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JAPANESE AVIATION
Information booklet for theatre audiences.
Tokyo: Tokyo takarazuka gekijo & Asahi shinbun Tokyo honsha 1940. An intriguing and lively piece of Second World War domestic propaganda sponsored by the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre an all-female dance company founded in 1934. The rear cover and inside wrappers advertise a November 1940 production on pilots and aeroplanes which was staged to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of the accession of the first emperor. This booklet was issued to introduce audiences to Japan's airforce. It also seemingly served as a promotional "taster" for the magazine Aviation Asahi. The magazine was launched in late 1940 to promote interest in aviation among boys; here the front cover is identical to that of Aviation Asahi's debut issue and the periodical's publisher is listed on the imprint page. Small duodecimo 88 x 64 mm ff. 12. Map of East Asian air routes hand coloured perhaps as issued across central fold illustrations throughout text. Original illustrated wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in blue and red. Lower corner of front wrapper creased a fine copy. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 163578
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[AVIATION -- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY]. GODDARD, Brig Gen George W[illiam] & COPP, DeWitt S
Overview: a life-long adventure in aerial photography. . . .
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. Inc. 1969. 8vo. xiii 1 415 1 pp. With numerous black & white photo plates. Half-green over beige publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear rubbing w/ d.j. wraparound colour aerial photograph slight shelfwear NF/NF copy from library of George T. Banister w/ TLS laid-in addressed to Goddard and reply ALS from Gen. Goddard and copy inscribed by Goddard on title w/ clippings laid-in. First edition stated and signed chronicling the efforts of Gen. George Goddard 1889-1987 who pioneered aerial photography and began early studies in infra-red long-range photography aerial cameras photographic aircraft and field lab equipment for the US Military. Goddard writes in his poignant TLS to Banister that “I am please to know that you liked the book which I am sorry to say did not do very well. . . military books which were published in 1969 during the Vietnam War could not compete with books by Abbie Hoffman Dr. Spock Jane Fonda and their ilk.†Doubleday & Co., Inc., hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60086
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[CHINA -- AVIATION]. CHATLEY, Herbert
Commercial aeronautics in China: Paper No. 1 Vol. XX The Engineering Society of China. . . .
Shanghai China: Engineering Society of China 1920. 8vo. 20 pp. A few tables. Printed softcovers old tape repair to spine minor toning creasing & minor closed tears to back cover still G copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this exceedingly scarce offprint and a pioneering analysis of the necessary expenses and needs for developing commercial aviation in China following World War I. The author details weather impacts needs for aerodromes topographical conditions such as those experienced near the Gobi Desert followed by discussions of bodies of water for seaplanes or requirements for dirigible & Zeppelin aerodromes. Chatley 1885-1955 was a professor of engineering supervised the dredging works for the Huangpu Conservancy Board in the Huangpu and Yantze estuaries and also wrote on aeronautics and rocketry. Worldcat locates 2 copies Yale U of Limerick. Engineering Society of China, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60095
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[AVIATION]. [FAUROTE, Fay Leone (Ed)].
The Aircraft Year Book. 1919. Issued by Manufacturers Aircraft Association Inc.
New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association Inc. 1919. Tall 8vo. 398 pp. Frontisp. photo. numerous illustrations photo montage plates photo plates 3 large folding colour maps. Blue publisher’s cloth blue & red lettering red & blue lozenge badge on front cover printed spine label minor shelfwear slight rubbing & dustsoiling w/ d.j. tears spine perished edgewear still VG/Fair copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of the first volumeof this excellent aviation year book providing an invaluable early history of the early two decades of flight the development of World War I fighter aircraft technical development of international air navigation. There is a section devoted to the development of balloons and balloon ascents. In addition with article by Orville Wrigh this work includes illustrated accounts of such early Aircraft manufacturers such as Aeromarine Plane and Motor Co. Burgess Co. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Copr Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Glenn L. Martin Co. St. Louis Aircraft Corporation Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation and lists of American British French Italian and German Aces. Very scarce with original jacket. Manufacturers Aircraft Association, Inc., hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59998
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[AVIATION -- SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA]. POWNDER, Rupert (Ed)
New era for San Diego Air Corps Reserves; Ben Hammer model aircraft; Armor plate for airplanes; Who’s who in Consolidated; Social Security Act of 1935; To the good old PT-3; My first airplane ride; Glagg’s Ship; Hawaiian flight San Deigo -- Jan. 28 -- Pearl Harbor; The Return of the Native; The monorail system; Women with aviation interests; Welcome Home Bill -- San Diego to Honolulu to San Francisco to San Diego by air. . . In: Consolidator Vol. 1 Nos. 3-4; Vol. 2 Nos. 2-3.
San Diego: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation 1936-1937. Four vols. 4to. 32; 40; 36; 40 pp. With over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers photo cover art showing Consolidated PBY-1 taking off trick flying PBY-1 from the flight to Hawaii and back minor scuffing shelfwear last issue w/ minor foxing to covers still a VG set. First editions of these scarce in-house illustrated magazines for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation based in San Diego CA. The articles not only deal with social issues changes during the Great Depression and women in the Consolidated work force but also touch on Company flying clubs athletic teams obituaries and more. These magazines include many illustrations and ads for San Diego CA businesses and a number of articles touching on the PBY-1 Catalina aircraft which was one of the most successful flying boats. Of particular interest are the articles detailing the squadron of PBY-1 Catalinas flown by Patrol Squadron 11-F from the Naval Air Station in San Diego on a shakedown flight to Hawaii and then back. The PBY Catalinas proved to be incredibly successful aircraft including long “wet†wings waist gun positions during World War II and very popular with British and Canadian flight crews. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 54448
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[AVIATION -- ARCTIC].
Polar guide. Department of the Air Force. AFTRC Manual 50-0-23.
St. Louis MO: Air Force Ross Gould Co. Dec. 1947-Sept. 1948. 4to. Approx. 200 pp all sections separately paginated. Colour-illustrated title numerous colour text illustrations black & white text illustrations diagrams photo illustrations 2 large folding colour maps dated Sept. & Oct. 1947 preserved in folding pockets at rear. Original flexible black softcover post-binder nickel-plated screw posts at gutter margin cover art illustration of B-29 bomber in Arctic landscape in silver rounded corners yapp edges minor edgewar rubbing still NF copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this unusually scarce “Restricted†guidebook for Air Force personnel and aircraft operating in Arctic areas following World War II and at the outset of the Cold War. Sections include those on the types of ice possible plants in Canada and Alaska food requirements Air Mechanic’s winter uniforms windproof parkas and flying suits treating frostbite snow blindness pre-flight procedures de-icing of aircraft and engines lubrication in conditions down to -65 Fahrenheit and even an Eskimo language dictionary. Air Force, Ross Gould Co., paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 54924
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[AUTOMOBILES, TRACTORS & AVIATION -- VOCATIONAL TRAINING]. SWEENEY, [Emory J]
The million dollar Sweeney Automobile and Tractor School. The largest in the world. Union Station Plaza Kansas City Missouri.
Kansas City MO: Sweeney School 1922. Folio. 72 pp. Photo-illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers embossed raised lettering on front cover punch-sewn at spine w/ red & white silk braid stapled as well minor creasing edgewear very minor dustsoiling still VG- copy. First edition of this catalogue documenting the post-World War I efforts by Sweeney who created a hands-on vocational training school in 1908. By 1921 he had completed the massive new building including 12 acres of floor space and on-site rooms for 800 students allowing for over 8000 in enrollment by the post-World War I era. Such courses as these automotive training schools provided vital expertise for fueling the expansion of automobile manufacturers auto repair shop and service stations later during the 1920s. Following demobilization after World War I the U.S. Congress which had refused to allocate funds to compensate and support veterans when passing the 1917 conscription laws so these industrial training programs were given grants and specific citations in order to encourage returning soldiers to avoid union activity. The Sweeney Building on Pershing Road has continued to be used as office space in Kansas City after the school closed in 1929 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Worldcat locates 1 copy Kansas City Public; See: Modder Putting Veterans to Work United States Army War College 2012 pp. 9-15. Sweeney School, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 55183
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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. RYAN, T[ubal] C[laude].
Ryan flying school catalogue. Ryan training is different.
San Diego CA: T.C. Ryan Flying School 1928. 4to. 12 2 pp unpaginated. printed throughout in red & black Art Deco borders w/ numerous photo illustrations. Gray-printed softcovers cover art illust. of Lindbergh style RYAN NYP plane from the famed New York to Paris fligh black lettering minor toning to fore-edges slight wear to the enrollment application laid-in at rear still VG exemplar. First edition of this scarce catalogue extolling the amenities and advantages for the T.C. Ryan Flying School in San Diego California published in conjunction with the fleet of 400 military aircraft assembled in August 1928 to fly over the newly renamed “Lindbergh Field.†Although his name was attributed to the Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NYP NX-211 which made the famed flight he was only marginally involved by 1925 with either the flying school or the Ryan Flying Company which was financed and directed by Benjamin Franklin Mahoney. This catalogue features the three instructors including Earle Mitchell W.H. Bowlus and Warren Smith the course of instruction photos of the field a Ryan Siemans 9 Cylinder Engine a Curtis Hawk Pursuit Plane the T.C. Ryan Flying School instruction plane the well equipped shops for ground mechanics and crews and more. The exceedingly scarce laid-in application quotes tuition fees for complete flying and ground training as $ 1375.00 in 1928 while a private pilot’s course including 20 hours of flying time and two months could be paid for with $ 460.00. Worldcat locates 1 copy Hagley. T.C. Ryan Flying School, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 55180
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[WORLD WAR II -- AVIATION].
Flight manual: Mustang P-51B P-51C. Restricted. Report No. NA-5740. . . .
Inglewood CA: North American Aviation Inc. January 15 1944. 8vo. Approx. 250 pp sections all separately paginated. Sepia-tinted illustrated title w/ mylar printed overlay with Restricted & Report No. With 100s of text illustrations plates 1 large folding of P-51C diagrams several large folding many illustrations in colour colour charts graphs each section w/ tan thumb tabs. Publisher’s brown simulated leather 6-ring binder gilt stamping on front cover rounded corners yapp edges slight shelfwear very slight interior toning still NF copy. First edition of this remarkably scarce flight manual for the famed Mustang P-51B and P-51C fighter which established Allied air superiority over Nazi Germany in World War II. The P-51B/C the Mustang Mk III was outfitted with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine allowing it to achieve remarkable performance at altitudes above 15000 feet and beginning in late 1943 were the key bomber escort fighters for the US Army Air Force 8th Air Force in raids over Germany. This flight manual prepared for Mustang pilots and ground personnel contained general descriptions of the airplane sequence of operations to be followed operation of guns bombs and radio emergency operating instructions and charts designed for long-range flying and auxiliary fuel tanks. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Gardner Hatch & Frank Winter P-51 Mustang 1993. North American Aviation, Inc., hardcover
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[AVIATION -- CONNECTICUT ARCHIVE]. [MARKEY, James E; HIGHBRIDGE, Russell].
Small photo archive containing 56 silver gelatin photographs of aircraft aviators airports and aerial shots from World War I through the 1960s. Together with Manual of inspection and instruction for Stinson Reliant Model SR-5 Airplane for 1934. . . ; Manual of inspection and instruction for Stinson Reliant Model SR-7 Airplane for 1936. . . ; Manual of inspection & instruction for 105 Series for 1940 airplanes. . . .; Parts catalog for models 1946-47 Voyager and Flying Station Wagon. . . ; Silvaire Model 8 master parts list No. 47-1. . . . Service parts price list. Franklin aircraft engines Models 6A4-150-B3 and 6A4-145-A3. . . ; Cessna Model 120 and 140 Series parts price list. . . .
Bethany Hartford & Ansonia CT; Wayne MI; Dallas TX; Syracuse NY; Wichita KS: Stinson Aircraft Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc.; Luscombe Airplane Corporation; Aircooled Motors Inc. Cessna Aircraft Co. ca. 1918-1965. 8 vols. 4to. 56 silver gelatin photographs 1 in colour sized from 3.75 x 3.75 in. up to 11.5 x 14.5 in. with most sized 5 x 7 in. and 8 x 10 in. all sleeved w/in archival mylar sleeves many w/ annotations at lower fore-edge a few w/ photographer’s negative no. w/in the image several w/ annotations on versos in pen and pencil some w/ photographer’s or identifying stamps. All preserved in 3-ring binder stamping on front cover & spine. 4to. 2 25 leaves; 42 pp. w/ 5 large folding charts & exploding diagrams mimeographed; 25 leaves w/ 14 charts & diagrams many folding mimeographed; 7 1-69 pp. diagrams illustrations throughout tables; 128 pp. w/ many large folding charts diagrams tables; Approx. 70 pp paginated in each section separately; 34 pp. Tables together with 6 leaves mimeographed letter TLS four bound into original split-pin binders w/ printed or typed labels on front cover four w/ original printed softcovers minor soiling edgewear rubbing ownership stamps of the Bethany Airways Inc. Bethany Airport Bethany CT all from the collection of James Markey. An uncommon archive of photographs and aircraft manuals from the now-abandoned Bethany Airport which was one of the earliest private airports in New England. Originally organized on land purchased by Harris Whittemore Jr. of Naugatuck in 1922 recognizing the commercial potential with an airport situated near Hartford CT. Of historic note and interest is the large photo of the Cairns Aircraft X-329V which was a sleek mono-wing design built entirely of metal in Naugatuck CT originally powered with 90 horsepower motor and changed out according to the ALS on the verso with a 165 horsepower 5-Cylinder Wright J-6 Engine. On March 2 1932 Elliot McCune an experienced pilot took the plane up for an exhibition flight and the wing separated less than 500 feet from the ground and was killed when the chute had little time to open and the plane was destroyed. Edmond Burke Cairns b. 1883 notes in January 1966 after the closure of the Bethany Airport that this was “the only photo I have of the first plane we built in Naugatuck.†The other photos collected by the former airport owner as well as amateur pilots and aviation enthusiasts Markey & Highbridge include images of Major William Gerson Ladd b. 1896 commander of the 118th Observation Squadron 43rd Division Aviation and the Connecticut National Guard Air Service in Hartford; photo of Lt. Mather with the 118th Observation Squadron; an historic image of Huestis “Hugh†Wells delivering the first airmail for Colonial Air Transport of Naugatuck CT July 1 1925 along the route from Boston to New York by way of Hartford; along with an aerial photo of Hartford taken by the 118th Photo Section. Also preserved in the collection are a signed photo of Torrey H. Webb who on May 15 1918 was the first air carrier of airmail leaving Belmont Park NY with 2457 pieces of airmail delivery together with TLS from Texaco to James E. Markey mentioning the inclusion of the 1943 Texaco Start with story of the event. There are also images of a Cessna Model 170B built in 1952 a 1930 Monocoupe 90A fitted later with a Lycoming O-320 engine a Grumman single engine Model G-164 a Stinson Reliant the Wedell-Williams Racer #44 and many others. Addressed to Highbridge are the promotional literature partial blueprints and pricing with photos for the Falconar AMF-S14 Maranda a 2-seat light kit aircraft based on the Adam RA-14 Loisir a Lycoming O-320 engine and folding wings so it could be towed behind a car; another brochure for the Mignet HM290 “Airport†also known as the Flying Flea and photos showing the construction of the kit planes. The original inspection and operations manuals are quite scarce and those included in this grouping encompass the manual for the 1934 SR-5 Stinson Reliant built with a 41-foot wingspan with 145 produced the SR-7 Reliant which had a wing of 41 feet as well but it was the first taper-wing gull-wing Reliant and subsequently the plane earned the nickname of Stinson “Gullwing.†The 1940 Stinson Voyager Model 105 developed after Consolidated Vultee purchased the company was a 3-passenger aircraft and very successful with such notable owners as James Stewart and Howard Hughes snapping up theirs in the first Voyagers produced. During World War II the L-5 Sentinel version became the U.S. Army’s most used and least recognized aircraft serving as artillery spotter medical evacuation aerial reconnaissance and passenger transport. The parts catalogue included here for the 1946-47 provides invaluable historical reference for the very popular Flying Station Wagon or the Stinson 108 resulting in nearly 5000 produced and after being sold to Piper in 1949 the remainder were sold as Piper-Stinson aircraft for years. The very rare parts list and diagrams detailing the Luscombe Aircraft produced in Dallas TX shows the upgrades to the aircraft with an all metal wing two 12.5 gallon wing tanks and rear windows increasing visibility. No copies located of the 1934 or 1936 Stinson Manuals or Cessna Parts List 1 copy located of the 1940 Stinson 105 1947 Stinson Catalog Silvair Parts List & Franklin Canada Science & Technology Museum; See: Paul Freeman Bethany Airport Bethany CT Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields 2019; Peter Marteka Hiking at Abandoned Bethany Airport 2018; Bethany Connecticut -- March 2 1932 New England Aviation History May 14 2019. Stinson Aircraft, Division of Vultee Aircraft, Inc.; Luscombe Airplane Corporation; Aircooled Motors, Inc., Cessna Aircraft Co., paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 56097
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED U-2].
An unusual group of colour photo transparencies for lighted salesman sample cases or overhead presentations illustrating several configurations of Lockheed U-2R and U-2S spy planes developed by Melpar E-systems in the 1980s and 1990s.
Falls Church VA & Burbank CA: Melpar Inc. E-Systems; Lockheed Aircraft Co. ca. 1990. Nine colour photo transparencies sized 8 x 10 in. all mounted on cream-coloured and green matte boards sized 10 x 12 in. many w/ pencil & ink annotations some w/ Melpar ownership label on versos 1 image from a printed colour photo all w/ nice contrast minor edgewear rubbing to matte boards still VG set. These scarce images focus on assorted configurations for the famed Lockheed U-2R spy planes including those later converted into U-2S jets and some appearing in their Superpod configuration while others in the very odd Span Pod configuration in flight and on the tarmac. The aircraft depicted include the 68-10339 U-2 which first flew in Oct. 22 1968 transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB in 1972 and later to Beale AFB before being upgraded and later crashed killing Captain Rich Snyder Dec. 13 1993; the 80-1074 TR-1A U-24 U-2S delivered to Beale AFB in Fe.b 1984 and later converted to U-2S in May 1996; and the 80-1071 U-2R delivered to Beale and converted to U-2S in Oct. 1994. Two of the images show the U-2R in Superpod configuration developed by Melpar including one image of the aircraft flying over the Golden Gate Bridge featuring twin 24-foot-long superpods mounted at midspan each wing capable of carrying 800 lbs. of equipment and three times longer than the instrument pods used during the EP-X trials. Other images show the Span Pod Configuration which consisted of a 30-inch parabolic antenna housed in an unpressurized dorsal radome on the fuselage and two for the control systems trailer. See: Peter W. Merlin Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2 2015; David Donald U-2 The Second Generaltion Black Jets 2003. Melpar, Inc., E-Systems; Lockheed Aircraft Co., hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 56654
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[WORLD WAR II -- AVIATION]. [PROPER, Colonel Louis W (Commanding Officer) & FAUSSET, Jr, Private GF (Editor)]. G F
Bee Tee 44-E. Army Air Forces Pilot School Basic. Gardner Field. . . .
Gardner Field CA: Army Air Forces March 1944. 4to. 44 pp unpaginated. title in blue & black photo illustrations throughout double-page colour photo centerfold. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Army Air Force trainers on the field minor edgewear creasing still VG copy. First edition of this scarce souvenir book for the 44-E training squadrons at Gardner Field in March 1944. The field located 9 miles East of Taft CA trained cadets in Link Trainers and single engine Vultee BT-13A aircraft operated for 46 months and managed to graduate 8916 pilots during World War II. Worldcat locates 2 copies Brown Mid-Continent Pub. Lib. [Army Air Forces], paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 56700
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[LOGGING -- AVIATION]. [GREELEY, WB, NELSON, LA & MOTTET, AL]. W B L A A L
The kiln drying of West Coast aircraft lumber; West Coast lumber seasoning. Research bulletin No. 4. . . ; Uneven kiln temperatures: the most important obstacle to rapid high-quality lumber-drying. . . .
Portland & Eugene OR Seattle WA: West Coast Lumbermen’s Assoc. 1943-1944. 4to. 25 3 pp. Numerous woodcut & photo illustrations text diagrams. Orange printed softcovers 3-hole punch at gutter margin as issued together with 1 leaf TLS mimeograph copy of TLS from W.B. Greeley to the West Coast Lumbermen’s Assoc. on letterhead dated April 1944 and the 1 leaf mimeograph Uneven Kiln Temp. report. light shelfwear light toning still NF. First edition of this report as sawmills and lumber operations across the West tried to ramp up and meet wartime demand for aircraft lumber during World War II especially for troop glider production many of which were used in the D-Day landings. There were production problems primarily from uneven temperatures and improperly used kilns as well as kilns which were not upgraded to handle the production of the required Aviation seasoned lumber. Worldcat locates 4 copies Yale Utah State Central Wash U of W. West Coast Lumbermen’s Assoc., paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 56782
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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. [EHRENCLOU, V[aldor] L (Gen Manager) & PRITCHARD, Robert J (Ed)].
An industry weathers a storm; 1931 in review; The dispatcher how he operates; A moormast on wheels U.S.S. Akron; Developing a course of study at the Boeing School of Aeronautics; News of the West. . . In: Western Flying Air Race Report Issue Vol. XI No. 1; together with ZOOM Flyers fix firs Frolic date Pearson Field Vol. 1 No. 1 broadside.
Los Angeles CA & Portland OR: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District Army Air Corps January 1932. Two pieces. 4to. 64 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted illustration Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art advertisement for Eclipse aviation engine starters colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Curtiss-Wright Union and Douglas Amphibion aircraft slight scuffing minor shelfwear minor creasing 1 small tear still VG copy; 4to. 1 printed leaf very slight edgewear & toning still NF copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast detailing the Goodrich Airplane Tires in Alaska United Airlines and review of the Army Air Corps in 1931. Of special interest is the exceedingly scarce humorous broadside for the Portland District of the Army Air Corps Zoom announcing the Frolics for Pearson Field commanded by Lieutenant Carlton F. Bond in Vancouver WA featuring officers friends and family of the 321st Squadron with the Seventh Infantry Band. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District, Army Air Corps, paperback
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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. [EHRENCLOU, V[aldor] L (Gen Manager) & PRITCHARD, Robert J (Ed)].
Trained men wanted the job situation in engine factories; Slots and flaps take the lead the results to date of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition; Airports of the Future; 14 hours motorless! The story of Dinort’s world record-braking sailplane flight in Germany; Airships to fly the Pacific. . . In: Western Flying Vol. 7 No. 1.
Los Angeles CA: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St. January 1930. 4to. 146 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted ads and colour plate advertisements. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art signed by Raeche of mechanic working on aircraft engine colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Wright Curtiss and Shell slight scuffing minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast including illustrated ads for Spartan Aircraft Co. Apache Crankcases Cessna Monoplanes the Glendale California Air Terminal Sikorsky Amphibion aircraft Monocoupe and Berryloid aircraft paints Ford American Cirrus and many others. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St., paperback
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[AVIATION -- PHOTO ALBUM]. [ACKROYD, Hugh].
Proof Book: Portland to Portland Air Tour. . . photo album filled with over 200 silver gelatin photographs of the participants aircraft aerial photos and hijinks of 150 fliers and over 55 private aircraft flying from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine in May 1949.
Portland OR: Ackroyd Photography Inc. 2116 NW 20th Ave. May 1949. 4to. 88 pp unpaginated thin yellow-tinted paper w/ 215 original silver gelatin photographs sized from 3.5 x 4.5 in. up to 8 x 10 in. a number are 4.5 x 7 in. mounted with glue on the leaves stamped Ackroyd on versos each with negative number on verso some w/ negative numbers in fore-edge of image. Original tan softcover split-pin binder sewn at gutter margin w/ cotton twine occasional creasing to covers minor shelfwear some images w/ minor folds or creases especially those at gutter margins still a VG exemplar. This fascinating photographic proof book provides historic images of the first transcontinental private “Air Tour†following World War II and the lifting of aviation restrictions at the end of the War. With 1000s of returning fliers from the United States armed forces with flying experience Americans began taking to the skies in record numbers. Participants were able upon their return later to Portland OR go to the photographer’s studio and pick out which images they would like to purchase and add to their own souvenir books. On May 21 1949 the Portland Oregon Chamber of Commerce had organized an air tour which was similar to those which had heavily promoted civil aviation in the 1920s and 1930s from Portland OR across the continent to Portland Maine. Fifty-five aircraft plus a US Air Force C-47 assembled at Troutdale Airport and took off surrounded by the Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee. Ackroyd 1913-2012 noted aviation commercial photographer and aerial aficionado was contracted along with KGW Radio’s director of public events Bob Tomlinson and Earl Peterson technical supervisor to document the historic tour. These images show the 55 planes parked across the tarmac participants eating and loading their planes appearances by representatives from the 1949 Pendleton Round-Up including cowboys and Native Americans in native dress and the decidedly cramped quarters inside a few of the larger aircraft. Peterson and Tomlinson are shown setting up their equipment and broadcasting campy skits featuring the Grants Pass air club members in cave man costumes “kidnapping†and carrying off female members others in pirate costumes along with a tour of a B-29 superfortress. There are photos of aircraft taking off and landing at airports in Salt Lake City UT Cheyenne WY Wichita KS Indianapolis IN Akron OH Lock-Haven PA including the Portland Rose Festival plane float planes with all finally reaching Portland ME on May 28 1949. Upon arrival there was a huge lobster feast party featuring a map decorated cake and the fliers were met by Portland ME officials and Governor Frederick G. Payne. Ackroyd shows the welcome banners airport and the planting of gift roses in front of the Portland ME sign. Of particular interest are the series of aerial photos over Manhattan and the other boroughs of New York City in 1949. Ackroyd was a Canadian photographer who began shooting photos at the age of 16 in British Columbia moved to Hollywood where he shot celebrity portraits but eventually moved to Portland OR before World War II and began shooting pictures of ships and barges for Gunderson Inc. and Shaver Transportation Co. He was adept at aerial photography and was well known for his images of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge from the air. See: Bill Alley Hands Across America -- The 1949 Air Tour Logbook Magazine Vol. 12 No. 1 2014; Lev Richards First 25 Years of the CAA Columbia Aviation Association 2017; Talk of the Trade The Billboard Radio-Television May 21 1949 p. 9; Flying Oregonians Make Merry Munch Lobster as City’s Guests May 29 1949 Portland Press Herald May 29 1949 p. 6; Air Tour Vanguard Arrives May 28 1949 Portland Press Herald pp.1-2. Ackroyd Photography Inc., 2116 NW 20th Ave., paperback
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[AVIATION -- PANORAMIC PHOTO].
Maneuver Camp Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas 1911. Large panoramic photo depicting the March 1911 United States Army maneuvers which featured 20000 troops with early US military aircraft such as the Wright Model B biplane as well as two others by Robert McCormick and Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor flying above the camp.
San Antonio TX: H. Rudolph Fox Photographer 1911. One large panoramic photo. 48 x 7.5 in. captions scratched into negative at lower margin minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge minor creasing still a VG exemplar. This exceedingly scarce original panoramic photograph features the United States Army maneuvers in March 1911 and was one of the earliest such camps to coordinate with US Army fliers. Within the image the YMCA tent is identified as well as the placement of the field hospital field artillery the Signal Corps as well as the Depot Commissary in the foreground. Above three different biplanes are shown flying maneuvers including the Wright Model B flown by Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois who along with Phil Parmalee flew the first military reconnaissance scouting missions in a fixed-wing aircraft along the US-Mexico border; as well as planes flown by Robert McCormic an early Chicago aviator and inventor who would later construct and house several experimental aircraft at Fort Sam Houston as well as Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor who flew a Johnson Wright Model B airplane. The Wright Model B was the Wright brothers’ most successful aircraft produced from 1910 to 1914 and they were shipping nearly 4 aircraft a month. Unfortunately the rear elevator made the Model B more tail heavy and prone to stall and within two years faster propeller first aircraft with drag-reducing fuselages began appearing. Fort Sam Houston was a very popular experimental airfield for flying meets air races because it occupied 800 acres and the field was unbroken by no hills of real prominence. Established in 1890 as a post the War Department began expanding the Fort after the Spanish-American War adding Cavalry and Light Artillery from 1905-1912 and also served as the birth of military aviation. Lt. Foulois had made his first solo flight the year before in March 1910. See: Edmond Percy Noel America Now Has Forty Flying Fields San Antonio Tex. Aero and Hydro 1912 Vol. 4 pp. 59 66; McFarland The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright 1953 p. 1183. H. Rudolph, Fox Photographer, unknown
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED]. [JUERGENS, Philip L (Ed).]
Of men and stars: A history of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1913-1957 Chapters I-IX March - January.
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Eight parts. 4to. 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together with brass split-pin bracket at gutter margin very slight uniform toning minor creasing to corners slight shelfwear VG set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these scarce original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED]. [JUERGENS, Philip L (Ed).]
Cover title. Of men and stars: A history of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1913-1957 Chapters I-IX March - January.
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Nine parts in one vol. 4to. 4; 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together in original Lockheed Corporation adjustable blue & silver foil softcovers copper lettering stamped on front cover yapp edges very slight uniform toning NF set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these unusually rare original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958 as was the company printed softcover post-binder and additional 4 page introduction present here. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53090
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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED].
Lockheed in the 1950’s promotional factory catalogue detailing Lockheed projects for civil and military aircraft and aerospace at the outset of the Korean War.
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1950. 4to. 28 pp unpaginated. printed throughout in red & black. Pictorial softcovers printed in gray-blue black & yellow black lettering cover art of the Lockheed XF-90 fighter jet slight shelfwear NF copy from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First edition of this very rare promotional sales brochure for the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. detailing their accomplishments and aircraft available for civilian and military use at the beginning of the 1950s. Sections are included on the development of jet engines turbine propeller engines afterburners rocket engines electronic surveillance Lockheed facilities and manufacturing and more. This brochure was written and published before the USAF contract had been awarded for the newly requested penetration jet fighter and bomber escort. The two competitors were the Lockheed XF-90 developed by Willis Hawkins and the Skunk Works team under Kelly Johnson who built two prototypes which was the first USAF jet with an afterburner and the first Lockheed jet to fly supersonic. Unfortunately Lockheed’s design proved underpowered and the XF-88 Voodoo won the production contract. Worldcat locates 4 copies; Pace The Projects of Skunk Works: 75 Years of Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs pp. 52-55. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53099
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[AVIATION -- RADIO CONTROLLED]. [DENNY, Reginald Leigh].
The modeler’s craft-o-log. . . .
Los Angeles & Oakland: Western Model Distributors 4546 Hollywood Blvd. Reginald Denny Industries 5751 Hollywood Blvd. 1946. 4to. 84 pp. With 100s of photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams 4 pp. section printed on glossy paper in blue black & white. Illustrated softcovers in blue & white cover art of modeler and young boy building a B-17 bomber w/ jeep and PT boat next to them three-hole punch at gutter margin for post-binding bound in black pebbled cloth Elbe spring binder minor shelfwear NF copy w/ post-war shortages notice on index page and “Denny†stamps over the Western Model Distributors printed logo. First edition of this exceedingly scarce post-World War II modeler’s catalogue for remote control airplanes rubber band driven airplanes small Fleetwind Ohlsson & Rice Herkimer and other model gasoline engines midge racing car models military vehicles and much more. Denny 1891-1967 was a noted film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 dramatic roles and is also considered the father of drone aircraft and radio-controlled model airplanes. Denny landed his first contract in 1939 for his 12-foot span RP-4 and the Navy designated its’ drone TDD-1 for Target Drone Denny. Nearly 15000 Denny drones were produced during World War II and in fact a 19-year old Norma Jean Baker was discovered in the Radio Plane factory while doping drone panels. No copies located in Worldcat; See; Mathews Biography of Reginald Leigh Denny The Academy of Model Aeronautics History Project 2004; Reginald L. Denny & Walter H. Righter Fathers of Today’s UAV Industry The Pioneers 2005. Western Model Distributors, 4546 Hollywood Blvd., Reginald Denny Industries, 5751 Hollywood Blvd., paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 53168
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Kelly, Robert H
Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII Volume Four : 1944 - Supporting the Allied Bases
Buderim QLD Australia: Self Published 2013. Illustrated laminated boards. 555 pages with b/w illustrations. This volume covers the movement of air transport following the Allied advances. . Hard Back. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self Published hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 022192 ISBN : 0646926373 9780646926377
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[AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA]. [KUCERA, S].
Jubilee album. 25th anniversary of aircraft production in the Moravan National Company In Czech Jubilejni album. 25. vyroci letecke vyroby v n.p. Moravan. Deluxe presentation photo album catalogue with 185 real photographs of the 25 year history of the company’s production of gliders racing aircraft and trainers which was recently renamed again the Zlin Aircraft Company.
Otrokovice: S. Kucera n.p. Moravan 1958. Oblong atlas folio. 19.5 x 14.25 x 2.25 in. 49 leaves of thick dark gray paper stock each leaf retaining original tissue guards. Title page & colophon in white ink calligraphy. 185 tipped-in real photos 46 leaves with tipped-in printed histories & descriptions matched to the tipped-in photos. Embossed & stitched padded leather post binding brown silk braid at gutter margin elaborate gilt embossed illustration & logo on front cover of Moravian Airplane w/ laurel leaf cluster around 25 LET slight shelfwear a fine copy. This spectacular and exceptionally large Soviet-era photo album offers an invaluable visual record of the 25 year history of the central European Zlin/Moravan Aviation Company. This amazing production is beautifully done and all of the photographs are quite crisp. The first 6 leaves illustrated with photos and text detail the history of the company from its formation in 1933 as the Zlin Aviation Company which was commissioned to build gliders by the Masaryk Air League since the major shareholder the Bata Company was not allowed by the Ministry in charge of aircraft production to produce powered aircraft. These early gliders were designed by the Czech aeronautical engineer Kryspin and included the Kluzak Zlin I Vetron Zlin II the Kluzak Zlin III designed by R. Dohnalek and then several designed by F.O. Mayer including the Kluzak - Zlin V VI the very popular Vetron Zlin VII -- Akela which was used throughout Europe as a racing glider and others. Zlin Aviation began producing powered aircraft finally in late 1934 and 1935 with prototypes of the Zlin Z-XII sport and two-seater trainer monoplane. The Z-XII trainer designed by Jaroslav Lonek became the most popular aircraft of its kind in Czechoslovakia and Germany during the 1930s eventually producing over 200 of them powered by Walter Mikron engines illustrated here in the catalogue and later with Persy I and Persy II engines. One of the images included shows the Z-XII at the 1938 races where the plane finished 29th. After World War II the aircraft were used by the Czech Army and as courier planes and were called the K-72 -- replicas of these are being built to this day. Just before the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia in 1938 the company experimented with producing a racing plane called the Letoun Zlin 13 but only 1 was built. After the Germans took over and renamed the company Zlin Aviation Enterprise they built 1 Letoun Zlin-20 which was to be a small two-engine passenger plane but it was quickly superseded by the need to produce the Bu 181 for the Luftwaffe which was the Z-181 Z-281 -- a two seat primary trainer which continued to be built for air forces around the world after World War II. They also produced a variety of gliders for the Luftwaffe and private individuals during the War. After the war the company was nationalized by the Communist Government and became part of the Automotive Enterprise and later renamed Zlinavion. In 1953 it was again renamed Moravan Company and began producing the very successful trainers and aerobatic planes used in aerobatic competition around the world. The Letoun Z-226 Trainer followed by the Z-326 which in this catalogue is still a prototype resulted in numerous different models and over 800 aircraft eventually built by the company and sold around the world. In addition the final leaf shows the Moravan Vrtulnik HC 2 a small 2-seater helicopter which also proved popular for the company. S. Kucera, n.p. Moravan, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 47619
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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. NOEL, E Percy (Ed)
Buffalo racing boats sink flying boats float; New Borel meets military requirements. . . In: Aero and Hydro. America’s Aviation Weekly Vol. VI No. 24.
Chicago: Noel & Company Sept. 13 1913. 4to. 449-460 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations illustrated ads. Illustrated printed softcovers photo cover art photo of Aviator Pegoud the first man to fly voluntarily upside down minor thumbing dustsoiling shelfwear still VG- copy from the collection of Albert Colson 1898-1975 World War I veteran who trained to fly with the Portland-Based Dudrey Aircraft Company. First edition of this scarce early aviation periodical including photos and scale drawings of the Borel Military Monoplane. Noel & Company, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48082
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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. NOEL, E Percy (Ed)
U.S. wins balloon race the fourth time; Fliers found New York circuit severe test; Zeppelin disaster will not halt progress; The Grahame-White 5-seater biplane. . . In: Aero and Hydro. America’s Aviation Weekly Vol. VII No. 4.
Chicago: Noel & Company Oct. 25 1913. 4to. 37-56 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations illustrated ads. Illustrated printed softcovers photo cover art photo of Ralph Upson & A.D. Preston and the Balloon Goodyear winning the race minor thumbing dustsoiling shelfwear still VG- copy from the collection of Albert Colson 1898-1975 World War I veteran who trained to fly with the Portland-Based Dudrey Aircraft Company. First edition of this scarce early aviation periodical including photos and article on Glenn Curtiss in Russia scale drawings of the Grahame-White Aero-Char-A-Bancs as well as the Deauville Hydro Competition. Noel & Company, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48081
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[AVIATION]. OWENS, Albert A & SLINGLUFF, Ben F
How to read aircraft blueprints.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. c. 1940 1942. 4to. 256 pp. Blueprint title page numerous photos diagrams 39 large folding blueprints some laid-in as issued. Limp blue-illustrated textured softcovers silver illustration & lettering of aircraft on front cover metal comb binding as issued wear & bumping to corners some soiling front cover minor chipping pencil annotations throughout still G reference copy. Early printing of this invaluable work for training aircraft mechanics and fabricators during World War II. Included are actual blueprints for aircraft from such companies as Beech Aircraft Chance Vought Kellett Autogiro; Luscombe Airplane Development Naval Aircraft Factory and Vultee Aircraft. John C. Winston Co., paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48275
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[AVIATION -- HELICOPTER].
Introducing the new Bell Model 47 G helicopter. Product of over a million flight hours.
Fort Worth TX: Bell Aircraft Corporation 1953. 4to. 36 pp unpaginated photo illustrations colour-tinted text illustrations colour-tinted diagrams maps. Colour-illustrated softcovers minor soiling minor foxing to spine some minor shelfwear VG- copy. First edition of this scarce catalogue promoting the agility and virtues of the 47 G helicopter during the Korean War. The Bell 47G was equipped with open cockpits or sheet metal cabins fabric covered or open doors and some with four-wheel landing gear. It is perhaps best remembered as the chopper which transported 1000s of casualties during the Korean War to MASH units behind the lines. It was used in insect control crop dusting power and oil pipe line inspections construction in rugged terrain surveying military and much more. Bell Aircraft Corporation, paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49026
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[AVIATION -- KOREAN WAR].
Flight handbook. USAF series F-86A aircraft. Security information -- restricted. T.O. No. 1F-86A-1 Formerly AN 01-60JLA0-1. . . ; Safety of flight supplement. Flight handbook USAF Series F-86A aircraft Feb. -- May 1955.
n.p.: United States Air Force United States Navy December 5 1953 - May 13 1955. 4to. 192; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 pp. 100s of illustrations diagrams colour diagrams charts some leaves printed in red & black. Bound in split-ring clasp binder holes punched at gutter margin as issued metal clasp black lettering on front sover rounded corners minor shelfwear soiling still a VG- copy w/ contents in excellent condition. First edition of this exceedingly scarce flight handbook for the famed North Americaqn F-86A Sabrejet swept wing fighter jet. This jet fought continual high-speed dogfights over Korea with similar swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 jet fighters and was considered the best fighter aicraft in the war. It experienced an extended production run of over 7800 aircraft through 1956 and was used in Air Forces around the world until 1994. This handbook details the capabilities for the aircraft armed with .50-caliber machine guns carrying bombs rockets or chemical tanks powered by the J47 turbojet engine operating limitations flight characteristics systems operation crew duties and all-weather operations. Many of the American pilots flying the Sabrejets during the Korean War were experienced World War II veterans. However as the war progressed increasing numbers of pilots were being trained at Nellis Air Force Base and the casualty rate for the fighters were quite high. The American pilots succeeded in downing 792 MiG fighters during the War. No copies located in Worldcat. United States Air Force, United States Navy], unknown
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[AVIATION -- PHOTO ALBUMS]. [PETERSON, Almond Orwald].
Two amazing photo albums filled with over 350 original photos primarily of aircraft and many with typed and ink manuscript annotations on verso as well as occasional ink notations below many stamped on verso with Fox Photographers San Antonio TX and a few signed blueprints for radio receiver several training certificates chronicling the career of this former Army Air Service Radio Technician A.O. Peterson from his years living near Scranton ND service in the Army from 1921-1924 including training at Kelly Field TX and Chanute Field IL who later begins work for oil companies in Texas from the 1930s through his death in Lubbock TX.
Kelly Field TX; Chanute Field IL; Scranton ND; Denver City TX: Almond Orwald Peterson 1917-1956. Two vols. Oblong folio. 1st. 13.25 x 10.25 in.; 12.25 x 10 in. 80; 80 pp unpaginated both with thick black paper stock with 359 tipped-in photos ranging in size from 1.75 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in many of them clearly marked in pencil and/or ink on versos some with signatures in lower white margin a images nearly all on glossy photo stock a couple hand-coloured many with minor creasing some damage to corners a couple with tears along the upper fore-edge still nearly all of the images are still quite clear and distinct; 4 leaf typescript on onion paper 24.5 x 36 in. blueprint folded for radio receiving station; 6 different course certifications for Peterson in handling oil field and natural gas pumping equipment. First album is contemporary ribbed cloth post-binder tied at gutter margin with black silk cord some bumping wear bumping to corners fraying; second padded leather album rounded corners gilt lettering front cover slots in leaves for postcards minor bumping head & foot of spine edgewear; still VG- set. These remarkable photo albums furnish an indispensable visual record of the history of American aviation just after World War I at Kelly Field TX and Chanute Field IL. Almond Orwald Peterson 1901-1977 son of Norwegian immigrants was born in Twin Valley MN moved with his family later to Billings and Scranton ND enlisted in the Army after High School trained as a radio operator and airplane mechanic worked as a mechanic after his service in North Dakota and then Texas and finally worked in the oil fields surrounding Denver City TX. Kelly Field in Texas was one of the Army Air Service’s primary fields for training and deploying pilots during World War I. After the massive demobilization at the end of the War the Kelly Field and Chanute Field in Illinois served as essential training grounds for Army pilots to exhibit their skills holding air races balloon races and training technicians. All technical schools were joined with the mechanics school at Chanute Field in 1922 and were re-designated the Air Corps Technical School by 1924. These excellent photographs not only include detailed shots of the barracks the radio towers the equipment rooms servicemen and more but also encompass a vast array of the aircraft which flew in and out of these fields along with many aerial shots. There are photos of German Fokker triplanes French Spads Curtiss DH-4s many of the Barling Bomber the Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 an experimental long-range three-wing strategic bomber which proved massively unwieldy because it was too underpowered with its six engines a colour-tinted image of the USS Los Angeles Zeppelin and several other lighter-than-air balloons and airships as well. In addition there are many photographs of plane crashes showing the high attrition and danger of flying during the 1920s often in World War I surplus aircraft and even a few images of funerals and caskets for lost comrades. Almond Orwald Peterson, hardcover
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[AVIATION -- WORLD WAR I GERMANY]. SUPF, Peter
Das Buch der deutschen Fluggeschichte. Vorkriegszeit Kriegszeit Nachkriegszeit bis 1932. Herausgegeben vom Verein zur Forderung des Luftsports. Zweiter Band.
Stuttgart: Drei Brunnen Verlag 1958. Thick 4to. 736 pp. Photo frontispiece 100s of photo illusts. maps diagrams. Blue cloth silver lettering minor shelfwear w/o endpapers still G copy. First edition of this famed illustrated monograph on German aviation history from before World War I until 1932. The author provides an expansive and excellent history of the formation of the German air force early German aviation pilots in the German Colonies the development of planes and pilots during World War I the evolution of air racing in Europe and much more. Drei Brunnen Verlag, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45753
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[WORLD WAR I -- AVIATION].
Technische Berichte. Herausgegeben von der Flugzeugmeisterei der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen 20. Marz - 1. August Band II Heft 2 - Heft 3. . . .
Berlin - Charlottenburg: Flugzeugmeisterei der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen 1918. Tall thick 8vo. 177-603 1 pp. Over 170 plates diagrams many large folding charts. Blue ribbed cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ original orange printed wrappers bound in minor shelfwear occasional toning a few leaves with pencil translations into English still a VG copy from the library of Horst Petzold b. 1923 former Luftwaffe pilot machinist and later aviation writer for Boeing for over 35 years w/ his ownership label on ffep. First edition thus of this installment in the original top secret papers published on German aeronautics and aviation during World War I -- No. 899. These papers describe experiments on wind resistance and lift mathematical calculations on lift and resistance to the biplane wings; Aerodynamics of the aircraft struts and cross members; The most successful profiles and shapes from experiments for biplane wings; The most effective muffler systems for aircraft engines and much more. The contributors include some of the greatest pioneers of German aviation such as Henrich Foche 1890-1979; pioneering work by the famed aerospace and aeronautics engineer Max Munk 1890-1986 featuring some of his earliest papers on airfoil theory and design; Ludwig Prandtl 1875-1953 who pioneered mathematical analyses for aerodynamics and provided much of the basis for modern aeronautical engineering and more. Flugzeugmeisterei der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45762
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[AVIATION]. JUPTNER, Joseph P
U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 1 ATC 1-ATC 100; Vol. 2 ATC 101-ATC 200; Vol. 3 ATC 201-ATC 300; Vol. 4. ATC Numbers -- 301 to 400; Vol. 5 ATC 401-ATC 500; Vol. 6 ATC 501 - ATC 600; Vol. 7 ATC 601 - ATC 700.
Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers 1962-1978. Seven vols. Sml. folio. 247 7; 291 7; 286 6; 315 5; 288 6; 364 4; 352 pp. 1000s of photos diagramsillusts. Uniformly bound in blue cloth gilt lettrng occasional rubbng edgewear slghtly cockd on a couple spines w/ d.j.s mnr edgewear rubbng slght sunng still a VG-/VG- set. First editions of the first 7 volumes of this great series intended to cover all civil airplanes given an Approved Type Certificate by the U.S. Government including Buhl-Verville Airster Travel Air 6000 Bird Biplane Parks P-2 Lockheed Sirius Boeing 247 C-W Condor Fairchild 24-C8E Arrow Sport Model F Taylorcraft BL Douglas DC-3 Piper Cub Stinson Reliant and 100s more. Aero Publishers, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38521
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook-Airframe: FAA-H-8083-31 Volume 1 FAA Handbooks
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc. 2012. Paperback. New. 2012 edition edition. 592 pages. 10.50x8.00x1.30 inches. Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1-1560279508 ISBN : 1560279508 9781560279501
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25B: Flight Training Study Guide
Paperback. Very Good. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : GOR014912836 ISBN : 1778268803 9781778268809
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(AVIATION)
Extensively Annotated Album of Original Photographs of Aircraft from WWI to 1976.
Reno: N.p. 1976-77. A marvelously diverse album of 284 original color and monochrome photographs of the many military and civilian aircraft in use between WWI and ca. 1976. Each photograph with extensive and knowledgeable annotations in a very neat hand. Original two-post stiff board binding one post lacking and replaced by wire; very serviceable. Silver sticker for the National Air Races in Reno. Some fading to a few of the color photos but none have fallen out or are damaged. A meticulous labor of love.Near the front of the album is an award of appreciation by the Tucson Detachment of the Marine Corps League to Patrick Levy-Galleguillos for donated a WWII F-4 Corsair. to the Pima County Air Museum. We can safely presume that this is the compiler of the album. There is also a ticket to the 13th Annual West Coast Fly-In Santa Cruz 1977 pasted to the inner from cover. This cataloger can not make much sense of most of the annotations but to a aviation buff we assume them to be helpful. Many of the photographs were taken at the National Championship Air Races held in Reno in 1976 but the compiler traveled far and wide in the years 1976-77 to take these photographs. Open Houses at Air Force Bases and Naval Air Stations museums airports airplane graveyards etc. He also took photographs of mounted aircraft the type you see in front of an aviation museum. Among the places he visited were Bakersfield. Fresno Van Nuys Half Moon Bay and Mojave CA; Reno and Sparks NV; many from Kingman AZ. N.p. unknown
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(AVIATION) BARLING, Walter H
Confidential Prospectus for the Formation of the Barling Aircraft Corporation.
Santa Cruz: N.p. ca. 1942. Original typescript 18-page rectos only document recounting the aviation design skills of Walter Henry Barling and seeking investors for his proposed Barling Aircraft Corporation. In a binder with an original 8 x 10 photograph of the Barling Bomber with its development crew standing in front of it with Walter Barling at the far right standing right next to General "Billy: Mitchell; William Lendrum Mitchell was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.Walter Henry Barling was born in England and for a time worked as a designer for the Royal Aircraft Company there but soon immigrated to the United States. He was an engineer of the first order and was soon at work on experimental aircraft for the US government. While his contributions to the history of flight are many and varied he is chiefly remembered as the designer of the ill-fated "Barling Bomber." The Barling Bomber is generally attributed the press called it "Mitchell's Folly" to William "Billy" Mitchell a U.S. Army Air Service General and most vocal advocate of strategic airpower who in 1919 discovered Walter H. Barling who had previously worked for the Royal Aircraft Factory. Mitchell asked Barling to design a bomber capable of carrying enough bombs to sink a battleship. Mitchell's goal was to demonstrate the effectiveness of airpower by sinking a battleship from the air and needed a large strategic bomber in order to accomplish this feat. Mitchell projected the cost of two prototype bombers at $375000. On 15 May 1920 the Army Engineering Division sought bids for the construction of a bomber based on Barling's sketches with the requirement that it be capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load to an altitude of 10000 ft 3000 m at a speed of no less than 100 mph 160 km/h.23 Barling had all of its engines mounted level with the fuselage. The aircraft used three wings but was not actually a triplane. More correctly it was a two-and-a-half wing aircraft. The middle wing had no control surfaces and was shorter and narrower than the two primary wings. The top and bottom wings had a chord of 13 ft 6 in 4.11 m and each had a surface area of about 2000 sq ft 190 m2. The stabilizer and elevator surfaces were 575 sq ft 53.4 m2 with an 8 ft 2.4 m chord. The fins and rudders looked like a box kite and had a surface area of 250 sq ft 23 m2. The undercarriage consisted of 10 wheels including two wheels mounted towards the front of the aircraft to prevent a nose-over on takeoff and a tail skid. The gross weight of the bomber was 42569 lb. It had a fuel capacity of 2000 gallons and carried 181 gallons of oil. On 22 August 1923 the Barling Bomber made its maiden flight from Wilbur Wright Field in Fairfield Ohio. At the time it was by far the heaviest aircraft in the world and remains large even by today's standards. Although capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load it was soon discovered that the aircraft was seriously underpowered and performance was disappointing. When it failed to fly over the Appalachian Mountains the program was discontinued. Many historians point out its influence in the development of the great bombers of WWII; the B29 and B17.But Walter Barley's aviation career did not end there. He turned to civil aviation and designed a three place low wing high performance monoplane which could be made by quality production methods such as those used in Ford Automobile plants. This craft was to become the well known NB3. It was put into manufacture by the Nicholas Beasley Airplane Company. There are two pages extolling the excellence of the NB3. Barling soon felt that another larger ship was in order so he designed the Barling B6. It was built flight tested and made ready for manufacture. In 1931 due to hard times in the business world the plant that was to build the B6 shut down. Barling purchased all the drawings specification lists valuable dies and jigs and had them shipped along with himself and his family to Santa Cruz California. In California he did some consulting work for J. H. McCollough and the two eventually in 1939 decided to form the Barling Aircraft Company. The remaining pages are a plea to investors stating that they can build great numbers of reliable and inexpensive NB3 and 6s. The final two page are marked "Confidential" and are a list of Barling's demands salary etc should some entrepreneur decide to foot the bill and actually fund the Barling Aircraft Company. Apparently William Barling never found a backer and he spent the rest of his life in Santa Cruz where he died in 1965. N.p. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74006
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(EARLY AVIATION: TRADE CATALOG)
Wire of Quality: Referring Particularly to that Used in Aerial Navigation.
Trenton NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company. First edition. Small octavo. 24 pp. with a plethora of photographic illustrations. Publisher's sewn blue printed wrappers with a window in the front cover to display a biplane aloft. Small marginal tear not afecting any text. A very good copy. None located by OCLC. The Roebling's history in Trenton dates to 1848 when John A. Roebling purchased 25 acres of land in Chambersburg Best known today as the "father of the Brooklyn Bridge" Roebling and the company he founded supplied cables from Trenton to most of the major suspension bridges built in United States during the first half of the 20th century. Among the dozens of major bridges using Trenton-made cable are New York City's Williamsburg Manhattan and George Washington Bridges as well as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.Roebling Lofts converted the "Clark Street Rope Shop" Building 101 erected in 1917 during WW I. It was an ultra-modern facility for its time with massive windows and a fire resistant design. It replaced an older factory that burned down in late 1915 allegedly by German saboteurs. Building 101 specialized in light- and medium-gauge wire rope such as used in aircraft. Perhaps the factory's most famous customer was Charles Lindbergh who specified Roebling wire for The Spirit of St. Louis the plane he flew non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. This has been called the single most influential flight in aviation history excepting the 1903 first-flight by the Wright Brothers who also used Roebling cables for bracing wings. Lindbergh used Roebling products for control cables to brace the wings for the ignition harness and the plane's lightning rod. The testing lab for the aircraft business was located on the 4th floor of the Clark Street factory including a massive machine designed to simulate stresses on wings. The machine survives in place on the 4th floor and is being preserved in a lounge for use by residents of Roebling Lofts. John A. Roebling's Sons Company unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74125
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(EARLY AVIATION) MORRISS, Bud
Original Photograph and Stickpin.
Chicago and Grand Rapids: Bud Morriss Airplane School 1916. Original photograph of "Bud" Morriss and his chief engineer Tony Stadlman at the controls of his flying boat. Photograph measures 3 x 2 1/2 inches. It is in the original frame and with the original label on the verso which reads; "This is an authentic photograph taken in Grand Rapids 1915 of P. G. B. Bud Morris at the controls of his Benoist Flying Boat accompanied by his Chief mechanician Tony Stadlman who later became Superintendent of the Lockheed Airplane Company of Burbank." Together with an original stickpin for the school in brass and blue and with an image of a biplane. It reads "Bud Morriss Airplane School Chicago 1916." The original celluloid covering the photograph is still present. Rare mementos of an early and influential aviator and his aviation school.Percival George Brockhurst Morriss 1884-1944 a native of England learned to fly at Brooklands racetrack in 1909. Soon after that he came to the United States. A former assistant engineer in the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company he championed the use of wireless to communicate with airplanes in flight. Later the same year he learned to fly a Bleriot in England and then joined the Curzon aviators. In 1914 he operated a flying boat service on the Chicago lake front and in the same year was managing editor of Aero & Hydro an aviation weekly paper. In 1915 he opened the Bud Morriss Flying School in Chicago. His next venture was with the Benoist Aeroplane Co. of St. Louis serving successively as assistant pilot and instructor Chief instructor and finally as vice-president and sales engineer. In 1917 he served as a member of the Chicago Aero Commission. During the First World War he enlisted as a seaman in the Navy in which he served for 18 months. Upon discharge Morriss was executive officer of aviation schools at a naval air station. Anthony Stadlman was in 1886 in Bohemia. He emigrated to the United States from his home in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1906 ispired by news of the aviation work of Orville and Wilbur Wright. By 1910 he was helping to build flying machines at the Chicago School of Aviation. For a short while he was chief engineer at the Bud Morris Aviation School. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation originally called the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company was organized in the summer of 1916 by brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead. Their plant was located in the rear of a garage on State Street in Santa Barbara. Tony Stadlman met Allan Loughead on a Chicago airfield and became superintendent of manufacturing when the company changed its name to Lockheed in 1927. Bud Morriss Airplane School unknown
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(EARLY AVIATION)
Les Etapes de l'Aviation.
Paris: C.M. ca. 1911. First edition. Oblong octavo consisting of 20 photographic illustrations of early aeroplanes each with a caption beneath in French. All with tissue guards. Publisher's printed brown wrappers with the front bearing images of a biplane and a monoplane. No copies located by OCLC. A very good copy.There is no information about this publication but likely it was meant to accompany "Les Etapes de l'Aviation:Conférence Faite le 12 Décembre 1909" by Mathieu Varille. The conference was held in Lyon perhaps in anticipation of their 1910 air meet. Many of the much monkeyed with photographs herein are by M. Branger a well known early aviation photographer. C.M. unknown
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(AVIATION ART)
Aviation Tapestry.
Paris: N.P. ca. 928. Beautiful French woven tapestry 50 1/2 x 19 inches depicting the Spirit of St. Louis flight from NY to Paris and with oval woven vignettes of aviation pioneer giants Charles Lindberg Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. Chamberlain Ruth Elder Francois Coli and Charles Nungesser. The reverse stamped "Made in France." Overall good condition having a few small cuts on edge wear on the edge and right corner some face wear but not affecting the image three corners have minor fabric loss Francois Coli was a French pilot and navigator best known as the one-eyed flying partner of Charles Nungesser in their doomed attempt to fly the Atlantic Ocean on the aircraft known as L'Oiseau Blanc. Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer who was a pioneering American aviator polar explorer and organizer of polar logistics. Ruth Elder was known as the "Miss America of Aviation." Clarence Duncan Chamberlin was the second man to pilot a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic. N.P. unknown
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(EARLY AVIATION; PERIODICAL)
Flight. Vol. III No. 27.
London: Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom 1911. Quarto. 2 ads 581-602 2 ads pp. Numerous photographic illustrations and ads Publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Bit of spine rubbing but clean and tight.The main article in this issue is about the race for the Gordon-Bennet Cup at Eastchurch. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was an international airplane racing trophy awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr. the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper. Curtiss won the first Cup Claude Graham-White the second and as we learn from the issue C. T. Weyman won the third cup 1911. Weyman was an American and flew a Nieuport aeroplane. Eleven pages are devoted to a detailed account of the race. Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom unknown
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(AVIATION: PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH)
Maneuver Camp Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas.
San Antonio: H. Rudolph Fox Photographer 1911. Original photograph measuring 48 x 7 1/2 inches. Large panoramic photo depicting the March 1911 United States Army maneuvers which featured 20000 troops with early US military aircraft such as the Wright Model B biplane as well as two others by Robert McCormick and Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor flying above the camp. . captions scratched into negative at lower margin minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge minor creasing still a a wonderfully clean and clear image.This exceedingly scarce original panoramic photograph features the United States Army maneuvers in March 1911 and was one of the earliest such camps to coordinate with US Army fliers. Within the image the YMCA tent is identified as well as the placement of the field hospital field artillery the Signal Corps as well as the Depot Commissary in the foreground. Above three different biplanes are shown flying maneuvers including the Wright Model B flown by Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois who along with Phil Parmalee flew the first military reconnaissance scouting missions in a fixed-wing aircraft along the US-Mexico border; as well as planes flown by Robert McCormic an early Chicago aviator and inventor who would later construct and house several experimental aircraft at Fort Sam Houston as well as Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor who flew a Johnson Wright Model B airplane. The Wright Model B was the Wright brothers’ most successful aircraft produced from 1910 to 1914 and they were shipping nearly 4 aircraft a month. Unfortunately the rear elevator made the Model B more tail heavy and prone to stall and within two years faster propeller first aircraft with drag-reducing fuselages began appearing. Fort Sam Houston was a very popular experimental airfield for flying meets air races because it occupied 800 acres annd the field was unbroken by no hills of real prominence. Established in 1890 as a post the War Department began expanding the Fort after the Spanish-American War adding Cavalry and Light Artillery from 1905-1912 and also served as the birth of military aviation. Lt. Foulois had made his first solo flight the year before in March 1910. See: Edmond Percy Noel America Now Has Forty Flying Fields San Antonio Tex. Aero and Hydro 1912 Vol. 4 pp. 59 66; McFarland The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright 1953 p. 1183. H. Rudolph, Fox Photographer unknown
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(AVIATION: WINGS CLUB)
Three Titles Published by This Organization.
New York : Wings Club 1964-65-68. SIKORSKI Igor I. Recollections and Thoughts of a Pioneer. First edition. Octavo. 38 pp. including numerous full page photographic illustrations.HUNSAKER Jerome C. Some Lessons of History. First edition. ix 29 1 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations.VON BRAUN Werner Space Flight; Past Present and Future. First edition. Octavo. iv 2 27 1 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations.All three are bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver spine and cover lettering and silver stamped icon of the Wings Club blue endpapers. The Sikorski volume has a previous owner's name on dark blue endpapers hard to see else a very good set.The Wings Club was founded in New York City on May 15 1942. It was housed within the Yale Club and served World War II pilots as a place of leisure and occasional living quarters. The first board of directors included Juan Trippe the founder of Pan American World Airways and World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The first president was Caleb Bragg a racer of automobiles and speedboats aviation pioneer and automotive inventor. Bragg had previously been a governor of the Aero Club of America. He was made president of the Wings Club despite suffering from a longterm illness which led to his death later the next year. Also in 1964 founding club member former club president and retired USAF General Harold Ross Harris implemented the annual "Sight Lecture" series at which a leading aviation notable was to be invited to deliver a lecture adhering generally to "insights foresights and hindsights" of aviation. Each lecture was to be published in book form by the Wings Club. Offered here are the First Second and Fifth Sight Lectures. Wings Club hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74265
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(AVIATION: PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH)
Flying School Detachment Souther Field Ga. Composed of Squadrons A B C and D.
Jacksonville FL: John A. Coles Jr. 1919. Original panorama photograph of all the members of the four squadrons in front of a modified Curtiss J4. It measures 47 3/4 inches x 8 inches. Archivally matted. Excellent.Souther Field is the oldest continuously operating civilian airport in the United States that participated through military use on both World Wars. During WWI 500 cadets earned their wings here arriving 25 at a time and training for a period of two months. In 2009 it was renamed the Jimmy Carter Regional Airport. Perhaps the most famous aspect of this airport was its relation to hero aviator Charles Lindbergh. In April 1923 Charles Lindbergh arrived at South Field and purchased his first plane for $500 although he was not yet a pilot. His connection to aviation prior to this was that he was a "wing-walker" and a parachutist in an aerial circus. He bunked at the airport until his plane was finished after which he took his first solo flight and developed his piloting skills from flights out of Souther Field. After becoming proficient he departed for a life of barnstorming. Four years later in 1927 he became the first person to make a non-stop transatlantic flight cementing his status n the annal of aviation. John A. Coles, Jr. unknown
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(EARLY AVIATION)
Salon De l'Aeronautique 1913.
Paris: L'Auto 1913. First edition. Bifolio 16 3/4 by 24 inches. Now separated into two leaves but complete. Photographic illustrations. Very good.A free newspaper supplement detailing the 1913 Air Meet in France. The third page bears photographic illustrations of the winners and include; Monoplane Nieuport; Monoplane Morane-Saulnier; Biplan Breguet; Hydravion Borel; Biplan H. Farman; Monoplan Bleriot; Hydravion M. Farman; Hydravion Caudron. There are alos photographic portraits of 10 pilots including one woman: Mme de Laroche. Born on 22 August 1882 in Paris Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a plumber. She had a fondness for sports as a child as well as for motorcycles and automobiles when she was older. As a young woman she became an actress and used the stage name "Raymonde de Laroche". Inspired by Wright's demonstations of flight in Paris in 1908 she decided to become a pilot. "In October 1909 de Laroche appealed to her friend aviator and aeroplane builder Charles Voisin to instruct her in how to fly. On 22 October 1909 de Laroche went to the Voisin brothers' base of operations at Chalons 90 miles east of Paris. Voisin's aircraft could seat only one person so she operated the plane by herself while he stood on the ground and gave instructions. After she mastered taxiing around the airfield she lifted off and flew 300 yards. De Laroche's flight is often cited as the first by a woman in a powered heavier-than-air craft; there is evidence that two other women P. Van Pottelsberghe and Thérèse Peltier had flown the previous year with Henri Farman and Delagrange respectively as passengers but not as pilots. On 8 March 1910 de Laroche became the first woman in the world to receive a pilot licence when the Aero-Club of France issued her licence #36 of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale International Aeronautics Federation or F.A.I." Wiki.L'Auto was the main French sports daily issued from 16 October 1900 to 17 August 1944 . Founded under the title L'Auto-Vélo 1900-1902 by its founder director Henri Desgrange this organized the Tour de France. It was banned from publication in 1944 because it was considered favorable to the German Occupation. L'Auto unknown
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(AVIATION)
Lawson Aircraft Industry Builder.
Detroit: Humanity Publishing Compnay 1937. First edition. Quarto. 304 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's faux-morocco green cloth with yellow lettering to front and spine. Lettering a bit faded but a very clean and attractive copy.Comes with three original photographs of a plane in service to the Lawson Air Line an unusual looking biplane with a very large covered cockpit at the front of the plane. This volume definitely is more than the cover would indicate. The ads in the back are a major clue although there is a hint in the publisher's notice: "The call of the Public for full information concerning the life and deeds of ALFRED LAWSON as well as the high prices asked and paid for books and documents relating to his connection with the establishment of the AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY and AIRLINES has created the necessity for this book."The book is primarily a compilation of other articles written by Lawson about the aviation world in general. But the ads in back tell another tale. One touts: "LAWSONOMY - Alfred Lawson - coined the word LAWSONOMY for his greatest work and has dissected the appellation as follows --- LAW - Stands for the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / SON - Stands for the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / OMY - Stands for the process of the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts." The next page introduces "The First Lawsonomy Baby. The Perfect Baby." and her parents ".who gave birth to a perfectly balanced physical and mental Baby."Another ad touts "Lawsonomy: The Base of Absolute Knowledge." It includes principles such as "Lawsonomy is based upon life as it is and not upon a theory of what it ought to be. Truth is Constructive and lives but falsity is destructive and dies. Truth is real and eternal but falsity is ephemeral and abortive. Truth breeds strength and intellect but falsity breeds weakness and smart-alick-ism." The symbol in the center of the page shows Lawsonomy at the center and everything eminating from it - music art heredity culture photography penetrability history radio drama prophecy navigation electricity evolution and much much more. At the bottom: "If it isn't Truth it isn't Lawsonomy."Born in 1869 Alfred Lawson declared his birth to be ".the most momentous occurrence since the birth of mankind." He claimed that he was "destined for greatness" and "If Lawson should die today posterity will honor and glorify him as no other mortal because he has given mankind the true base from which to start an edifice of super-knowledge of the universe and its laws."Lawson tried his hand at professional baseball failing as a player as well as on the business side his newly created leagues folding almost as quickly as they were started - one within a month. He then decided to publish two aviation magazines Fly and Aircraft although he knew nothing about publishing or aviation - and Lawson acknowledged that in 1908 only three men could fly - the two Wrights and Glenn Curtiss but he downplayed their accomplishments noting that the latter could only travel in short hops. He did however become the aircraft industry's most vocal "evangelist" touting air travel as the travel of the future.Lawson had many strange ideas including the notion that physics and economics were inseparable and one could not be understood without the other. His physics however was based on even stranger principles based on "Suction" and "Pressure" and including other principles such as "Penetrability" but he saw the concept of "Energy" as a complete fabrication and fallacy. Many other weird concepts flow from these such as achieving a balanced "state of maturity" in the body "Equaeverpoise" through a combination of diet hygiene rest and exercise that would allow one to live 200 years.In part because of his "success" - he failed at baseball he failed at running an airline his books do not appear to have flown off the shelves - by 1943 Lawson decided to found a school - devoted to studying Lawsonomy. Lawson's books were the only ones allowed on campus. The biggest problem was the program took years other problems include the usefulness of the studies!. One was expected to take interim exams in 10 and 20 years and a comprehensive exam after 30 years at which point one became a "Knowledgian." Unfortunately Lawson was the only Knowledgian at the time of his death and it took a Knowledgian to bestow that degree on others. One could then go on as their post-graduate work to study Lawsonian religion. Humanity Publishing Compnay hardcover
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Airman Certification Standards: Instrument Rating - Airplane 2024: FAA-S-ACS-8B ASA ACS Series
Aviation Supplies & Academics 2019-06-28. June 28 2019. paperback. New. 8.25x0.16x10.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX1619549115 ISBN : 1619549115 9781619549111
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Federal Aviation Administration
Rotorcraft/Helicopter for Private and Commercial Pilots Practical Test Standards: #FAA-S-8081-15/16 HD Practical Test Standards series
Brand: Aviation Supplies Academics Inc 2003-04-01. paperback. Used: Good. 5.50x0.26x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Aviation Supplies Academics, Inc paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1560273704 ISBN : 1560273704 9781560273707
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Sharp, C Martin
D. H. - An Outline of de Havilland History
London: Faber & Faber Ltd. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows shelf wear with short tears chipping and light soiling.; A tight solid book dustjacket in Mylar unclipped. decorative endpapers B&W photgraphs and drawings.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 419 pages; "The story of the first jet airliner with the technical outcome of the Comet inquiry is authentically told for the first time. Every phase of the saga of half a century is here described from the spring day in 1908 when de Havilland journeyed to Oxford and gently won his grandfather's financial help to build a flying machine. 'In that moment the de Havilland Enterprise was born.' Now it is building a missle capable of launching a satellite into orbit around the Earth." jacket blurb . Faber & Faber Ltd. hardcover
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The Federal Aviation Agency
Pilot Instruction Manual
Hanover House. 1950. Hardcover. UsedVeryGood. ASIN: B0029126ZA Hardcover; light fading light shelf wear to exterior; bu mps to the corners; otherwise in very good condition with clean text and ti ght binding. . Hanover House hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 70719
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