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Leon Kane-Maguire
Desert Scorpions : 459 Squadron RAAF 1942 - 1945
Loftus NSW Australia: Australian Military History Publications 2007. Illustrated laminated boards. 527 pages with b/w illustrations. Formed in Egypt in February 1942 the squadron was initially equipped with Hudson aircraft and later converted to Venturas and Baltimores. Its operations included anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols low level anti-shipping strikes and formation bombing raids on strongly defended land targets. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Australian Military History Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011307 ISBN : 0980320461 9780980320466
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Victor Posse
Together Up There : The Unit History of 549 RAF / RAAF Fighter Squadron in Australia During World War Two
Loftus NSW Australia: Australian Military History Publications 2003. Illustrated laminated boards. 201 pages with b/w illustrations. The squadron operated from Darwin in Northern Australia. Includes nominal roll. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Australian Military History Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011315 ISBN : 1876439920 9781876439927
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Manfred Griehl and Joachim Dressel
Zeppelin! : The German Airship Story
London United Kingdom: Arms & Armour Press 1990. Usual library marks and wear. 160 pages with over 200 b/w illustrations and drawings. Includes detailed appendices containing statistical performance data and a record of all the raids on England and the fates of the various airships. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Arms & Armour Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011009 ISBN : 1854090453 9781854090454
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Jackson Robert
Spitfire : The Combat History
ShrewsburyUK: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1995. Usual library marks. Slight lean to spine. 194 pages with b/w illustrations. The Spitfire was the only allied fighter aircraft to see continual front-line service from 1939 to 1945 and its combat career went beyond that. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Airlife Publishing Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010709 ISBN : 1853105147 9781853105142
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Nelmes, Michael V.
Tocumwal to Tarakan : Australians and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Canberra ACT Australia: Banner Books 1994. 171 pages with b/w illustrations. Includes a detailed register of all B-24s known to have flown with the RAAF an illustrated section on aircraft markings and listings of all those who lost their lives in Liberators in the South-West Pacific Area. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Banner Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 009717 ISBN : 1875593047 9781875593040
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Layman, R. D.
To Ascend from a Floating Base : Shipboard Aeronautics and Aviation 1783 - 1914
Cranbury New Jersey U.S.A.: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr 1979. General wear and minor tears to jacket. Usual library marks. 271 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr Hardcover
Référence libraire : 009449 ISBN : 0838620787 9780838620786
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Franks, Norman
Aircraft Versus Aircraft : The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat since 1914
Bantam Press 1986. Jacket has some fading to spine. 192 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Using superb diagrammatic paintings the author illustrates the often complex manoeuvres of air combat on which the survival of each pilot depended. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bantam Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 008950 ISBN : 0593010213 9780593010211
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Lex McAulay
Four Aces : RAAF Fighter Pilots: Europe and North Africa 1941-44
Maryborough Qld Australia: Banner Books 1998. Fading to front of jacket. 143 pages with b/w illustrations. Recounts the careers of 'Nicky Barr' flying the Curtiss P-40 and Kittyhawks Hugo Armstrong flying Spitfires and Peter Panitz and Dickie Williams in Mosquito's. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Banner Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 008501 ISBN : 1875593063 9781875593064
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Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon
The Observer's Basic Military Aircraft Directory
London United Kingdom: Frederick Warne & Co 1974. Jacket has general wear and small scrape at rear. Previous owners details on front endpaper. Small tape marks on endpapers. 224 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Frederick Warne & Co Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003224 ISBN : 0723215235 9780723215233
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Anthony M. Thornborough
USAF Phantoms : Tactics Training and Weapons
London United Kingdom: Arms & Armour Press 1988. 160 pages with almost 200 b/w illustrations. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom in the US Air Force. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arms & Armour Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 008092 ISBN : 0853688877 9780853688877
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Bowyer Chaz
Coastal Command at War
London United Kingdom: Ian Allan Ltd 1979. Jacket has one minor tear plus general light wear. Foxing to endpapers. 160 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ian Allan Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003442 ISBN : 0711009805 9780711009806
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Serling Robert J.
When the Airlines Went to War
New York NY U.S.A.: Kensington Publishing Corporation 1997. Remainder mark on bottom edge. 310 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kensington Publishing Corporation Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001688 ISBN : 1575662469 9781575662466
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Dorr, Robert F.
Vietnam : The Air War
London United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing Limited 1991. 128 pages with colour illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Osprey Publishing, Limited Paperback
Référence libraire : 003757 ISBN : 1855321459 9781855321458
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Hare, Paul
Aeroplanes of the Royal Aircraft Factory
Marlborough United Kingdom: Crowood Press Limited The 1999. Foxing to front free endpaper title pages and occasionaly throughout. 144 pages with b/w illustrations. Describes the events the personalities and the background from the early ballooning and kite experiments through to the formidable S.E.5. Chapters on each of the main types produced detailed specifications production details and many rare photographs. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Crowood Press, Limited, The Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005041 ISBN : 1861262094 9781861262097
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Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank; Duiven, Rick
Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920 : As Complete a List as Possible Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically
London United Kingdom: Grub Street 1999. 384 pages. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grub Street Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005037 ISBN : 1902304330 9781902304335
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Lande, David
Messerschmitt 109 Warbird History Ser.
Osceola WI U.S.A.: MBI Publishing Company LLC 2000. 128 pages wih colour and b/w illustrations. Complete details of the aircraft's initial design evolution and combat history. Every major 109 varient from the first prototype to the advanced K models is covered. Includes first hand accounts from Luftwaffe pilots. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. MBI Publishing Company LLC Paperback
Référence libraire : 005034 ISBN : 0760308039 9780760308035
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Alwyn Jay
Endurance : A History of RAAF Aircrew Participation in Liberator Operations of RAF Coastal Command 1941 - 1945
Maryborough Qld Australia: Banner Books 1996. 224 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Banner Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002390 ISBN : 1875593071 9781875593071
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Layman, RD. R. D.
Naval Aviation in the First World War : Its Impact and Influence
London United Kingdom: Caxton Editions 2002. 224 pages with b/w illustrations. A complete overview of all aspects of naval aviation in the First World War and its significant influence on operations and strategy. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Caxton Editions Hardcover
Référence libraire : 007260 ISBN : 1840673141 9781840673142
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Antonio Cafarella
A Town Called Onslow : An Airman's World War 2 Experiences
South Australia: Self Published 2003. 83 page booklet with colour and b/w illustrations. . SECOND EDITION. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self Published Paperback
Référence libraire : 006966 ISBN : 0958620962 9780958620963
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Federal Aviation Administration
FAR/AIM 2023: Up-to-Date FAA Regulations / Aeronautical Information Manual FAR/AIM Federal Aviation Regulations
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1510775048.G ISBN : 1510775048 9781510775046
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Federal Aviation Administration
Professional Legal & FAA Issues The Best of <i>AMT Magazine</i>
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1560272716.G ISBN : 1560272716 9781560272717
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Aviation Sup
Risk Management Handbook: FAA-H-8083-2 FAA Handbooks series
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1560277548.G ISBN : 1560277548 9781560277545
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Federal Aviation Administration
Aircraft Inspection Repair & Alterations: Acceptable Methods Techniques and Practices FAA Handbooks
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1560274883.G ISBN : 1560274883 9781560274889
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Berger, Carl
B29: The Superfortress Boeing B-29
NY: Ballantine Books 1970. Textblock clean and tight; Cover lightly worn and in very good condition. 160p. including bibliography. First Printing. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Black and White Photos. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back. Ballantine Books Paperback
Référence libraire : EW453
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Yong Kiat Goh
Where Lions Fly - 100 Year of Aviation in Singapore 1911-2011
Straits Times Press 2012. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Possibly signed by author. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1250grams ISBN:9789814342179 Straits Times Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 5757572 ISBN : 9814342173 9789814342179
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Gibbs Smith CH. C. H.
Science Museum: A Directory and Nomenclature of the First Aeroplanes 1809 to 1909
Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1966. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN: Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
Référence libraire : 5754063
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Ashford, Norman
Airport Operations
McGraw-Hill 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:9780070030770 McGraw-Hill hardcover
Référence libraire : 5577369 ISBN : 0070030774 9780070030770
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Aviation Supplies and Academics
Flight Engineer Test Guide
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1560270268.G ISBN : 1560270268 9781560270263
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Nelson, John L
The Pilot's Complete Computer Book
Blue Ridge Summit PA: Tab Books 1985. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Text clean and unmarked. Pages intact with light edge wear and minoe corner bending. Cover with some edge wear and a mild crease. Penciled price inside. 212 pages. Tab Books paperback
Référence libraire : AQ0400025 ISBN : 0830623736 9780830623730
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Wilson, Stewart
Tiger Moth CT-4 Wackett & Winjeel in Australian Service
Fyshwick ACT Australia: Aerospace Publications 1994. General wear to covers. Previous owners details to top of Dedication page. 194 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Recounts the development and history of four of Australia's important primary trainers. Unique tables document each aircraft individually its serial registration individual version or batch number where applicable date of delivery and eventual fate. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Aerospace Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 025961 ISBN : 1875671161 9781875671168
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King, Colin G.
Luck is No Accident: Flying in War and Peace 1946-1986 - Forty years of flying forty years of extraordinary luck
Loftus: Australian Military History Publications. 2002. Small Quarto Size. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. A new copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 265 pages. Col King began his working life at De-Havillands factory at Bankstown joined the RAAF and was one of the first pilots in Australia to fly jets. He subsequently served in Korea. On leaving the RAAF he enjoyed an extensive civil flying career with a number of civilian airlines. . New. Reprint. Hardback. Australian Military History Publications hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB328010 ISBN : 1876439203 9781876439200
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Munro, Richard
Holidaying On The Continent The Journey Of An RAAF Volunteer: 1940-1945 460 Squadron
Loftus: Australian Military History Publications. 2009. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. A new book. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and maps. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xviii 252pp. The biography of Jim Munro who served with the 460 RAAF Squadron flying Lancasters. He was shot down over Germany and was a POW in Stalag lVB. This biography was written by his son and is the result of years of research about Jim Munro his crew mates the Lancaster they flew and the way of life fears and hopes that the young flyers experienced. . As New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Australian Military History Publications hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB328312 ISBN : 0980567424 9780980567427
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Stuart Swinton
P.G. Taylor : The Last of the Great Air Pioneers
Loftus NSW Australia: Australian Military History Publications 2006. 116 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Australian Military History Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 023776 ISBN : 1876439416 9781876439415
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Barker, Ralph
The Schneider Trophy Races
United Kingdom: Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1981. Previous owners details plus date stamp at top of front free endpaper. 272 pages with b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Airlife Publishing Ltd. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 023625 ISBN : 0906393159 9780906393154
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The Rex Story : The First Ten Years
2012. Illustrated laminated boards. Inscribed and signed by one of the directors. 119 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 022757
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Michael Molkentin
Flying the Southern Cross : Aviators Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith
Canberra ACT Australia: National Library of Australia 2012. Usual library marks. 212 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. National Library of Australia Paperback
Référence libraire : 022408 ISBN : 064227746x 9780642277466
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Frater, Alexander
Beyond the Blue Horizon : On the Track of Imperial Airways
London United Kingdom: William Heinemann Ltd 1986. Minor mark to front of jacket. 430 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019723 ISBN : 0434270806 9780434270804
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Palmer, Joan Austin
Goggles and God help You : Pioneer airwoman Freda Thompson OBE and some of her Contemporaries
Self Published 1986. Usual library marks. Signed by the author on the title page. 200 pages with b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Self Published Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019531 ISBN : 0959929010 9780959929010
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Wixted Edward P.
The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith : An Illustrated Chronology
Brisbane QLD Australia: Self Published 1996. Minor foxing to endpapers. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 305 pages with b/w illustrations. The book is organised in strict chronological basis. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Self Published Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019218 ISBN : 0646280767 9780646280769
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Job, Macarthur
Air Crash : Volume 2
ACT Australia: Aerospace Publications 1992. 201 pages with b/w illustrations. The story of how Australia's airways were made safe. Details each of Australia's major air accidents from 1940 onwards and reveals the lessons learnt from each disaster. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Aerospace Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 003755 ISBN : 1875671013 9781875671014
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Macarthur Job
Air Disaster : Volume 1
Canberra ACT Australia: Aerospace Publications 1994. 183 pages with b/w illustrations. You are there on the flightdeck as 18 major airline accidents unfold in concise and spellbinding detail. Why these airliners crashed and the valuable lessons learnt are fully revealed. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Aerospace Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 001585 ISBN : 1875671110 9781875671113
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Gunn, John
The Defeat of Distance : QANTAS 1919 - 1939
Brisbane QLD Australia: Univerity of Queensland Press 1988. Covers have light general wear plus some fading to spine. 438 pages with b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Univerity of Queensland Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 016901 ISBN : 0702221546 9780702221545
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Cady, Dale R. A
Pilot's Bahamas Aviation Guide
Mobile AL: Pilot Publications 1980. Spiral Bound Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Penciled price inside. Clean and intact throughout. Cover with some rubbing and edge wear. Please see image. 442 pages. Pilot Publications paperback
Référence libraire : AH0300027
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Wilson, Stewart
Ansett
Canberra ACT Australia: Aerospace Publications 2002. Light general wear to covers. Previous owners impressed stamp to bottom of title page. 194 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. A comprehensive book telling the full story of Ansett from its establishment in 1936 to its demise in 2002 tracing the history of the business the personalities the politics the associated airlines and the aircraft. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Aerospace Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 012647 ISBN : 1875671579 9781875671571
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Job, Macarthur
Air Disaster : Volume 3
Fyshwick ACT Australia: Aerospace Publications 1999. 155 pages with b/w illustrations. Covers 13 complex accidents during the years 1988 to 1994. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Aerospace Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 009411 ISBN : 187567134x 9781875671342
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Chaz Bowyer
The Age of the Biplane
Sydney Australia: Lansdowne Press 1981. 192 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 003036 ISBN : 0701813946 9780701813949
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Kenneth Hudson and Julian Pettifer
Diamonds in the Sky - A Social History of Air Travel
London United Kingdom: The Bodley Head 1979. 240 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. A highly readable and entertaining account of the ways in which flying has ministered to human needs whims and follies. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Bodley Head Hardcover
Référence libraire : 000184 ISBN : 0370301625 9780370301624
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Willett, Edward; (Fairchild Space and Defense Systems).
Presentation ED-JX-2 5 February 1970 TERRAIN AVOIDANCE SYSTEM.
<p>Syosset NY: Fairchild Space and Defense Systems 1970. 1970. Very good. - Quarto 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover spiral bound wrappers with a cut-out window revealing the title of the project. The corners and edges of the covers are lightly creased. 2 pages 1-13 and a plate featuring a drawing of the proposed "Terrain Avoidance System". Very good.</p><p>First edition a RARE early study of these systems.</p><p>"There exists a requirement for a Terrain Avoidance System for an aircraft flying low profile missions. The general characteristics of such missions are as follows: Aircraft Velocity 185 knots / Aircraft Altitude 500 feet." - from the Introduction.</p><p>From the library of the presumed author of this report Edward Willett with his label mounted on the front cover. Willett was the Senior Consulting Engineer and Program Director at Fairchild.</p><p>Fairchild Systems was a United States defense contractor. The San Francisco Chronicle described the company as "one of the legendary names of Silicon Valley" and noted that its Bay Area operations were a training ground for the engineers who went on to found Intel and other top semiconductor companies.</p> Syosset, NY: Fairchild Space and Defense Systems, 1970. paperback
Référence libraire : 99659
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Jeffries, Doctor
A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; With Meteorological Observations and Remarks
the Work Projects Administration of New York City. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn library stamps and markings. 1930. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of Dr. Jeffries' 1786 privately printed account of his two balloon trips in 1784 and 1785. The printed paper label on the front cover notes that this is the first book written by an American on aeronautics and describes the first aerial crossing of the English Channel. Anonymously written foreword and account of Dr. Jeffries' reception by French society prepared by his grandson from the aeronaut's diaries. Several illustrations. Decorative borwn card covers with brown cloth corners and spine. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 88 pages . the Work Projects Administration of New York City hardcover
Référence libraire : 57215
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Vaeth, J. Gordon
Graf Zeppelin
NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered owner name on front . pastedown endpaper. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi 235pp. Red cloth spine with navy cloth sides. Map endpapers. Photos index. Profile of the Graf Zeppelin its global travels and its commander Dr. Hugo Eckener. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Harper and Brothers hardcover
Référence libraire : 57226
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