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Federal Aviation Administration
ATO-F Surveillance Architecture: Technical Capability Report Draft
Grant Thornton. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. federal aviation administration A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Grant Thornton unknown
Bookseller reference : SB08L-00420
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Federal Aviation Administration
ATO-F Surveillance Architecture: Other Surveillance Sources
Grant Thornton. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. federal aviation administration A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Grant Thornton unknown
Bookseller reference : SB08L-00419
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Federal Aviation Administration
ATO-F Surveillance Architecture: Technical Block Diagram
Grant Thornton. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. federal aviation administration A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Grant Thornton unknown
Bookseller reference : SB08L-00418
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Claringbould, Michael & Ingman, Peter
Solomons Air War Volume 2 Guadalcanal & Santa Cruz October 1942 Signed by Peter Ingman
Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2023. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Colour drawings. Signed by Peter Ingman Author. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. The second volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the Solomons Islands theatre during the critical month of October 1942. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover. Avonmore Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB323848 ISBN : 0645700452 9780645700459
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Naval Aviation Schools Command
Trainee Guide for Aviation Weather Q-9B-002OJ
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1495494071.G ISBN : 1495494071 9781495494079
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Naval Aviation School Command
Student Guide for Preflight Q-9-0020 Unit 5
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1495494047.G ISBN : 1495494047 9781495494048
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Administration, Federal Aviation
Information for Banner Tow Operations
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1484942469.G ISBN : 1484942469 9781484942468
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Yenne, Bill
The World's Worst Aircraft
New York: Barnes & Noble Inc. 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards grey endpapers foil titles on spine 160 pp many photos both color and b & w index. Corners & spine ends lightly rubbed. DJ somewhat scuffed; in Brodart archival cover. Short well-illustrated articles about aviation's failures--airplanes that wouldn't fly or flew but disintegrated in midair or were not fit for their intended purpose e.g. the supersonic test bird that would only go up to Mach 0.98 or simply failed to find a market. There are the warplanes designed for specific service that didn't fly until the war was over passenger planes of impossibly grandiose conception and cases of technical or economic overreach--good ideas that just couldn't work with the technology or money available. Shipping weight 3 lbs. 12th ptg. . Near Fine/Very Good. 31 X 23½ cm. Barnes & Noble, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEPL00006 ISBN : 0880294906 9780880294904
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Serling, Robert
Eagle: The Story of American Airlines
New York: St. Martin's / Marek 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue boards red cloth spine with foil titles dark blue endpapers ix 482 pp 4 ff b & w photo plates index. DJ has small tears a few mm up to 1 cm to top edge and a 3 cm square wrinkly area near bottom of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ "Eagle is the definitive action-filled history of the airline that became one of the world's recognized leaders in air transport." Shipping weight 3 lbs. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 24 X 16 cm. St. Martin's / Marek Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEAL00004 ISBN : 0312224532 9780312224530
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Clarke, Arthur C.
The Exploration of Space
New York: Harper & Brothers 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards dark blue cloth spine with gilt titles pictorial endpapers xv 199 pp 8 ff plates of which 4 are in color on one side including frontispiece 18 figures index. BOMC news laid in dated 1952. Edges rubbed & faded half-inch tear to top edge of one plate. Readable popular-level explanation of mid-century views on the future of space travel. Shipping weight 2 lbs. BOMC. . G/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AESP00002
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Trento Joseph J. & Susan B. Trento
Prescription for Disaster
New York: Crown Publishers Inc. 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards black cloth spine with blue foil titles red endpapers viii 312 pp 8 ff b & w photo plates notes index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In the wake of the 1986 Challenger disaster "Trento interviewed every single administrator of NASA as well as more than seventy of its key officials scientists and major players in government industry and the Pentagon. . Prescription for Disaster reveals: how NASA a uniquely successful agency that had resisted pressure for premature manned flights and placed the safety of astronauts above all other considerations became tragically changed under a series of administrators and people in government the military and industry who forced through a series of fatal compromises for the worst possible reasons; how solid-booster propulsion was chosen over the vehement objections of men like Werner von Braun and the other scientists who had led NASA to victory; how billions of dollars were thrown away in NASA's desperate attempt to buy the Pentagon's support for the shuttle." Shipping weight 3 lbs. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16½ cm. Crown Publishers, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AESP00003 ISBN : 0517564157 9780517564158
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Ewing Hampton D.
The Right of Flight
New York: Baker Voorhis & Co. 1932 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth gilt titles on spine attractively printed on watermarked laid paper iv 28 III pp. Paper clip mark on title page & adjacent pages otherwise fine. Brief synopsis of law relating to aviation as taught to students at the University of Alabama Law School in October 1931. Ewing was chairman of the committee on air law at the Bar Association of New York and the New York State Bar Association. Shipping weight 1 lb. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm. Baker, Voorhis & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AERL00002
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Berkner, L. V. (Ed.)
Manual on Rockets and Satellites Annals of the International Geophysical Year Volume VI
London New York Paris & Los Angeles: Pergamon Press 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth bronze & bronze on red titles xx 508 pp color frontispiece 238 figures including those on about 32 ff plates not in pagination index. Few small spots on edges shaken rear hinge reglued with acid-free PVA. Reports on plans for the IGY rocket program in Australia Canada France Japan USSR UK and USA and the IGY earth satellite program where launches were confined to the USSR and the United States. Two appendices describe early results of the satellite programs. Shipping weight 4 lbs. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 25 X 19½ cm. Pergamon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AERK00007
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Ordway, Frederick I. III & Mitchell R. Sharpe
The Rocket Team
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard boards blue cloth spine with gilt titles xvii 462 pp bibliography index. Slight shelf wear. DJ worn at spine ends & corners; in protective cover. History of the German V-2 rocket program and how the V-2 developers were absorbed into the postwar American and Russian rocket programs. The narrative is based in part on interviews with numerous participants and access to previously classified government archives. Shipping weight 3 lbs. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 24 X 16 cm. Thomas Y. Crowell Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AERK00006 ISBN : 0690016565 9780690016567
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Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1948 Including Technical Reports Nos. 892 to 921
Washington D. C: Government Printing Office 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full beige cloth gilt titles in red green & compartments on spine black double rules on boards viii 648 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps cloth soiled. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 6 lbs. . Very Good/No dj. 29½ X 24 cm. Government Printing Office Hardcover
Bookseller reference : TEAE00007
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Yenne, Bill
The World's Worst Aircraft
Dorset Press WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright 1990 but no date or place on this reprint. Blue boards & endpapers foil titles on spine 160 pp many photos both color and b & w index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Short well-illustrated articles about aviation's failures--airplanes that wouldn't fly or flew but disintegrated in midair or were not fit for their intended purpose e.g. the supersonic test bird that would only go up to Mach 0.98 or simply failed to find a market. There are the warplanes designed for specific service that didn't fly until the war was over passenger planes of impossibly grandiose conception and cases of technical or economic overreach--good ideas that just couldn't work with the technology or money available. I've tried to catalogue this book several times before and each time have ended up reading sections instead. Shipping weight 3 lbs. Reprint. . Fine/Fine. 31 X 24 cm. Dorset Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEPL00005 ISBN : 0880294906 9780880294904
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Loomis, Vincent with Jeffrey Ethell
Amelia Earhart: The Final Story
New York: Random House 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burnt orange boards brown cloth spine gilt titles & decoration xv 160 pp 8 ff b & w photo plates 5 maps facsimile documents in appendices index. DJ has 2 cm tear with creasing and mended with tape on reverse otherwise very little wear; in Brodart archival cover. Capt. Loomis discovered an old airplane wreck while serving in the Marshall Islands in 1952. After much research in the intervening years as presented in this book he was convinced that the plane was Amelia Earhart's lost Lockheed Electra. Sources include interviews with Marshall Islanders who were present at the time of the crash as well as formerly classified Japanese and U. S. government documents. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . Fine/G. 24 X 16 cm. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEBI00002 ISBN : 0394531914 9780394531915
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Hodgins, Eric & F. Alexander Magoun
Sky High: The Story of Aviation
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1929 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth black titles & decorations xx 337 pp 32 ff b & w plates index. Small tears to bottom edge of ffep & fly-leaf otherwise very good top edge bumped a bit of old price sticker adhesive on ffep. Well-illustrated popular history of aviation from the first hydrogen-filled soap bubbles to the days of the Ford trimotor and the enormous Zeppelins. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEHI00004
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Coggins, Jack & Fletcher Pratt
Rockets Jets Guided Missiles and Space Ships
New York: Random House 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Foreword by Willy Ley. Pictorial boards & endpapers 64 pp 24 pages carry color illustrations most of the rest have b & w illustrations. Hinges shaken spine partially detached some of the plastic lamination has peeled off the boards internally good. History of rocketry and a look forward from 1951 at space travel for young readers. Engagingly illustrated with water colors by Coggins. Shipping weight 2 lbs. . Fair/No dj. Illus. by Jack Coggins. 28½ X 21 cm. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : CHTE00003
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Abbott, Ira H. & Albert E. von Doenhoff
Theory of Wing Sections including a Summary of Airfoil Data
New York: Dover Publications Inc WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date but has SBN on copyright page and ISBN on back cover so no earlier than 3rd Dover printing. Sewn in mostly blue covers with white titles on spine x 693 pp hundreds of figures charts & tables bibliography index. Slight shelf wear a few pages dog-eared. According to the preface "The new 1959 edition of this book originally published in 1949 results from the continuing demand for a concise compilation of the subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of modern NACA wing sections together with a description of their geometry and associated theory." Some errors in the 1949 edition were corrected otherwise the text is the same. Contents: wing-section cahracteristics; simple two-dimensional flows; theory of finite-thickness & thin wing sections; effects of viscosity; families of wing sections; experimental characteristics of wing sections; high-lift devices; effects of compressibility at subsonic speeds. Appendices: basic thickness forms; mean lines; airfoil ordinates; aerodynamic characteristics of wing sections. This book is very heavy on data throughout and especially in the appendices which constitute over half of the book. Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 4 oz. Reprint. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm. Dover Publications, Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : TEAE00006 ISBN : 0486605868 9780486605869
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Stanton, George Sidney
Facts of Flight: Practical Information about Operation of Private Aircraft
Washington D. C: Government Printing Office 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stapled through fold printed in black brown & blue throughout pictorial covers v 41 pp 23 figures in addition to 8 chapter headpieces. Corners bumped & creased otherwise fine. Explains fundamental facts about flying small airplanes in nontechnical terms and with many illustrations; intended as a supplement or preliminary to flight instruction. Contents: airplane flight; stalls & spins; airplane structure; airplane engines; flying the plane; airport traffic; seaplanes; safety in flight. Shipping weight 8 oz. Pamphlet. VG/No dj. 19½ X 26 cm oblong. Government Printing Office Paperback
Bookseller reference : AEPL00004
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Christofferson, H. C. et al.
Demonstrations and Laboratory Experiences in the Science of Aeronautics: A Guide for Teachers and Students
New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth gilt titles on front board & spine vii 155 pp many figures including photos & line drawings. Top corners heavily bumped otherwise only slight wear to corners & spine ends owner's name on fpd. DJ has a 5-cm stain and a 7-cm tear on front panel chips up to 7 cm in white space; in Brodart archival cover. Contains instructions for 68 simple demonstrations that illustrate principles of aviation including aerodynamics power plants meteorology navigation and communications. Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 4 oz. First Edition. . VG/G. 28½ X 22½ cm. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AE00001
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Warner, Edward F.
Airplane Design: Aerodynamics
New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 1927 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth gilt-on-black titles on spine xi 598 pp 21 tables 328 figures including charts line drawings and b & w photos index. Somewhat musty fore-edge foxed otherwise very good extremities rubbed. Early textbook on aerodynamics for the airplane designer. Shipping weight 4 lbs. International 3 lbs. 8 oz. 3rd ptg. . G-/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : TEAE00004
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Dahlbeck, Lt. Olle & Edv. Dahlbeck
Att Flyga om Flygmaskiner och Flygkonst
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers 1912 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon cloth iv 95 pp 114 pictures mainly b & w photos. Cloth worn & soiled usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps. Swedish-language history of flight through 1911 by an early Swedish aviator. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. First Edition. . G/No dj. 23 X 16 cm. Albert Bonniers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : LASW00028
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Speas, R. Dixon
Airplane Performance and Operation: A Manual for Aircraft Flight Crews
New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue cloth blue titles on spine viii 128 pp 18 tables 48 figures 41 gremlin cartoons index. Extremities rubbed scattered pencil notes & underlining. Contents: standard atmosphere; engine-control procedures; power ratings & engine-operation procedures; power control; operating weights & speeds; take-off & landing distances; rates of climb; long-range flight technique; flight planning; altimeter settings; navigational computers; airplane loading; conversion charts. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . VG/No dj. Illus. by Dorman H. Smith. 21½ X 14 cm. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEPL00003
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Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1950 Including Technical Reports Nos. 951 to 1002
Washington D. C: Government Printing Office 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full beige cloth gilt titles in red green & compartments on spine black double rules on boards x 977 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps cloth soiled. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 10 lbs. . Very Good/No dj. 29½ X 24 cm. Government Printing Office Hardcover
Bookseller reference : TEAE00003
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Thirty-third Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1947 Including Technical Reports Nos. 863 to 891
Washington D. C: Government Printing Office 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full beige cloth gilt titles in red green & compartments on spine black double rules on boards xii 627 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps cloth soiled shaken hinges reglued with acid-free PVA. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 7 lbs. . Good/No dj. 29½ X 24 cm. Government Printing Office Hardcover
Bookseller reference : TEAE00002
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Hamlin John F
Flat Out The Story of 30 Squadron Royal Air Force
Air- Britain 2002. 320pp A4 format over 500 photos. Formed in 1915 30 Squadron have flown Blenheims Dakotas Valettas Beverleys and Hercules. Many previously unpublished photos together with maps details of bases Roll of Honour and a listing of aircraft operated. Perfect NEW condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. New. Air- Britain Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AB006601 ISBN : 0851303080 9780851303086
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Federal Aviation Agency
CAM 18: MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND ALTERATION OF AIRFRAMES POWERPLANTS PROPELLERS AND APPLIANCES
Hales Corners WI: Experimental Aircraft Assoc. VG. 1959. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Paperback in Very Good condition. 4to 11" to 13" tall. 210 pages. Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . Experimental Aircraft Assoc. paperback
Bookseller reference : 16591
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Taylor, H. A.
Airspeed Aircraft since 1931
London: Putnam & Company Ltd. 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth-textured boards gilt titles on spine x 206 pp numerous photos drawings index. Book has a minor manufacturing defect: binder's glue seems to have oozed from under pastedowns onto fore-edge; this has been removed but small spots remain on fore-edge of free endpapers and last few leaves; else fine. DJ introductory price is clipped but regular British price and an American price sticker still remain else fine; in Brodart cover. The Airspeed company was founded in the inauspicious year of 1931 managed to survive the slump building civil aircraft until switching over to war production during WW2 and finally was merged into de Havilland in 1951. This is a complete catalogue of the company's production as well as its incomplete development projects. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X 14 cm. Putnam & Company, Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEPL00001
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Tapper Oliver
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft since 1913
London: Putnam & Company Ltd. 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth-textured boards gilt titles on spine vii 390 pp numerous photos drawings index. DJ introductory price is clipped but regular British price is still present under an American price sticker else fine; in Brodart cover. Armstrong-Whitworth was already a successful shipbuilding and armaments company when it began producing aircraft in 1913. The company produced military aircraft and the best of Britain's airships in WW1 and thereafter produced a mix of civilian and military aircraft. After various amalgamations it survived as part of Hawker-Siddeley until all divisional identities were elminated in 1965. This is a complete catalogue of the company's production as well as its incomplete development projects. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X 14 cm. Putnam & Company, Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEPL00002 ISBN : 0370100042 9780370100043
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Kerber, L. L.
Stalin's Aviation Gulag: A Memoir of Andrei Tupolev and the Purge Era Tupolevskaya Sharaga
Washington D. C & London: Smithsonian Institution Press 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Paul Mitchell et al. and edited by Von Hardesty. Quarter red cloth black paper-covered boards foil title on spine xx 394 pp 8 ff b & w photo plates notes index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Originally a samizdat publication in 1971 this edition has been revised by the author annotated and translated into English. Kerber who collaborated with Tupolev for decades devotes about a third of his book to Tupolev's early life through his arrest in 1937 during Stalin's great purge a third to his work designing Soviet military planes while in prison and the remainder to his career after his release in 1941. Shipping weight 3 lbs. First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. Smithsonian Institution Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEHI00003 ISBN : 1560986409 9781560986409
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Naval Education and Training Program Development Center
Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series Module 5: Introduction to Generators and Motors NAVEDTRA 172-05-00-79
Washington D. C: United States Government Printing Office 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Revision date 1979. Stapled through fold in green & white printed paper wraps chapters individually paginated about 90 pp in all many figures glossary index. Edges foxed else VG. Shipping weight 1 lb. Later printing. Wraps. VG-/No dj. 28 X 21 cm. United States Government Printing Office Paperback
Bookseller reference : TEEC00034
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Naval Education and Training Program Development Center
Navy Electicity and Electronics Training Series Module 15: Principles of Synchros Servos and Gyros NAVEDTRA 172-15-00-80
Washington D. C: United States Government Printing Office 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect bound in green & white printed paper wraps chapters individually paginated about 175 pp in all many figures glossary index. Edges foxed else VG. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Wraps. VG-/No dj. 28 X 21 cm. United States Government Printing Office Paperback
Bookseller reference : TEEC00035
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Naval Education and Training Program Development Center
Airman NAVEDTRA 10307-E Naval Education and Training Command Rate Training Manual and Nonresident Career Course
Washington D. C: United States Government Printing Office 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Revision date 1979. Perfect bound in green & white printed paper wraps iii 342 iii 71 pp 14 ff many figures glossary index multiple-choice tests and answer sheets. Edges foxed else VG. Manual on the fundamentals of naval aviation and the duties of the Airman. Shipping weight 3 lbs. Later printing. Wraps. VG-/No dj. 26 X 20 cm. United States Government Printing Office Paperback
Bookseller reference : AEML00002
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Ley Willy
Rockets and Space Travel: The Future of Flight Beyond the Stratosphere
New York: The Viking Press 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth black titles on spine viii 374 pp 4 ff b & w photo plates 49 figures bibliography index. Ex-library from a defunct institution. A 4 mm tear to head of spine else VG lightly rubbed. DJ extremities rubbed and slightly chipped; book & DJ covered with thick mylar. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944 was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--the present work of which this is the first printing in 1947 and Rockets Missiles and Space Travel in 1951--and went through intermediate and subsequent minor revisions and expansions all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. Ley traces the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth and into the era of modern rocketry beginning with the German V-2 during the Second World War and subsequent developments. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Thus. . VG-/VG. 22 X 15 cm. The Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AERK00003
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Goetzel, Claus G., John B. Rittenhouse, & John Singletary
Space Materials Handbook
Reading MA et al.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth gilt & black titles on front board & spine xi 624 pp glossary index. Extremities rubbed corners & bottom edge of rear board bumped owner's name & date on front paste-down. DJ heavily scuffed in places with a 6" tape-repaired tear with creasing at top of rear panel corners & spine ends chipped; in Brodart archival cover. A mailing label from one of the editors Rittenhouse to a NASA engineer is laid in. Contents: ascent aerodynamic environment by L. A. McKellar; ascent vibration environment by J. Cobb; structure of the upper atmosphere by A. D. Anderson & W. E. Francis; solar radiation by F. S. Johnson; albedo and earth radiation by W. G. Camack; penetrating radiation by A. Andrew D. L. Crowther W. H. Harless Jr. D. M. Newell & M. Gomez; physical impact phenomena by J. B. Neiger; minor environments by J. B. Singletary; thermal control materials by T. F. Vajta; optical materials by J. E. Gilligan & A. G. Elliot; materials for lubricated systems by F. J. Clauss & W. C. Young; adhesives by R. E. Mauri; materials for sealing applications by R. E. Mauri; organic materials for structural and related applications by R. E. Mauri; electronic components and materials by W. E. Price E. E. Gaines J. K. Miles D. M. Newell E. B. Pearson & E. A. Smith; metallic and ceramic materials for structural applications by R. W. Parcel & J. B. Neiger; spacecraft materials experience by John B. Rittenhouse J. B. Singletary & H. M. Abbott; selection of materials for optimum performance by authors of previous chapters; introduction to biological interaction with spacecraft materials by H. W. Ross O. M. Meredith V. H. Lynch & A. H. Hammond. Shipping weight 4 lbs. Revised Ed. . VG/G. 24 X 19½ cm. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AESP00001
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Porter, Rufus (Rhoda R. Gilman, Ed.)
A Yankee Inventor's Flying Ship
St. Paul: Pelham Books 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Number 64 of 2000. Yellow cloth blue titles on spine blue endpapers x 51 1 pp illustrations footnotes index. Slight wear to spine ends else fine. DJ has 4 closed tears from 1 to 6 cm long and a bit of rubbing at corners and fore-edges; in Brodart archival cover. Rufus Porter the founder of Scientific American was one of many 19th-century inventors of failed airships. This book contains a sketch of Porter's career plus annotated reproductions of the text and illustrations of two pamphlets that Porter produced to promote his scheme for a passenger-carrying airship that anticipated many design features of the later successful Zeppelins. Additional illustrations show other inventors' airship designs. As did many other inventors Porter vastly underestimated the difficulty and cost of building his airship; the Panic of 1857 also dried up financing at a critical time. Shipping weight 1 lb. First Thus. . Near Fine/VG. 16½ X 23½ cm oblong. Pelham Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AEHI00001
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Ley, Willy
Rockets Missiles and Space Travel
New York: The Viking Press 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth yellow titles & decoration on front board yellow titles spine xii. 436 pp 6 ff b & w photo plates 64 figures bibliography index. 2 mm tear to head of spine else VG paper slightly browned lightly rubbed. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944 was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--Rockets and Space travel in 1947 and the present work of which this is the first printing in 1951--and went through intermediate minor revisions and expansions all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. Ley gives a vivid and readable account of the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth and into the era of modern rocketry beginning with the German V-2 during the Second World War and subsequent developments. Shipping weight 3 lbs. First Thus. . G/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm. The Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AERK00002
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Arnold, H. H.
Global Mission
New York: Harper & Brothers 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth gilt titles on spine & blind device on front board xiii 626 pp 16 ff b & w photo plates index. Corners bumped extremities rubbed boards fingerprinted & somewhat scuffed internally clean. General Henry H. Arnold chief of the Army Air Corps during World War 2 was involved in Army aviation from its earliest days. This book contains reminiscences of his training by the Wright brothers in Dayton 1911 experiences in the Philippines and Panama and as a staff officer in Washington during WW1 when the Air Corps was first formed as a fighting rather than an experimental unit. The final two thirds of the book are about the role of the Air Corps and later the Air Force in WW2. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . G/No dj. 21½ X 15 cm. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : MIAF00001
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Ley, Willy
Rockets Missiles and Space Travel
New York: The Viking Press 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth red titles on front board & spine xvi. 528 pp 8 ff b & w photo plates 85 figures bibliography index. Spine browned spine ends and corners worn bookplate on front paste-down. DJ paper browned spine faded edges worn and chipped laminated by previous owner the adhesive has caused some bleeding of the ink giving a somewhat muddy appearance. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944 was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--Rockets and Space travel in 1947 and the present work in 1951--and went through intermediate minor revisions and expansions all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. This printing adds Sputnik data to the Revised Edition. Ley traces the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth and into the era of modern rocketry beginning with the German V-2 during the Second World War and continuing through to the American and Russian satellite programs. Revised Ed 3rd Ptg. . VG/G. 22 X 15 cm. The Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AERK00001
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Us Army Aviation Center
Aviator's Recognition Manual FM1-402
Washington D. C.: Headquarters Department of the Army. Very Good. 1984. Paperback. Shelfwear to covers. Interior is clean and bright. ; 8vo . Headquarters Department of the Army paperback
Bookseller reference : 249382
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Aviation Week Group
Aviation & Aerospace Almanac 2001
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0071362649.G ISBN : 0071362649 9780071362641
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Administration, Federal Aviation
FAA-H-8083-18 Flight Navigator Handbook .By: Federal Aviation Administration
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1546442995.G ISBN : 1546442995 9781546442998
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Administration, Federal Aviation
Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners: 2017
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1974218783.G ISBN : 1974218783 9781974218783
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Administration, Federal Aviation
Advanced Avionics Handbook FAA-H-8083-6 By: U. S. Department of Transportation
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1546420843.G ISBN : 1546420843 9781546420842
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Aviation Fascination
READY FOR TAKEOFF NOTEBOOK: FOR PILOTS PLANESPOTTER AND AIRPLANE ENTHUSIAST 110 LINED PAGES IN FORMAT 6x9
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1798575779.G ISBN : 1798575779 9781798575772
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Private Pilot for Airplane Multi-Engine Land and Sea Practical Test Standards: #FAA-S-8081-14BM: June 2012 Edition Practical Test Standards series
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1560279419.G ISBN : 1560279419 9781560279419
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Aviation Sup
Airplane Flying Handbook: ASA FAA-H-8083-3B-2D FAA Handbooks Series eBundle ASA FAA Handbook Series
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1619545160.G ISBN : 1619545160 9781619545168
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Branch Naval Aviation
A History United States Naval Aviation Medical Research During World War II
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1946411582.G ISBN : 1946411582 9781946411587
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