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Sport Aviation Magazine - September 1974
82 pages. Topics: The GB-1 Special; Macbird 1; Design Considerations for Stall/Spin Safety; Esperanza 4; Seversky P-35 Restoration; Rotary Wing News; The Palmer 'Fan-Tastic'; and more. Average wear. Book
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Chapman, J. K.
River Boy at War
103 pages. "Tells of the author's service as a navigator with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 415 Squadron, between 1940 and 1946. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Milberry, Larry
Canada's Air Force Today
152 pages. Index. Colour photography throughout. "The most splendid Canadian aviation book yet published... With detailed text and a spectacular wide-ranging photographic gallery, the book is a comprehensive look at the many tasks and the ever-fascinating selection of aircraft making up today's air force." - from dust jacket. Prior owner taped a clear protective cover over dust jacket, resulting in several modest brown tape marks upon illustrated endpapers. Book
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: September/October 1991
Features: Smithers, DHC-3 Single Otter converted up to a PT6A-135-750 hp turbine; Early flight fashion; Barnstorming returns; CMA (Central Mountain Air); British Columbia Airways History - 1928 Air Tragedy. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: July/August 1992 - Featuring the North Island
Features: From Lansdowne to Islamabad - an interview with Maurice McGregor; Sumas Scramble - Radio Controlled Flying Clubs are Popular with all ages; Journey Log of Cecil Pickell; Feature on North Island; BC Air Lines - Port Hardy Base 1960's; Alert Bay; Doctor Jack Pickup; The Story of a Rotorway 'Exec'. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: September/October 1992 - Community Focus on Prince Rupert
Features: W. (Bill) Sylvester, B.C. Airlines - part 1 of 2; Vancouver Island Aerial Service; The Flight of the Polar Bear; VIH Early into Prince Rupert - Rotary wing Pioneer; The Cam 100 - Automotive conversions come of age. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: December/January 1993 - Campbell River Focus
Features: W. (Bill) Sylvester/Victoria Flying Services - Part Two; CF-CCO Comes Home; The Found FBA 2C; Fred Sebus - From Jet Mech to Prop Doc; Murphy's Ultralight Maverick; Campbell River; Island Airlines, Ltd.; Dispatchers we have known; Travels of a Beaver; YBL. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: February/March 1993
Features: Teardrops for the Trigull; Roundels, Stars and Bars; From Harvey Bergen's Journey Log; An episode of Merlins - the Rolls Royce RM 14-SM Merlin; Brisbane (1937-1952) - BC Aviation's Early Trade School; Auriga - a BC Kitplane; The Baron STOL Modification for the DHC-2 Beaver; Homebuilts in Canada. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: August/September 1993 - Focus on Training at Boundary Bay and Pitt Meadows
Features: Stranraers (Strannies) on the West Coast; Axel Duch's Air Bridge to Biafra; V.I.A.'s Seawind Flies; Unusual landing at Shearwater; Canada's Best Helicopter Long Line Pilot. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: November/December 1993 - Feature Article on Convair B-36B Which Dropped a "Fat Man" Nuclear Bomb Off the coast of BC in 1950
Features: Dick Laidman - from Bush to Boardroom; E & B flies the R44; Liberator VY241 - Chris Weicht recalls a tragedy in the lonely peaks of the BC Coast Range; Painting Klee Wyck - mural on Helijet's S-76 by Tony Coon; B-36B Bomber #2075 is ditched in B.C. in 1950 - The very first accident with nuclear weapons, as listed in the DOD summaries of accidents involving US nuclear weapons 1950-1980 - *little known B.C. history*; First Flight at 81!. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: January/February 1994
Features: Junkers W34 was Best of Breed; A Yarn from Refuge Cove - "Hoagie" and the Cougar; Hurry up and Wait - Tall Tales and true from the log book of a coastal charter pilot - Part one, Greenhorns; Making it Through the 90s; A Mile in Rain and Fog; Those Zippy Zeniths. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: March/April 1994 - Basement Aviators
Features: West Coast Goose - G21 - The Endangered Species; MPG Retires from the RCMP; Hurry Up and Wait - Part 2 of Tall Tales and True from the log book of a coastal charter pilot; Rotax gets better; The New Age - The Bristol Brabazon, DeHavilland's Comet, the Saunders SR45 Princess. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: May/June 1994 - IFR Then and Now
Features: Rice Rockets out West - the Mitsubishi MU-2; Stress Corrossion; IFR in the Beginning (i.e. I Follow Roads!); They Keep Going and Going and...- Bristol Freighters; Hurry Up and Wait - Part 3 - Tall Tales and true from the log book of a coastal charter pilot. Sound copy. Magazine
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Schofield, Jack: Editor
BC (British Columbia) Aviator Magazine: September/October 1994
Features: 'Twas Ever So Good - The Famous 418 "City of Edmonton" Intruder Squadron of the RCAF; Stinson Reliant goes to Russia; Intergranular Corrosion - Part 3 of 6; In the Twyford Zone - Aircraft Washrooms; Hurry Up and Wait - tales from Jack Schofield. Nice copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Aviator Magazine: November/December 2002 - Feature Article on the 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron
46 pages. Features: 6 page article (with colour photos) on the 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron; Athabaska Airways and La Ronge Aviation Merge to form Transwest Air; Final Mission - Lt. Robert Hampton Gray's last act. Clean, bright copy. Book
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Mason, Francis K.
Battle over Britain
539 pages. Index. "A history of the German air assaults on Great Britain, 1917-18 and July-December 1940, and of the development of Britain's air defences between the World Wars." - from title page. Many black and white photographs. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Front Free endpaper removed. Reading copy only. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech '82 - Number One, November 1982
Unpaginated. 3/8" thick. Premier issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Average wear. Covers somewhat soiled. Sound copy. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech - Number Two, November 1983
192 pages. Second issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech - Number Three, July 1984
65 pages. Third issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech - Number Four, January 1985
87 pages. Fourth issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech - Number Five, January 1986
94 pages. Fifth issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Some soiling to covers. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech - Number Six, March 1987
154 pages. Sixth issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Unmarked. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
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Stokely, Herk: Editor
Soar Tech - Number Seven, June1987
120 pages. Seventh issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Unmarked. Moderate soiling. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
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McGregor, Gordon R.
The Adolescence of an Airline (Air Canada)
289 pages. Index. Author joined Trans-Canada Air Lines (Air Canada) in 1945 and served as its President from 1948 through 1968. Archival black and white photographs. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
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Thompson, Charles J.
Wings: Combat Aircraft of the Second World War in Paintings
110 pages. Index. "For this book, aviation artist Charles J. Thompson has collected over 50 of his paintings that vividly bring to life this fascinating period of aviation history." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Stimson, George W.
Introduction to Airborne Radar
621 pages. Index. Glossary. "In bite-size increments... presents all of the information you need to understand the basic radar principles. Building on them, it systematically takes you to the point where you can talk on a solid footing with the radar experts and understand what they're up to." - from dust jacket. Average wear to unmarked book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Minor lean to spine. Sound reference copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
True West Magazine: November 1983
Features: Wild Indians of the 20th Century; Ever been attacked by an angry range mare? Don Bell has; The High Price of Strawberries - His Crimes began with Theft and Ended with Murder - Patrick Coughlin in Utah; True West Party - a gala gathering in the west; Sacred White Buffalo - Used in Secret Indian Ceremonies; Sarah Winnemucca and the War in the West (Northern Paiutes); Buffalo Calf Road - Indian Heroine - She Fought to Save Cheyenne Way of Life - a heart-rending story of an Indian woman who fought Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn; Terror in Central Texas - 15 to 40 Indians overtook the Riggs family, killed John Riggs and his wife and scalped them and carried off their two little girls; Forgotten Frontier Food - Part I; William Cary - Artist/Adventurer; That Crazy Young Man and His Flying Machine - Lyman Gilmore flew nine months before the Wrights - one of the most bizarre episodes to emerge from California's northern mines! Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: September/October 1988
Features: The Gates of Hell - There is no better friend than a Maniot, and no worse enemy; North Shore Solitudes - Pukaskwa National Park exemplifies the best of the Lake Superior Wilderness; Life in the Fast Lane - Exploring British Columbia's current-swept sea bottom; The Hornet's Nest - Flying the Edge with Canada's Aviation Elite; Worried Sick - Scientists discover how stress and emotion affect the course of disease. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Williston, Floyd
Through Footless Halls of Air : The Stories of a Few of the Many Who Failed to Return *SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR*
310 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Black and white illustrations. Author "Meticulously researched the short lives of six Atlantic Canada airmen, two of them the author's brothers, who failed to return from aerial operations during the second world war." - from back cover. Somewhat abov-average wear. Prior owner's name upon bottom edge. Book
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Bentley, Geoffrey
RNZAF (The Royal New Zealand Air Force) - A Short History
268 pages. "This is the story, informally told, of the RNZAF and of the men and women, all ranks, who made the service what it is today." - from dust jacket. Chapters include: Father of New Zealand Aviation; Kohimarama and Sockburn; The Bettington Report; Cochrane the Architect; Building Air Supremacy; The Famous Seventy-Five; Ordeal in South-East Asia; The 'New Zealand' Squadrons; Action in the Pacific; Fighters in Combat; The Later Bombers; 'Dumbo' to the Rescue; Tragedy at Green; Profiles; Surrender in the Solomons; Occupation Forces in Japan; Problems of Reshaping; Sojourn in Cyprus; The Hastings Story; 'Speak and it is Done'; The Coalmen of Berlin; Angels of Mercy; Ceremonial and Music; Coummunity Service; On - or off - the Ice; Coming-of-age; Morrison the Builder; Among the Builders. Appendices include: Operational Squadrons of the RNZAF; NZ Squadrons in the RAF; Air Board Members; Schedule of RNZAF Aircraft. Black and white illustrations throughout. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Former dust jacket cover, which left strips of black residue along dust jacket and endpaper edges, has been replaced by a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy reference copy. Book
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McQuarrie, John
'Til We Meet Again: Recapturing Moments of the RCAF in World War II *SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR*
171 pages. Signed and inscribed by author and illustrator upon front free endpaper. "This book is not a history piece. The tidbits of historical fact sprinkled herein are incidental to our real purpose. For we are not trying merely to inform you, we want to take it a step further. We hope rather to move you, to help you sense and feel the pulse, the beat and the drama of those times. The images and words are offered as a celebration of the excitement and romance of an era and a people whose resourcefulness and courage are worthy of great tribute." - from Introduction. Dozens of superb colour photos and several wonderful colour reproductions of wartime posters. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
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Philp, O.B.; Johnson, Bill
Snowbirds - From the Beginning *NUMBERED COPY SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS*
255 pages. Signed and dated by both authors. Hand-numbered copy #1216 of 2000. Index. 65 colour photos. 297 black and white photos. 46 formation diagrams. "Colonel O.B. Philp, know as 'the father of the Snowbirds', has recalled from birth the early years of the internationally renowned aerobatic squadron... Published to mark the Snowbirds 20th anniversary in 1990." - B.C. Bookworld. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Superb copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, December 1, 1948 *IRON ORE AT UNGAVA*
Features: What about the Comics? - are they good or bad for your children?; Daredevils of Mercy - RCAF rescue crewsfly the most dangerous job in peacetime aviation; Princess Margaret Gets Her Own Way - precocious, giddy and a little spoiled, she intends to enjoy life and be England's best-dressed woman; Bright Angel by Charles Bonner; Maclean's All-Canadian Football Team; The Red Tide Has Turned - has Karl Marx lost the hundred years' war? (short piece); At Summerhill School, the Kids are the Boss; Soldier of the Lord - The Salvation Army's Edith McLean; Ungava strikes it rich - enough iron to keep Canada going for 150 years, and that's just a start; Rhyme nor Reason - by Phyllis Lee Peterson; He was a lonely slave - stories gush from the mind of Thomas P. Kelley; Don't be cruel to your steak - Robert Elliott; Half-page colour Pepsi ad on page 36. Nice colour Lifesavers ad on page 38. Above-average wear. Chunks missing from pages 1-4 - content unaffected. Some water stains. Book
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Author Unknown
Avro Arrow: CF-105... A Short History - 32 Minute VHS Video Tape Complete with Case
VHS video tape with case. "It was a plane 20 years ahead of its time, scrapped by a government that was out of touch with the times. Now the Arrow once again takes to the air. Compiled from rare film footage shot by Avro Aircraft this is a tribute to a great plane and to everyone who worked on her. See the Arrow from design through to its many test flights. Rare scenes include: design work, wind tunnel tests, test model flights, aircraft assembly, enging testing, taxi trials, the Arrow's first flight, beautiful shots of five Arrows that were completed, and in the end, the Arrow's final destruction." - from case. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Book
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Multiple Contributors
FLY - The National Aeronautic Magazine, Volume 1, November 1908 Through August 1909
"Provides a view of the aviation scene as it was in its infancy. The first issue was published just five years after the first powered flight by Orville Wright in December 1903." - from Publisher's Foreword. Many black and white illustrations. Almost one inch thick. This large volume is 14" high by 10.5" wide. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
AirPower (Air Power) Magazine: January, 1975 Through November, 1976. (Volumes 5 and 6) Privately Bound in One Volume
Bound in beige buckram. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
AirPower (Air Power) Magazine: January 1977 Through November 1978 (Vols. 7 and 8) Privately Bound in One Volume
Bound in beige buckram. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
AirPower (Air Power) Magazine: September, 1971 Through November, 1972 (Vols. 1 and 2) Privately Bound in One Volume
Bound in beige buckram. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
AirPower (Air Power) Magazine: January, 1979 Through November 1990 (Vols. 9 and 10) Privately Bound in One Volume
Bound in beige buckram. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
AirPower (Air Power) Magazine: January, 1973 Through November 1974 (Vols. 3 and 4) Privately Bound in One Volume
Bound in beige buckram. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: April 1977
Features: NATO Today Supplement; JMSDF (Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force) - long article with multiple photos; Future Trends in Fighter Aircraft - CCV and ECM gain prominence; Is the Super Cargo on the Way In? - by Claudius Dornier Jr.; Pocket Rama - Light Forces Today; Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: May 1977
Features: Civil Turbofan - the reasons for the success of turbofans with ever-higher by-pass ratio, Good results with bigger models and prospects for the 10T thrust class, future tendencies; Spruance Class - monorama special report with super colour fold-out illustration and much more; Shipboard Fire Control Systems - their characteristics and applications as adopted by the various navies; Japan's satellite program; The Mounties of the Sea - De Havilland DHC-7R; Aero-Caster used by Vancouver Shipyards; Ilyushin's Aircraft; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (II); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: June, 1977 *JAPANESE SHIPBUILDING*
Features: Salyut 5 - drawing a thermal image of the universe; Projects - the military jetfoil; Meeting at le Bourget - the 32nd Paris International Air Show; Japanese Shipbuilding Industry - a wide survey; Military Aircraft of Today - Pocket Rama with 41 models illustrated and described; Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: July (August), 1977 *WARSAW PACT - POLITICS AND ARMED FORCES*
Features: The MIG-Hunting School (part II); Invincible launced; Bourget '77 - pictures from a show; The USSR and the Warsaw Pact - the Soviet Union's post-war strategies, from defense of the national territory to world expansion; Survey of the air forces of the Warsaw Pact Countries - the ever-increasing power of these forces; The Navies of Warsaw Pact Countries - their strength and strategy, upperly subservient to Soviet strategy; Sabres in Korea; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (Part III); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: September, 1977 *MONORAMA - NITEROI CLASS*
Features: Farewell Pegasus; First AWACS delivered for operational use; Sagittario Launched; Kormorans on the Baltic - anti-ship missile; USA industry at the end of the 70's - 'No' to the B-1 signals the end of an era - long article; Greenwich '77; The Niteroi Class - Super fold-out colour illustration and much more; Surveillance Radar for air transport control and warning systems; Sabres in Korea (Part II); Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (Part IV); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: February/March 1978 *SCHNELLBOOT 148*
Features: Merchant Marine Today - significant illustrated article; The Bundesmarine Today - substantial article; Tactical Transport Aircraft; Schnellboot 148 - article with great colour foldout; Electronic Warfare (part III); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: May 1978 *EXCLUSIVE MI-24*
Features: SSR.N4 MARK3 starts test program; Type 209 for Iran; Soviet SSNs in the Baltic; The Mil Mi-24 - Exclusive; Genoa 7 May 1978 - the Italian naval industry is on show - long article; Single-engined touring aircraft; Warships of Today - Pocket Rama with dozens of colour illustrations; Additional illustrated stories. Former price on front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: June 1978 * Oliver Hazard O.H PERRY*
Features: Merchant Fleet Today; Strengthening the Soviet Amphibious Forces; Thousandth Cosmos Launched; Kashin for India; Hypersonic USA - with hydrogen propulsion!; The Second Genoa Naval Show; Giuseppe Garibaldi - philosophy of a project; Hannover Air Show; Great article and colour fold-out of the O.H. Perry (FFG 7); Panama Canal Treaty Selected Documents (part II); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: July/August 1978 *THE 5000TH PHANTOM II*
Features: Airlines Today; F-15 Anatomy; The Israeli Lion - An outline of what will be the I.A.I. Arye (article with colour illustrations); The Phantom II Legend; Rotterdam Naval Technology Expo; The Pacific Ocean Today; Western Pacific Air Forces; 18 Navies to One Ocean; Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: September 1978 *EUROPEAN POINT DEFENSE SYSTEMS*
Features: BHC (British Hovercraft Corporation) - a leader in the sector; Which frigates for Canada?; Project - Lamurs 40; European Point Defense Systems - naval Crotale, Sea Wolf, Albatros, Dardo, OE/OTO 35 mm, GDM-A, Sea Sparrow; Farnborough '78 Preview and Buyers Guide with specs and illustrations; Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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