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CL-41 JET TRAINER. MILITARY AIRCRAFT SALES DIVISION PUBLICATION NO. 116 OCTOBER 1959.
Montreal: Canadair 1959. Unpaginated approx. 20 pp. oblong 8 1/2" H x 11" D. B&w and colour illustrations photographs drawings diagrams graphs. "The Canadair CL-41 is the first Jet Trainer to employ the new generation of small high performance jet engines Pratt and Whitney JT12 and fully meets the requirements of a modern pilot training aircraft. The side by side seating arrangement and the full duplicate flight instrumentation permit an ideal combination of visual and vocal instruction the most effective procedure in all fields of training.With a performance that combines excellent low speed handling qualities safe flying characteristics long endurance and rugged construction as well as high maximum speed and altitude the CL-41 is unsurpassed for primary through basic flying training instruction." From the Introduction. Section headings: Introduction; Capabilities; Performance; Description; Power Plant; Stores; Maintenance. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing on rear cover small soft crease at bottom corner of front cover. Stapled in Wraps. Very Good. Canadair Paperback
Référence libraire : 28469
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Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd.
THE ARGOSY A. W. 650 SERIES TURBOPROP FREIGHTERCOACH. HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATION LTD. PRESENTS
Coventry: Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. 1960. 22 pp oblong 10" H x 13 3/4" D. B&w and coloured photographs drawings diagrams graphs. Index: Introduction; Facts for General Management; Turnround capabilities cargo loading; Payload and costs; Facts for Traffic and Sales; Air Ferry; Facts for Flight Operations; Engineering and Maintenance; Systems; Flight Performance; Performance Summary and Weights Breakdown; Basic Data. "The Argosy Turbo-prop Freightercoach is designed to meet the needs for a modern adaptable transport specially tailored for the growing volume of freight and aircoach traffic in all parts of the world. No other aeroplane existing or projected can claim to be so versatile as this multi-purpose transport - the world's first modern pressurised freight and tourist coach aircraft." Interior - soft and hard wrinkles/creases on pages - book has been folded down the middle. Exterior - heavy fold crease and wrinkles on covers light edge wear small parts of cirlox binding are damaged. Revised Edition. Card covers in cerlox binding. Fair. Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. Paperback
Référence libraire : 28474
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Hewson EL. preface. Wayne McNeal Ken Marks Bert Saumur. E. L.
CANADIAN GENERAL AVIATION 1967-1980.
Ottawa: Queen's Printer 1969. 52 pp 11" H. "The object of this booklet is to provide an initial report on the data collected in a questionnaire survey of Canadian aircraft owners during the summer and fall of 1968. By and large the booklet merely presents statistical information although some analytical input is implied in the way in which the data have been organized for presentation and the final chapter contains a first attempt to forecast future levels of activity based on the data collected." From the Preface. Contents: Summary; Introduction; General Aviation Activity Aircraft Fleet / Aircraft Utilization / Average Annual Utilization / General Aviation Sectors: Commerical Aircraft; Private Aircraft; State Aircraft; Forecast of Future Aviation Activity; Appendix Questionnaire - Private Sector / Questionnaire - Commercial Sector / Letter of Transmittal / Follow-Up Letter / Forecast of Economic Indicators / General Aviation Forecast Equations. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor wear at top/bottom of spine small ghost sticker mark on front cover. Stapled in Wraps. Very Good. Queen's Printer Paperback
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THIS IS CANADAIR. A PICTORIAL VISIT THROUGH ONE OF CANADA'S GREAT AIRCRAFT PLANTS.
Montreal: Canadair Unpaginated 20 pp including covers 11" H. No date but circa 1955. B&w photographs. Section headings: This is Canadair; The Royal Canadian Air Force; F-86 Sabre Jet; T-33 Silver Star Trainer; CL-28 Maritime Reconnaissance; Canadair Transports; Engineering; At a Glance; Production; Pre-Flight and Delivery; Spare Parts; Canadair Officers and Senior Executives; Engineering Department; Manufacturing Department; Sales Department. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at top corner of rear cover minor soiling on rear cover minor edge wear. Stapled in Wraps. Very Good. Canadair Paperback
Référence libraire : 28470
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Drendel Lou & Capt. Don Carson
F-15 Eagle in Action
Carrollton Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications 1984. Paperback. Oblong 4to. Slight curling to book covers rubbed; very good-. <br/><br/> Squadron/Signal Publications paperback
Référence libraire : 042386 ISBN : 0897470230 9780897470230
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Federal Aviation Administration
Commercial Pilot for Airplane Single- and Multi-Engine Land and Sea Practical Te: #FAA-S-8081-12B Practical Test Standards series
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc unknown
Référence libraire : GRP94023216 ISBN : 1560274646 9781560274643
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Holt W. Stull. Edited by Maclyn P. Burg and Thomas J. Pressly.
THE GREAT WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD. THE WORLD WAR I DIARIES AND LETTERS OF W. STULL HOLT.
Manhattan Kansas : Sunflower University Press 1999. 328 pp 8vo 9" H. B&w photographs maps. "W. Stull Holt was 20 years old when he sailed for France in late March 1917 to join the American Ambulance Field Service. His patriotism idealism and desire for adventure had motivated him to volunteer just weeks before the U.S. declared war against Germany in April 1917. Holt ardently supported the war effort and when his six-month contract with the AAFS was completed he enlisted in the American Air Service where he won his pilot's wings then applied for observer training. Holt was assigned as an observer-bombardier-gunner with the famed 20th Aero Squadron of the American 1st Daylight Bombardment Group which dropped more bombs than any other American squadron at the front in World War I. He served near Verdun during the French summer offensive of 1917 where he was gassed; he later was awarded the French 'Croix de Guerre'." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear very small area of color loss at top corner of front cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sunflower University Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 29095 ISBN : 0897452224 9780897452229
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Yenne Bill
BIRDS OF PREY Predators Reapers and America's Newest UAVs in Combat
North Branch MN: Specialty Press. Fine. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1580071538 . Quarto; Drawings and color photos; 160 pages . Specialty Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38843 ISBN : 1580071538 9781580071536
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Yenne Bill
ATTACK OF THE DRONES A History of Unmanned Aerial Combat
St. Paul MN: Zenith Press. Fine. 2004. First Edition. Paperback. 0760318255 . Quarto; Photographs - mostlt color; 128 pages . Zenith Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38845 ISBN : 0760318255 9780760318256
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Clayton Aileen. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier.
THE ENEMY IS LISTENING. THE STORY OF THE Y SERVICE.
Crecy 1993. 381 pp 8vo 8 3/4" H. Map endpapers b&w photographs maps. "The story is told by Aileen Clayton who was selected to work with the Y-Service the branch of the RAF responsible for the interception of enemy communications at the beginning of the war. Known at the time as 'Mike' Morris she was the first WAAF to be commissioned as an intelligence officer and was the first to be awarded the MBE for her service in this field. Her account of the development of the Y-Service and its activities in the Battle of Britain in the Western Desert the Middle East and the Mediterranean is a major contribution to our knowledge of the intelligence aspects of the Second World War. It is also the dramatic and frequently moving story of a very young woman doing often dangerous and increasingly complex work in what was then very much a man's world and of a body of talented devoted and courageous men and women whose work frequently took them into front line conditions whether they were suffering aerial bombardment on the South Coast of England or advancing with the tanks in the Western Desert or taking part in the landings at Salerno and Anzio. Because of the secrecy in which their work was shrouded during the war and for years afterwards their contribution to the Allied war effort has gone largely unrecognised. This is finally and above all a tribute by a remarkable woman to a tenacious and gifted band of men and women." A line of very small creases on front free endpaper minor wrinkling at top/bottom of rear hinge. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds two corner creases on rear flap rubbing on panels three timy edge tears. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Crecy Hardcover
Référence libraire : 29011 ISBN : 0947554289 9780947554286
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Page Victor W. Captain.
THE A-B-C OF AVIATION.
New York: Norman W. Henley 1918. 274 pp 33 pp publisher's cataloge 8 1/2" H. Dark green cloth with black lettering on spine black lettering and illustration of aircraft on front board. Profusely illustrated with 130 b&w diagrams drawings collated. Chapter headings: Aircraft Types; Lighter-Than-Air Craft; Early Airplanes and General Design Considerations; Design and Construction of Aerofoils; Arrangement Construction and Bracing of Airplane Wings; Airplane Fuselage Construction; Airplane Power-Plants; Airplane Propeller Construction and Action; Airplane Equilibrium and Control Principles; Uncrating Setting Up and Aligning Airplane; Inspecting Airplane Before Flight; Standard Airplane Nomenclature. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper bump at top corner of pages - heavier towards rear of book tiny stain in margin of pages 21 to 26 one or two pages with tiny soiling marks small piece missing at top edge of page 23 in book catalogue section at rear of book board corners are bumped darkening/browning to edges of text block two small light stains on fore-edge of text block light edge wear wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Hard Cover. Good. Norman W. Henley Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28409
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Page Dorothy G. Research by Violet Bjerke. Edited by Ada M. And Hiram M. Drache.
POLAR PILOT: THE CARL BEN EIELSON STORY.
Danville Illinois: Interstate 1992. 409 pp 9" H. B&w photographs maps reproductions. Biography of pioneering cold-weather aviator Carl Ben Eielson 1897-1929 winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Harmon Trophy. Interior - small crease at bottom corner of last page and soft crease on adjacent pages otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very small soft crease at bottom front corner and small soft crease at bottom rear corner. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Interstate Paperback
Référence libraire : 28415 ISBN : 0813429390 9780813429397
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Corn Joseph J.
THE WINGED GOSPEL: AMERICA'S ROMANCE WITH AVIATION 1900-1950.
New York: Oxford University Press 1983. 177 pp 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs reproductions. "Reconstructs America's first era of manned flight and brings back to life the famous and less-known aviators who became the nation's heroes: Charles Lindberg whose achievement was the great event of the 1920s - Amelia Earhart one of the many women 'aces' the aviation industry encouraged women because as pilot Louise Thaden put it 'If a woman can handle a plane the public thinks it must be 'duck soup' for men.' - Calbraith P. Rogers who made the first transcontinental flight surviving a dozen crashes a broken arm and collarbone and a score of wounds caused by the metal fragments of an exploded engine - and many others. The book provides a vivid picture of America in the first half of the century - its aspirations and concerns - as expressed in the exuberant and often utopian response to a major new technology." Dust jacket has very minor edge browning. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28427 ISBN : 0195033566 9780195033564
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Society of British Aircraft Constructors Ltd.
INTERNATIONAL INDEX TO AERONAUTICAL TECHNICAL REPORTS. 1937.
London: Society for British Aircraft Constructors / Sir Isaac Pitman 1938. 126 pp 8 5/8" H. Medium blue cloth with gold lettering on spine gold lettering/crest on front board. Technical school stamp on front endpapers book slightly cracked at on place tiny red ink scribble on front pastedown small areas of surface paper loss on front free endpaper corner crease on last two pages light to moderate wear at top/bottom of spine and corners wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. . Hard Cover. Good. Society for British Aircraft Constructors / Sir Isaac Pitman Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28436
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Brimm Daniel J.
AIRCRAFT WOODWORK PROTECTIVE COATINGS. WOODWORKING TOOLS / AIRCRAFT WOODWORK / PROTECTION OF AIRPLANE PARTS / COVERING AND DOPING AIRPLANE SURFACES. 607
Scranton PA: International Textbook Company 1939. 57 pp 42 pp 66 pp 40 pp four sections 7 3/4" H. Black simulated leather boards with gold lettering on spine blindstamped lettering borders on front board. Marbled endpapers b&w illustrations. Woodworking Tools Contents: Use of Woodworking Tools; Hand Cutting Tools; Boring Tools; Hand Finishing Tools; Sawing Machines; Surface Machines and Sanders; Sharpening Tools; Grinding Wheels; Oilstones; Sharpening Knife-Edged Tools; Woodworking Practice. Aircraft Woodwork Contents: Wood Airplane Structures; Properties of Wood; Construction of Airplane Parts; Examples of Aircraft Woodwork. Protection of Airplane Parts Contents: Devices and Methods; Wood Surfaces; Metal Surfaces; Spray Painting of Airplane Surfaces; Spray Guns; Spray-gun Accessories; Hose and Hose Fittings; Protective Devices; Handling Spray Equipment; Troubles in Spray-Gun Operation. Covering and Doping of Airplane Surfaces Contents: Fabric and Tape; Finishing Fabric Surfaces; Inspection Before Covering; Methods of Covering; Application of Dope; Marking Coverings; Exercises in Airplane Covering. Previous owner's name in ink at top of front free endpaper very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine tiny bump at bottom edge of front board one tiny corner bump. Hard Cover. Very Good. International Textbook Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28458
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Allen James Ross.
AERODYNAMICS AND FLIGHT. ELEMENTARY AERODYNAMICS / THEORY OF FLIGHT. 594 B
Scranton PA: International Textbook Company 1935. 80 pp 91 pp two sections 7 3/4" H. Black simulated leather boards with gold lettering on spine blindstamped lettering borders on front board. Marbled endpapers b&w illustrations. Elementary Aerodynamics Contents: Aerodynamic Laws and Theories; Physical Principles; Effects of Air Flow; Air Flow Against Flat Plate; Wind Tunnel; Action of Air-Stream and Airfoils; Airfoil Characteristics; Influence of Airfoil Dimensions; Arrangement of Airfoils; Variable Lift Devices; Parasite Drag. Theory of Flight Contents: Equilibrium and Balance; Fundamentals of Equilibrium; Stability and Control; Types of Stability; Lateral Stability Standards; Directional Stability Standards; Control Standards; Propeller; Introduction; Propeller Theory; Propeller Effects; Airplane Performance at Sea Level; Airplane Performance at Altitutdes. Previous owner's name in ink at top of front free endpaper very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine tiny bump at corners minor edge wear. Hard Cover. Very Good. International Textbook Company Hardcover
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Garbett Mike and Goulding Brian.
AVRO LANCASTER IN UNIT SERVICE. ARCO-AIRCAM AVIATION SERIES NO. 12.
New York: Arco 1970. 46 pp 9 3/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs drawings 8 pages of color profiles/emblems/badges. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small faint stain on spine minor wear and small crease at bottom corner of front cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Mike Roffe. Arco Paperback
Référence libraire : 28136
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Middlebrook Martin and Everitt Chris.
THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945.
Harmondsworth: Viking 1985. 804 pp large 8vo 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs map. "Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now beginning to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. There have been many books about Bomber Command but Martin Middlebrook the aviation historian and his research colleague Chris Everitt are the first to compile the full story of this fascinating campaign in reference form. They undertook the gargantuan task not only of documenting every Bomber Command operation but also of obtaining information from local archives in Germany Italy and the occupied countries on the effects of the raids. Little of this material has been published previously and never before have the two sides of Bomber Command's war been brought together in this way. It is sure to become the standard work of reference on this extraordinary campaign." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine one pade with small wrinkle at bottom edge. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28130 ISBN : 0670801372 9780670801374
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Hazell W. Introduction by Squadron Leader Whittlesea.
UNDERSTANDING AERO-ENGINES BY QUESTION AND ANSWER.
London: English Universities Press 1941. 159 pp 7 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. Contents: Internal-Combustion Engine Theory: Magneto and Valve-Timing; Magneto Construction and Theory; Simple Carburettor / Aero Carburettors; Engine-Running Faults Detonation Etc.; Supercharching; Hobson Boost Control / Fixed Datum / Variable and Three-Stage Controls; Index. Interior - small soft crease at top corner of approx. first 45 pages otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - wrinkling on spine small soft corner crease on front cover minor corner crease on rear cover minor edge wear browning to edges of text block sone soiling to bottom of text block small shallow dent on rear cover - migrates into last page. Reprint. Flexible cloth Covers. Good. English Universities Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 28174
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Swoffer Frank A.
AIR NAVIGATION FOR THE PRIVATE OWNER: A COURSE OF ELEMENTARY AERIAL NAVIGATION.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1932. 131 pp 24 pp publisher's catalogue 7 3/8" H. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Numerous mainly b&w illustrations collated. Contents: Preface; Map Reading; Map Projection; The Compass; Plotting a Course; Aids to Aerial Naviagation; Appendix I; Appendix II; Index. Old price and a few cery small ink marks on front pastedown previous owner's small name stamp at top of title page slight darkening to edges of text block small light liquid splash on front board slight loss to spine lettering color. Reprinted with Corrections. Hard Cover. Good. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28168
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Nayler JL. J. L.
MODERN AIRCRAFT DESIGN.
London: Temple Press 1950. 122 pp 7 1/2" H. Technical Trends Series. 22 b&w plates collated plus 3 additional figures in text. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Birth of an Aeroplane; Aerodynamics; Structures; The Imedimenta of Aircraft; Aircraft Types; The Quest for Very High and Very Low Speed Flight; Bibliography; Index. Very small tear at top of title page - archivally taped previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper slight fading at bottom edge of spine. Dust jacket has fading to yellow color on spine/hinge areas flap-folds and top edge of flaps on spine flap-folds and at top edge of flaps; minor edge wear/wrinkling; tiny scuff at top of front hinge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Temple Press Hardcover
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Williamson GW. OBE. MC. Wing Commander RAF. Retired. G. W. O. B. M. C. R. A.
A PRIMER OF FLYING: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN THE ART OF FLYING.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1941. 71 pp 7 1/2" H. "Reprinted 1941" on copyright page. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine black lettering and illustration of plane on front board. 18 b&w drawings/diagrams collated. "A thoroughly practical and helpful little handbook which will be of real assistance to the flying pupil who has just entered the elementary stages of instruction. The author has not therefore made any reference to 'stunt' flying with the two exceptions of the stall and the spin into which the beginner might fall by accident. The aircraft referred to are the elementary training types particularly the light and ultra-light aircraft now being produced. Written in simple language and illustrated with clear diagrams the book is intended not only as an introduction to actual flight but also as a preparation for the more advanced books on the subject." Very light browning to edges of text block one very small corner bump Very small stain and dent on front board light color fading to top/bottom edges of boards small area of color fading at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has several small and tiny chips and tears; light rubbing/soiling; light edge wear/wrinkling; light browning at top edge of flaps on spine and on flap-folds; protected in a mylar sleeve. . Hard Cover. Good/Good-. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28179
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Gallico Paul.
THE HURRICANE STORY.
London: Michael Joseph. 1959. 144 pp 7 1/2" H. Dark blue cloth with silver lettering/propellers on spine silver aircraft on front board. B&w photographs. "Paul Gallico has written the whole exciting and inspiring life story of the greatest British fighter plane from the drawing board through the battles of World War II. It is a story of great daring imagination and unparalleled human courage - the biography of an aircraft which came to personify toughness and audacity." Minor browning to edges of text block tiny bump at top/bottom of spine bump to fore-edge of rear board. Dust jacket has light wear and tiny tear archivally taped at top/bottom of spine and top of rear flap-fold - very light elsewhere minor edge browning on flaps soft crease on rear panel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Michael Joseph. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28185
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Ferguson GW. G. W.
HOW TO FIND YOUR WAY IN THE AIR.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1941. 88 pp 7 1/2" H. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine and front board. 31 b&w illustrations plus b&w frontispiece collated. "This authoritative book provides a practical course of instruction in cross-country flying. It describes the essential instruments and equipment and gives a sound knowledge of the fundamental principles of aerial navigation." The author was Navigation Instructor to Airwork School of Flying Heston Airport. Minor browning to edges of text block very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine light color fading to top/bottom edges of boards two tiny corner bumps. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling light browning to spine very light soiling. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28180
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Cowley WL. W. L.
AERODYNAMICS OF THE AEROPLANE.
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1943. 201 pp 7 3/8" H. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine gold lettering and winged lion emblem on front board. Part of the Nelson's Aeroscience Manuals series. 42 b&w figures collated. Contents: Sustentation of Aeroplanes; The Aerofoil; The Complete Aeroplane; The Propeller; The Aeroplane in Steady Flight; Aerodynamic Measurements - I Model Tests; Aerodynamic Measurements - II Full-scale Tests; Fluid Motion - Aerofoil Theory; Fluid Motion; Vibrations in Aircraft; Answers; Index. Light browning to edges of text block tiny bump to fore-edge of rear board light wrinkling at top of spine small crease at top corner of front free endpaper. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wrinkling browning to spine and flap-folds small indentation on flap-folds and on spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Thomas Nelson & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28182
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Hamilton ER. E. R.
AIR NAVIGATION.
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1944. 175 pp 7 3/8" H. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine gold lettering and winged lion emblem on front board. Part of the Nelson's Aeroscience Manuals series. 86 b&w figures plus frontispiece and fold-out map in pouch at rear collated. "Describes the principles of Air Navigation in a clear and thorough manner. Numerous exercises give the student an admirable training in all the problems that confront the aviator. An outstanding feature of the book is a specially prepared chart for use in working out the exercises. The book meets all the needs of the Royal Air Force and will serve equally well for beginners who have civil aviation in view." Very light browning to edges of text block with a few tiny foxing marks very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine minor edge wear. Dust jacket has light browning on spine and flap-folds light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine minor edge wear writing indentations on front panel. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Thomas Nelson & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28184
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Clancey Vernon J.
CHEMISTRY AND THE AEROPLANE.
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1942. 176 pp 7 3/8" H. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine gold lettering and winged lion emblem on front board. Part of the Nelson's Aeroscience Manuals series. B&w illustrations. Contents: Making Flight Possible; Petrol; Substitute Fuels; Petrol Plus Engine; Steel; Non-Ferrous Alloys; Plastics; Chemical Energy; The Gas Laws; Behaviour of Gases; Accessories; Index. Minor browning on free endpapers two large corner creases on rear free endpaper two tiny corner bumps one tiny edge bump. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling - moderate at top of spine light browing to spine and flap-folds. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. Thomas Nelson & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28183
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Henshaw Alex.
THE FLIGHT OF THE MEW GULL.
London: John Murray 1980. 310 pp 8vo 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs maps drawings. "Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying and thanks to his father's generous encouragement it was not long before he had his own Gipsy Moth. From that moment there was no looking back. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: first the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an obsession with making accurate landfalls and he developed this blind-flying talent deliberately in a flying partnership with his father on many carefully planned long-distance survey flights. His exciting apprenticeship in these two skills was crowned by the acquisition of the Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF in 1937. After many initial successes with the machine Henshaw became associated with Jack Cross of Essex Aero Ltd at Gravesend who became primarily responsible for the racing and long distance preparations. First fruits of this partnerships was victory in the King's Cup of 1938 at a speed that was the fastest of any winning aircraft at any time. This was closely followed by an amazing solo flight to Cape Town and back in February 1939 establishing several solo records that still stand today over forty years later. This feat of navigation and airmanship must surely be one of man's greatest flights - 12754 miles over desert sea and jungle in a single-engined light aircraft. Alex Henshaw tells his story in a vivid style that puts you at the heart of all his battles and adventures." Previous owner's name in red ink on front free endpaper small bump at top of spine. Dust jacket has light edge browning light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top of spine and flap-folds. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. John Murray Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28190 ISBN : 0719537401 9780719537400
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Jokl Ernst Captain.
MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AVIATION SPEED AND ACCELERATION.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1943. 104 pp 8 11/16" H. Brick-coloured boards with gold lettering on spine blindstamped lettering on front board. 122 b&w illustrations collated. "The medical problems raised by speed and acceleration in the air and high velocity ascents and descents are of great practical importance in the present struggle for air supremacy. They are presented in this book in such a way as to appeal to the layman who takes an intelligent interest in current affairs no less than to medical practitioners flying instructors engineers and the pilots themselves." Contents include: Diving at 600 m.p.h.; Opening the Parachute; Centrifugal Forces; "Blacking Out"; "Redding Out"; "Cobber" Kain's Death; The Aero-Medical Post-Mortem; Franctured Ankles; Pneumatic Belts and Water Suits; Psychology of Jumping into Space; "Blitz" Ascents; Exhaustion of Adrenals; Aero-Embolism; etc. Half-title page is missing small puckered tear at top of title page - archivally taped tiny dent on fore-edge of boards light browning to edges of text block very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling several small edge tears light rubbing/soiling - mainly on rear panel tiny hole on front flap-fold protected in a mylar sleeve. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by E. Ullman. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28178
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Stewart Oliver Major.
CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING.
London: Constable 1931. 116 pp 7 1/2" H. Black boards with red lettering on spine and front board. B&w frontispiece XI 11plates and X 10 figures collated. Contents: Introduction; Map Projection; The Compass; Aircraft Instruments; Ground Instruments; Preparation for a Flight; In the Air; Bad-Weather Flying; Regulations; Meterology and Wireless; Index. Minor browning on free endpapers tiny stain on front pastedown light wrinkling at bottom of spine one very small corner bump minor edge wear. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine ands flap-folds a few very small edge tears archivally taped light soiling. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. Constable Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28186
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Penrose Harald.
ARCHITECT OF WINGS: A BIOGRAPHY OF ROY CHADWICK - DESIGNER OF THE LANCASTER BOMBER.
Shrewsbury: Airlife 1985. 246 pp large 8vo 9 7/8" H. B&w photographs. "Both Chadwick and the author lived through the same contemporary events so this biography of the great Avro designer not only deals with aircraft evolution but reflects the atmosphere of those days. No sooner was one design under way than Roy Chadwick was imagining the next and the next totalling some two hundred. They range from initial experience with pre-Great War precursors and the world-famous Avro 504 trainer through a sequence of prototypes including ultra-light aeroplanes powerful fighters and bombers. In particular the Avro 504 with its 20 variants the twin-engined Anson and the mighty Lancaster were built in huge numbers. In a swift moving story Penrose depicts Chadwick's career through the changing years from the early revelation of flight to his 54th year when he initiated design of the futuristic Delta-Winged Vulcan ending with his tragic death in the crash of the Avro Tudor II airliner in 1947." Very small ink stain on rear pastedown. Dust jacket has been price-clipped has very slight fading to spine color very light wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds some waviness on front hinge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Airlife Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28287 ISBN : 0906393558 9780906393550
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Connon Peter. Introduction by Lord Wakefield of Kendal Kt.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE'S WING: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN THE CUMBRIA DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY REGION 1825 TO 1914.
Penrith Cumbria: St. Patrick's Press 1982. 134 pp 11 7/8" H. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs reproductions drawings. "Chronicles the significant aeronautical events which took place in the Cumbria Dumfries and Galloway region from 1825 to 1914. The uninformed reader glancing at the topographical map may wonder as to what possible level of pioneering aviation activity could be sustained in a predominantly mountainous region where man is grossly outnumbered by sheep - yet between these years it was to encapsulate almost all aspects of man's aeronautical endeavour from ballooning parachuting gliding aircraft and airship construction to aero engine production. Cumbria is the birthplace of both British naval and civil marine aviation and for the first time the full exciting story is told aided by many previously unpublished documents and photographs." Small bump at top/bottom of spine and at bottom corner of both boards. Dust jacket has minor edge wear light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds very light rubbing a few tiny dents on rear panel/hinge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. St. Patrick's Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28289 ISBN : 095082870X 9780950828701
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Reynold James.
WING COMMANDER PADDY FINUCANE BRENDAN FINUCANE R.A.F. D.S.O. D.F.C.: A MEMOIR.
New York: Edmond Byrne Hackett 1942. 74 pp 8 5/8" H. B&w frontispiece portrait plus two plates. Minor edge wear/soiling minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine one slight corner bump light browning to edges of text block. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear several tiny chips and small tears - old tape at top of inside spine two light cup-ring stains on front panel; browning on spine flap-folds and edges; light soiling/rubbing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Edmond Byrne Hackett Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28361
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McQuiston John H.
TANNOY CALLING: A STORY OF CANADIAN AIRMEN FLYING AGAINST NAZI GERMANY.
New York: Vantage Press 1990. 210 pp 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "During World War II Bomber Pilot John H. McQuiston saw extensive service with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In late 1944 everywhere in Europe the Allies were on the offensive driving the Nazis out of France Belgium the Netherlands and thrusting into Germany itself. Aerial bombardment was a major factor in these successes forcing the surrender of occupied towns with an economy of lives and time. This is history from a bomber pilot's vantage point as tense periods of action were balanced by episodes of comic relief while on leave. Here is an account of World War II as experienced by a young Canadian pilot with a novelist's eye and ear." Very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine four tiny dents on front cover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped six tiny dents on front panel very light edge wear/wrinkling one tiny edge tear minor rubbing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Vantage Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28051 ISBN : 0533086604 9780533086603
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Parkin JH. J. H.
BELL AND BALDWIN: THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF AERODROMES AND HYDRODROMES AT BADDECK NOVA SCOTIA.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1964. 555 pp 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers b&w photographs tables several fold-out. "Presents a detailed chronicle of the fascinating experiments in aerial flight and with hydrofoil craft conducted by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and his engineering assistant and collaborators Frederick Walker Casey Baldwin at Baddeck Nova Scotia. Bell was the chairman and Baldwin the chief engineer of the Aerial Experiment Association 1907-9 a group founded inspired and financed by Mrs. Bell: the successes of the Association were based largely on logical step-by-step development under the guiding genius of Dr. Bell. The detailed day-by-day records of the group's operations kept by Dr. Bell make abundantly clear that his scientific and technical contributions and his guidance and criticism were of great importance to the development of aviation and hydrofoils. His keen analytical and deductive mind was at its best in analysing failures and propounding remedies as in the suggestion of the aileron following the crash of the 'Red Wing'. Dr. Parkin provides here a brief description of Bell's amazing kite experiments which extended over many years and led to his powered- flight projects; and to place the work of Bell and Baldwin in proper perspective and to enable their accomplishments to be assessed he has included a brief record of the prior art including descriptions of the machines early designers builders and pilots including the Wrights the Voisins Bleriot and Santos Dumont. He also presents the hitherto unpublished details of the remarkable development of hydrofoil craft at Baddeck culminating after many years in the spectacular achievement in 1919 of 70.85 miles per hour by the HD-4 the fastest craft afloat at that time." Pages 463 through 494 plus one fold-out table are duplicated Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine one small edge tear a few tiny edge tears minor rubbing protected in a mylar sleeve. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. University of Toronto Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 28068
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Kaplan Philip
FLY NAVY Naval Aviators and Carrier Aviation - a History
NY: Metrobooks. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1586631896 . Quarto; Dust Jacket: Slight edge wear ; Photographs - some color; 256 pages . Metrobooks hardcover
Référence libraire : 38498 ISBN : 1586631896 9781586631895
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Davis Larry
P-51 MUSTANG IN COLOR - Fighting Colors Series 6505
Carrollton TX: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc. Near Fine. 1982. First Edition. Paperback. 0897471350 . Quarto; Very slight surface rubbing ; Photographs and color paintings; 36 pages . Squadron/Signal Publications Inc. paperback
Référence libraire : 38414 ISBN : 0897471350 9780897471350
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Sullivan Jim
F4U CORSAIR IN COLOR - Fighting Colors Series 6503
Carrollton TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. Near Fine. 1981. First Edition. Paperback. 0897471202 . Quarto; The number "5" written on title page; Photographs and color paintings; 32 pages . Squadron/Signal Publications paperback
Référence libraire : 38413 ISBN : 0897471202 9780897471206
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Murawski Marek J.
OBRONA POWIETRZNA III RZESZY Dzialania Dzienne 1939-43 Cz. 1; Kampanie Lotnicze 13
Gdansk Poland: AJ Press. Fine. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. 8386208953 . Quarto; Text in Polish; Photographs drawings and color paintings . AJ Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38398 ISBN : 8386208953 9788386208951
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Zurek Jacek B.
NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG Monografie Lotnicze 55 Cz. 1
Gdansk Poland: AJ- Press. Fine. 1999. First Edition. Paperback. 8372370249 . Quarto; Text in Polish ; Photographs drawings and color paintings . AJ- Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38393 ISBN : 8372370249 9788372370242
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Michulec Robert
LUFTWAFFE 1935 - 45 CZ 4 Malowanie I Oznakowanie 4
Gdansk Poland: AJ Press. Fine. 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 8386208732 . Quarto; Text in Polish; Photographs drawings and color paintings . AJ Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38397 ISBN : 8386208732 9788386208739
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Rys Marek
CURTISS P-54 TOMAHAWK/KITTHAWK/WARHAWK Monografie Lotnicze 64 Cz. 1
Gdansk Poland: AJ- Press. Fine. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 8372370397 . Quarto; Text in Polish ; Photographs drawings and color paintings . AJ- Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38394 ISBN : 8372370397 9788372370396
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Jarski Adam and Robert Michulec
P-47 THUNDERBOLT P-35/P-41/P-43; Monografi 1.cast
Gdansk Poland: AJ Press. Near Fine. 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 8386208287 . Quarto; Tiny fold mark at bottom corner of front cover; Text in Polish; Photographs drawings and color paintings . AJ Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38403 ISBN : 8386208287 9788386208289
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Jarski Adam and Robert Michulec
P-47 THUNDERBOLT P-35/P-41/P-43; Monografi 2. Cast
Gdansk Poland: AJ Press. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Paperback. 8386208457 . Quarto; Text in Polish; Photographs drawings and color paintings . AJ Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38404 ISBN : 8386208457 9788386208456
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Michulec Robert
MESSERSCHMITT BF 109 Monografi 2. Cast
Gdansk Poland: A. J. Press. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. 8372370052 . Quarto; Tiny rub at top of spine; Text in Polish; Photographs drawings and color paintings; 92 pages . A. J. Press paperback
Référence libraire : 38405 ISBN : 8372370052 9788372370051
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Velek Martin & Valerij Roman
REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT
Prague Czech Republic: MBI Publishing Co. Fine. 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 809022380x . Quarto; Text in Czech and English; Photographs drawings and color paintings . MBI Publishing Co. paperback
Référence libraire : 38410 ISBN : 809022380x 9788090223806
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Bily Miroslav Et Al
FOCKE-WULF FW 190A Profily Let Adel II 7
Prague Czech Republic: Modelpres. Very Good. First Edition. Paperback. 8090132855 . Quarto; Small smudge from price sticker; Text in Czech with English notes; Photographs drawings and color paintings . Modelpres paperback
Référence libraire : 38402 ISBN : 8090132855 9788090132856
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Gunston Bill
AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR 2
NY: Crescent Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0517316803 . Quarto; Dust Jacket: Tiny rub at bottom of spine ; Color drawings and paintings . Crescent Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 38142 ISBN : 0517316803 9780517316801
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Morris Danny
ACES AND WINGMEN II Volume I: Men Machines and Units of the United States Army Air Force Eighth Fighter Command and 354th Fighter Group Ninth Air Force 1943-5
Usk WA: Aviation Usk. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0962308013 . Quarto; Photographs; 488 pages . Aviation Usk hardcover
Référence libraire : 38151 ISBN : 0962308013 9780962308017
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THE GATEFOLD BOOK OF THE WORLD WAR II WARPLANES
NY: Barnes & Noble. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. 156619910 . Pictorial boards; Spiral bound with hard spine; 36 fold-out color paintings . Barnes & Noble hardcover
Référence libraire : 38145
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