . . .
Leipzig: Fr. Wilh. Grunow Druck von Karl Marquart 1908. 8vo. 6 237 3 pp. With 44 photo plates and text illustrations 3 text maps 2 large folding maps at rear. Publisher’s illustrated softcovers illustrated borders of Icarus flying in a balloon over the German landscape minor edgewear rubbing still VG uncut and largely unopened copy former ownership stamps on endpapers from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude ballons after World War Ii. First edition of this excellent early memoir on lighter-than-air travel through Germany Poland and Russia at the beginning of the 20th Century. Poeschel 1855-1936 was a noted sport balloonist and rector of St. Aframeissen Church who undertook balloon training via correspondence courses earned his ballooning license in 1905 and would later publish his Einfuhrung in die Luftfahrt Introduction to aviation in 1925. Fr. Wilh. Grunow, [Druck von Karl Marquart], paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 59609
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[AVIATION -- PANORAMIC PHOTO].
Maneuver Camp Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas 1911. 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.
San Antonio TX: H. Rudolph Fox Photographer 1911. One large panoramic photo. 48 x 7.5 in. captions scratched into negative at lower margin minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge minor creasing still a VG exemplar. 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 and 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 52972
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[Aviation Fact File]
Modern Fighting Aircraft F-4 Phantom II
Sydney: Lansdowne Press 1984. Tall quarto hardcover 64 pp. profusely illustrated. A fine copy. A detailed account of the development of the aircraft from relatively simple configurations originally proposed to the USN through long series of variants which were deployed and combat proven to the exotic but never-built single-seater F-4T air superiority variant and swing-wing F-4 FVS. Lansdowne Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 2494
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[Aviation Fact File]
Modern Fighting Aircraft F-15
Sydney: Lansdowne Press 1983. Tall quarto hardcover 64 pp. profusely illustrated. A located sticker mark on front free-endpaper otherwise a fine copy. An authoritative account of the F-15 capabilities performance and handling qualities its deployment and combat record with the Israel Defence Force Air Force. Lansdowne Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 2495
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[AVIATION -- SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA]. POWNDER, Rupert (Ed.)
New era for San Diego Air Corps Reserves; Ben Hammer model aircraft; Armor plate for airplanes; Who’s who in Consolidated; Social Security Act of 1935; To the good old PT-3; My first airplane ride; Glagg’s Ship; Hawaiian flight San Deigo -- Jan. 28 -- Pearl Harbor; The Return of the Native; The monorail system; Women with aviation interests; Welcome Home Bill -- San Diego to Honolulu to San Francisco to San Diego by air. . . In: Consolidator Vol. 1 Nos. 3-4; Vol. 2 Nos. 2-3.
San Diego: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation 1936-1937. Four vols. 4to. 32; 40; 36; 40 pp. With over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers photo cover art showing Consolidated PBY-1 taking off trick flying PBY-1 from the flight to Hawaii and back minor scuffing shelfwear last issue w/ minor foxing to covers still a VG set. First editions of these scarce in-house illustrated magazines for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation based in San Diego CA. The articles not only deal with social issues changes during the Great Depression and women in the Consolidated work force but also touch on Company flying clubs athletic teams obituaries and more. These magazines include many illustrations and ads for San Diego CA businesses and a number of articles touching on the PBY-1 Catalina aircraft which was one of the most successful flying boats. Of particular interest are the articles detailing the squadron of PBY-1 Catalinas flown by Patrol Squadron 11-F from the Naval Air Station in San Diego on a shakedown flight to Hawaii and then back. The PBY Catalinas proved to be incredibly successful aircraft including long “wet†wings waist gun positions during World War II and very popular with British and Canadian flight crews. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 54448
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[AVIATION / PHOTOGRAPHY / SASKATCHEWAN / WWII]; Len Hilyard (Photographer)
No. 7 I.T.S. R.C.A.F. Sergeants' Mess Saskatoon 1941-1944: An Important Original WWII Photograph Featuring WWI Flying Ace Frederick "Freddie" McCall
Saskatoon Saskatchewan: No. 7 I.T.S. R.C.A.F. Sergeants' Mess S.N. Circa 1941-1944. First Edition First Printing. Original Photograph on Mount. Original silver gelatin photograph measuring 9" x 5.75" mounted on its original heavy paper mat to an overall size of 14" x 10". Bears the imprint of the prominent Saskatoon photographer "Len Hillyard Saskatoon" to the lower right of the image window. A printed caption is set in type below the image identifying the unit "No. 7 I.T.S. R.C.A.F. SASKATOON SASK." its "Members of Sergeants' Mess" and the names and ranks of all individuals pictured. A superb and historically significant group portrait capturing the non-commissioned officers who formed the backbone of a vital Second World War training school. The men are posed on the stone steps of the University of Saskatchewan's College Building now the Peter MacKinnon Building a national historic site that served as the headquarters for No. 7 I.T.S. during the war. The photograph is definitively dated to the war years as the unit pictured was a critical part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan BCATP. Historical records confirm No. 7 Initial Training School was in operation from November 27 1941 to June 29 1944 providing foundational "ground school" for thousands of Allied aircrew. The photograph's importance is elevated to one of national significance by the presence of one of Canada's greatest military aviators Squadron Leader Frederick "Freddie" McCall D.S.O. M.C. & Bar D.F.C. 1896-1949. A legendary figure McCall was the fifth-highest scoring Canadian flying ace of the First World War credited with 35 victories and decorated multiple times for his extraordinary bravery. A pioneering post-war bush pilot and co-founder of Calgary's first airport he re-enlisted in the R.C.A.F. for WWII and served as a recruiting officer at No. 7 I.T.S. This image captures him as a respected veteran contributing to a new generation of airmen transforming the portrait into a remarkable document bridging two world wars. The photograph was taken by one of Saskatoon's most important commercial photographers Leonard A. Hillyard 1908-1979. His studio documented much of the city's life and captured the extensive military presence in Saskatoon during the war with a sharp well-composed style. Exceptionally well-preserved: the photograph remains sharp and clean with excellent contrast and fine detail. The original mat is bright and unmarked with crisp corners and clear legible text. A fine well-preserved example. <br/><br/> No. 7 I.T.S., R.C.A.F. Sergeants' Mess unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 7600
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED & NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES].
Northwest Airlines L-188 aircraft operating manual: L-188 refresher notes Flight Manual Operating Procedures. . . .
St. Paul MN & Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Northwest Orient Airlines 1959-1969. Thick 4to. Approx. 500 pp sections w/ varying paginations. printed mimeographed typescript some printed on colour-tinted papers. With charts diagrams tables references throughout. Black vinyl 3-ring binder gilt lettering & embossed label on spine minor scuffing edgwear closed tear to front joint some thumbing toning and agewear throughout still a VG- exemplar. First edition thus of this complete version of the Lockheed L-188 Electra airliner flight manual as of 1969 when the large turboprop airliner began being phased out by most American air carriers. The L-188 Electra survived 3 crashes immediately after introduction including a NW Orient Airlines version and the FAA discovered that the Electras had suffered from Propellor whirl-mode vibration matching the flutter frequency of the wing in less than one minute but the wings and fasteners were modified to correct the issue. This flight manual examines and outlines Emergency Procedures Cruise Power operating procedures Engine Failures Instrument Memory Communications Oil Systems Fuel Systems revisions from 1959-1969 with supplemental updates inserted at various points within the Manual. No copies in Worldcat 1 similar 1958 edition without the post-Crash procedure changes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Daytona FL. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Northwest Orient Airlines, unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 63195
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED]. [JUERGENS, Philip L. (Ed).]
Of men and stars: A history of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1913-1957 Chapters I-IX March - January.
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Eight parts. 4to. 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together with brass split-pin bracket at gutter margin very slight uniform toning minor creasing to corners slight shelfwear VG set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these scarce original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 53091
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[AVIATION -- TRAVEL]. THOMAS, Jr., Tay [Mary Taylor Prior] & Lowell.
Our flight to adventure:
Garden City NY: Doubeday & Co. Inc. 1956. 8vo. 318 pp. Numerous colour and black & white photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth blue & black lettering front cover & spine pictorial map endpapers slight shelfwear w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of the couple with their Cessna 180 “Charlie†slight scuffing shelfwear NF/NF copy. First edition stated of this uncommon aviation adventure chronicling the aerial odyssey of the Thomas’s over Africa Europe the Middle East and into Central Asia with stops in Post-World War II Afghanistan Iran Saudi Arabia Israel North Africa Turkey and more. Doubeday & Co., Inc., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 61052
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[AVIATION -- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY]. GODDARD, Brig. Gen. George W.[illiam] & COPP, DeWitt S.
Overview: a life-long adventure in aerial photography. . . .
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. Inc. 1969. 8vo. xiii 1 415 1 pp. With numerous black & white photo plates. Half-green over beige publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear rubbing w/ d.j. wraparound colour aerial photograph slight shelfwear NF/NF copy from library of George T. Banister w/ TLS laid-in addressed to Goddard and reply ALS from Gen. Goddard and copy inscribed by Goddard on title w/ clippings laid-in. First edition stated and signed chronicling the efforts of Gen. George Goddard 1889-1987 who pioneered aerial photography and began early studies in infra-red long-range photography aerial cameras photographic aircraft and field lab equipment for the US Military. Goddard writes in his poignant TLS to Banister that “I am please to know that you liked the book which I am sorry to say did not do very well. . . military books which were published in 1969 during the Vietnam War could not compete with books by Abbie Hoffman Dr. Spock Jane Fonda and their ilk.†Doubleday & Co., Inc., hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 60086
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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA].
PAC brings super service to aviation: coast to coast. . . Alaska to Mexico.
Burbank CA: Pacific Airmotive Corp. 2940 No. Hollywood Way ca. 1946. Oblong 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. With colour illustrations diagrams black & white photo illustrations throughout. Self-printed colour photo-illustrated softcovers cover art of PAC on front cover repair shop on back cover minor dustsoiling edgewear still a VG copy. First edition of this very rare post-World War II catalogue touting the advantages for airlines and airliner manufacturers to use “Aviations oldest and largest maintenance and supply company.†Founded originally in the 1920’s the PAC was one of the first of 145 repair stations set-up by the Federal Aviation Administration and was the first authorized turbine overhaul facility. They overhauled the engines for Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra and during World War II part of the facility served as an assembly center for the illegal forced relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans in Southern California. The catalogue displays the vast space they had for overhauling engines repairing Lockheed R6V Constitution airliners and huge amounts of parts and merchandise.No copies in Worldcat. Pacific Airmotive Corp., 2940 No. Hollywood Way, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 62057
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[AVIATION -- CATALOGUE].
Piper Navajo six to eight place turbocharged twin engine transport launching a new concept of operational economy in executive and commuter airline transportation; Equipment list; Operating figures. . . .
Lock Haven PA & Vero Beach FL: Piper Aircraft Corporation Oct. - Nov. 1965. Three pieces. 1st - Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 16 pp unpaginated. With photo illustrations diagrams floor plans self-printed colour softcovers NF copy; 2nd - 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in double columns & illust. in sepia on cream-coloured paper center fold as issued NF; 3rd - 4to. 2 pp unpaginated. center fold as issued printed & illust. on cream-coloured paper NF. First edition of these very rare Piper Aircraft Corp. sales brochures issued after the Piper PA-31-300 had been developed and flown featuring twin 310 horsepower Lycoming T1O-540-A turbocharged engines in “tiger shark†cowlings as in the Twin Comanche. These catalogues with preliminary information and specifications on the newly developed plane were issued to customers about 3 months before FAA certification and first deliveries did not take place until 1967. These small planes were targeted at cargo and feeder liner operations and the corporate market and proved popular until production ceased in 1984. No copies located in Worldcat. Piper Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 58084
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[AVIATION -- ARCTIC].
Polar guide. Department of the Air Force. AFTRC Manual 50-0-23.
St. Louis MO: Air Force Ross Gould Co. Dec. 1947-Sept. 1948. 4to. Approx. 200 pp all sections separately paginated. Colour-illustrated title numerous colour text illustrations black & white text illustrations diagrams photo illustrations 2 large folding colour maps dated Sept. & Oct. 1947 preserved in folding pockets at rear. Original flexible black softcover post-binder nickel-plated screw posts at gutter margin cover art illustration of B-29 bomber in Arctic landscape in silver rounded corners yapp edges minor edgewar rubbing still NF copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this unusually scarce “Restricted†guidebook for Air Force personnel and aircraft operating in Arctic areas following World War II and at the outset of the Cold War. Sections include those on the types of ice possible plants in Canada and Alaska food requirements Air Mechanic’s winter uniforms windproof parkas and flying suits treating frostbite snow blindness pre-flight procedures de-icing of aircraft and engines lubrication in conditions down to -65 Fahrenheit and even an Eskimo language dictionary. Air Force, Ross Gould Co., paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 54924
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[AVIATION -- PHOTO ALBUM]. [ACKROYD, Hugh].
Proof Book: Portland to Portland Air Tour. . . photo album filled with over 200 silver gelatin photographs of the participants aircraft aerial photos and hijinks of 150 fliers and over 55 private aircraft flying from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine in May 1949.
Portland OR: Ackroyd Photography Inc. 2116 NW 20th Ave. May 1949. 4to. 88 pp unpaginated thin yellow-tinted paper w/ 215 original silver gelatin photographs sized from 3.5 x 4.5 in. up to 8 x 10 in. a number are 4.5 x 7 in. mounted with glue on the leaves stamped Ackroyd on versos each with negative number on verso some w/ negative numbers in fore-edge of image. Original tan softcover split-pin binder sewn at gutter margin w/ cotton twine occasional creasing to covers minor shelfwear some images w/ minor folds or creases especially those at gutter margins still a VG exemplar. This fascinating photographic proof book provides historic images of the first transcontinental private “Air Tour†following World War II and the lifting of aviation restrictions at the end of the War. With 1000s of returning fliers from the United States armed forces with flying experience Americans began taking to the skies in record numbers. Participants were able upon their return later to Portland OR go to the photographer’s studio and pick out which images they would like to purchase and add to their own souvenir books. On May 21 1949 the Portland Oregon Chamber of Commerce had organized an air tour which was similar to those which had heavily promoted civil aviation in the 1920s and 1930s from Portland OR across the continent to Portland Maine. Fifty-five aircraft plus a US Air Force C-47 assembled at Troutdale Airport and took off surrounded by the Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee. Ackroyd 1913-2012 noted aviation commercial photographer and aerial aficionado was contracted along with KGW Radio’s director of public events Bob Tomlinson and Earl Peterson technical supervisor to document the historic tour. These images show the 55 planes parked across the tarmac participants eating and loading their planes appearances by representatives from the 1949 Pendleton Round-Up including cowboys and Native Americans in native dress and the decidedly cramped quarters inside a few of the larger aircraft. Peterson and Tomlinson are shown setting up their equipment and broadcasting campy skits featuring the Grants Pass air club members in cave man costumes “kidnapping†and carrying off female members others in pirate costumes along with a tour of a B-29 superfortress. There are photos of aircraft taking off and landing at airports in Salt Lake City UT Cheyenne WY Wichita KS Indianapolis IN Akron OH Lock-Haven PA including the Portland Rose Festival plane float planes with all finally reaching Portland ME on May 28 1949. Upon arrival there was a huge lobster feast party featuring a map decorated cake and the fliers were met by Portland ME officials and Governor Frederick G. Payne. Ackroyd shows the welcome banners airport and the planting of gift roses in front of the Portland ME sign. Of particular interest are the series of aerial photos over Manhattan and the other boroughs of New York City in 1949. Ackroyd was a Canadian photographer who began shooting photos at the age of 16 in British Columbia moved to Hollywood where he shot celebrity portraits but eventually moved to Portland OR before World War II and began shooting pictures of ships and barges for Gunderson Inc. and Shaver Transportation Co. He was adept at aerial photography and was well known for his images of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge from the air. See: Bill Alley Hands Across America -- The 1949 Air Tour Logbook Magazine Vol. 12 No. 1 2014; Lev Richards First 25 Years of the CAA Columbia Aviation Association 2017; Talk of the Trade The Billboard Radio-Television May 21 1949 p. 9; Flying Oregonians Make Merry Munch Lobster as City’s Guests May 29 1949 Portland Press Herald May 29 1949 p. 6; Air Tour Vanguard Arrives May 28 1949 Portland Press Herald pp.1-2. Ackroyd Photography Inc., 2116 NW 20th Ave., paperback
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