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Sanderson, J.F.; Wilson, J.A.; Parkin, Prof. J.H.; Narraway, A.M.; "Pitot"; Hallam, Major Douglas; Scott, Group Captain J.S.MareMagnum

Canadian Aviation Magazine, July 1928 - Official Publication of the Aviation League of Canada - Insurance Needed for Developing Aviation Industry

192848 pages. Second issue of this marvelous publication. Features: Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation ad inside front cover; Nice photo-illustrated Fairchild ad on page 1 features the Vickers-Fairchild Cabin Monoplane; Photo-ad for Canadian Vickers Limited shows the Vicers Vedette; Goodyear airplane tire ad; Armstrong Siddleley ad for their Lynx radial engine; Wakefield Castrol Motor Oil ad; Editorial comments on why the achievements of Canadian aviators are not 'ballyhoo-ed' across the world, and why insurance companies must act to service the rapidly developing aviation industry in Canada; Great article explains how E.W.G. Moore (shown in photo inset) and other public-spirited citizens secured an airport for London, Ontario after the electorate refused to approve the expense; Photos of the Prince of Wales in flying kit, Sir Alan Cobham after his 22,000-mile flight, Amelia Earhart in group photo at Southampton after crossing the Atlantic for the first time, and Miss Earhart's seaplaine "Friendship" afloat at Southampton; Inauguration of the Winnipeg Flying Club - article with photos of Manitoba Premier John Bracken and his wife, Major Ray Miller, Lieut. Palmer, and W.A. Major, Attorney-General of Manitoba, plus a photo of Captain H.A. Oaks who was awared the McKee trophy for the most valuable contribution to aviation in Canada; Progress of Civil Aviation in Canada - article; Photo memorializing Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexico's "Lone Eagle" flying ambassador to the United States who died at age 22 in a crash; Photo of the Trans Canada trophy won by Capt. H.A. Oaks; Canadian Aviation and the University of Toronto - article with five photos which document the University's aerodynamic laboratory which was established ten years ago and is now being used for undergraduate instruction; First aircraft show opened at Montreal - article with photos of officials E.F. Peacock and Capt. W. S. Lighthall; Photo of Joaquim Pacheco and Fritz Bieler, the first aviators to make the flight from Canada to Mexico; Canada leads in Aerial Photography - article with photos; Is Your Life Insurance Policy Affected? - Part II - article deals with confusion over insurance coverage of aviation risk; Nice aerial photos of Gaspe and the Royal Military College; Detroit Air Olympics Draw Mammoth Crowds - article with nine photos; News from flying clubs; Nice ad for the De Havilland Moth; Pioneer Altimeter ad; Numerous press comments on the first issue of Canadian Aviation; Fantastic photo full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Express - World Wide Service - photos shows truck backed up to plane; Toronto Boys Compete at Detroit Model Aircraft Contest - article with photos of Edward Adams, H.H. McKinnon, Richard Hiscocks, Ford Grant, Aram Abgarian, Jack Loughner and Thomas Hill; Fantastic full-page photo ad for International Airways of Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) shows their Loening Amphibian plane; Model Aircraft flights are helpful - article; Air Services in Canada - Part II - information about the R.C.A.F. with three photos; Marvelube ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Three-inch opening to base of coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this early issue. Book

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Northwest Airlines Flight 5 CrashBiblio.com

Northwest Airlines Flight 5 Crash Archive: Moorhead Disaster Icing Conditions and Prewar Commercial Aviation Safety 1941

1941Best.-Nr. 235251941. Northwest Airlines Flight 5 crash archive documenting one of the most deadly commercial aviation disasters in the carrier's early history pairing operational views of Northwest's Douglas airliners with contemporary evidence from the fatal October 30 1941 crash near Moorhead Minnesota. Flight 5 was a scheduled transcontinental Northwest Airlines route traveling from Chicago toward Seattle through Minneapolis Fargo Billings Butte and Spokane when its Douglas DC-3A-269 registration NC21712 encountered severe icing and poor visibility during approach. The aircraft plunged to the ground in fog and freezing conditions killing twelve passengers and two crew members. Captain Clarence F. Bates emerged as the sole survivor. The subsequent Civil Aeronautics Board investigation concluded that dangerous ice accumulation on the wings played a critical role in the disaster making the crash an important chapter in the evolution of commercial aviation safety during the final weeks before America entered the Second World War. Archive of four silver gelatin photographs and a contemporary newspaper clipping photographs approx 3.5" x 5" to 5" x 7" circa 1941. The photographs capture Northwest Airlines aircraft in active service during the same period as the disaster. One image shows a Northwest airliner standing on a frozen airfield with registration number NC21711 visible on the tail and prominent "Northwest" and "U.S. Mail Air Express" markings along the fuselage. Another view depicts a woman posing beside the company's large winged emblem with mail and express service markings visible near the tail section. A third photograph records ground operations beneath a Northwest aircraft as personnel stand near a baggage cart marked "Shell" illustrating the everyday routines of America's growing commercial airline network. A final image looks outward from above an aircraft wing toward the horizon placing the viewer inside the world of prewar air travel. The accompanying newspaper clipping dramatically contrasts these routine scenes with aerial views of the burned wreckage of NC21712 near Moorhead identifying the disaster the fourteen fatalities the role of fog and icing and Captain Bates' remarkable survival. The archive place the optimism and expansion of early commercial aviation beside the harsh realities of flying in an era when weather forecasting radio navigation aircraft de-icing technology and long-distance passenger service were still developing. Created less than six weeks before the United States entered World War II the archive captures Northwest Airlines at a pivotal moment when passenger travel air mail contracts and express cargo routes were rapidly connecting the Midwest Northern Plains Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. The juxtaposition of aircraft operating normally in service with contemporary documentation of Flight 5's destruction transforms the group into more than a simple airline archive-it becomes a visual record of the risks ambitions and technological challenges of American aviation on the eve of wartime expansion. Light handling wear mild curling toning and creasing to the newspaper clipping; photographs remain very good. A tightly related aviation archive combining identifiable Northwest Airlines aircraft visible registration numbers airline operations and one of the carrier's most significant prewar disasters. unknown

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Northwest Airlines Flight 5 CrashABAA

Northwest Airlines Flight 5 Crash Archive: Moorhead Disaster Icing Conditions and Prewar Commercial Aviation Safety 1941

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Wall Street CrashBiblio.com

Financial History and Market Culture at the New York Stock Exchange 1893-1930s Press Photographs

1930Best.-Nr. 225141930. New York Stock Exchange photo archive three press images dated 1893 to the early 1930s documenting major moments of financial crisis and market activity in the United States. The material captures both interior trading floor operations and exterior public response during periods of extreme volatility including the Panic of 1893 and the economic downturn following the 1929 stock market crash. These images provide direct visual evidence of how financial markets functioned in practice showing brokers traders and public crowds reacting to rapid shifts in economic conditions and offering insight into the social and institutional centrality of the New York Stock Exchange during periods of national instability. Three original photographs and printed image including a halftone engraving dated May 18 1893 alongside two press photographs bearing stamps from 1930 and 1932 each measuring approximately 7 x 9 inches to 8 x 10 inches. The 1893 image originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicts the interior of the Exchange during the Panic of 1893 with brokers in formal attire densely clustered beneath ticker boards and gas lighting engaged in open outcry trading. A later double-image press photograph presents elevated views over the trading floor showing large groups of traders gathered around circular posts holding telephones and exchange slips illustrating the mechanics of pre-digital trading systems. The final photograph an Acme press image with original caption on verso shows a dense crowd gathered outside the Exchange on Broad Street during the early years of the Great Depression with men in suits and hats pressed together as they observe market activity and posted updates. Verso annotations editorial crop marks and press stamps indicate these images were used in contemporary newspaper reporting on stock market conditions. Spanning four decades of financial history these images document the continuity and transformation of market behavior from the late nineteenth century through the Great Depression. The Panic of 1893 marked by railroad failures and widespread bankruptcies and the crash of 1929 which contributed to prolonged economic collapse both intensified trading activity and public engagement with the Exchange. The photographs illustrate the persistence of open outcry systems reliance on manual communication and the physical concentration of traders and observers in moments of crisis. This archive supports research into financial history media representation of economic events and the lived experience of market speculation during periods of instability. Light handling wear minor edge creasing and some editorial markings; overall very good condition. A concise visual record of market activity and public response across two major economic crises. unknown

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Wall Street CrashABAA

Financial History and Market Culture at the New York Stock Exchange 1893-1930s Press Photographs

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Emmons, G.L.; Richards, Kenneth F.; Sabine, Louis A.; Pound, Reginald; ravensholme, Geoffery; Main, J.H.; Simey, P.A.T.; Collinson, Clifford W.; Albert, Cap. M.H.; Kerruish, J. Douglas; Smith, L. Marsden; Ash, Cap. George; Higgins, THomas; Rowe, John, G.MareMagnum

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct.] 1923, Vol. LI, No. 306: Eighteen Months Serving Under Francisco Villa

1923Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book

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The Wide World Magazine, August (Aug.) 1918: Thrilling Stories of the Air

191893 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book

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Havilland Vampire CrashBiblio.com

Early Experimental Jet de Havilland Vampire Crash Investigation Archive of 27 Photographs Meknès In Post-Colonial Morocco 1957 to 1959

1957Best.-Nr. 233541957. De Havilland Vampire jet photographs documenting French Air Force training accident inspection and air base control at Meknès Morocco in the years immediately following Moroccan independence with direct evidence of how Base École 708 recorded aircraft damage runway incidents and jet operations within the shrinking French military presence in North Africa. French military personnel are identifiable not through portraiture but through the administrative system embedded in the material itself: repeated verso stamps reading Section Photo 21/708 Meknès dated from 1957 to 1959 and technical annotations that turn the group into an official working record rather than informal aviation imagery. The historical force of the archive lies in that function. Meknès served as a major French fighter training center the de Havilland Vampire formed part of its early jet instruction program and the base remained active until its dissolution in 1961 placing these photographs within the last phase of French air force operations in Morocco after France recognized Moroccan independence in 1956. Photo archive of approximately 27 silver gelatin photographs approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches each Meknès Morocco 1957 to 1959. The images center on multiple de Havilland Vampire aircraft marked with large fuselage letters including TT UA RD RG RE and UM photographed from the nose wing cockpit tail and runway line in a methodical sequence. Several prints isolate impact evidence and structural damage: one close view marks "traces de frottement" on a crushed nose section another labels "cockpit avion abordeur / plan gauche avion abordé" and others identify "vue générale" "vue 3/4 arrière" and "axe de la bande" showing that the planes were being recorded for inspection orientation and incident analysis. Additional photographs show grounded jets in grass beside the field aircraft parked on the tarmac in rows hangar exteriors and broad runway views with service vehicles nearby. The versos carry dated Meknès section stamps penciled numbering and occasional reference notes from French military photographic and cinematographic services preserving the bureaucratic chain by which the images were produced filed and cross referenced. The archive belongs to the first generation of French jet aviation in North Africa. The Vampire was among the earliest jet fighters used by the French Air Force and Meknès was one of the key training sites where pilots moved into jet instruction before the school later shifted to newer aircraft and eventually left Morocco. In that setting aircraft photography was not decorative; it was part of the operational machinery of flight training maintenance and accident inquiry. These prints preserve that machinery at the moment when French colonial authority in Morocco had formally ended but French bases and training institutions still operated on Moroccan soil linking jet modernization to decolonization and military retrenchment. Written notes and official stamps throughout; light handling wear from use otherwise well preserved. Overall good condition. unknown

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Early Experimental Jet de Havilland Vampire Crash Investigation Archive of 27 Photographs Meknès In Post-Colonial Morocco 1957 to 1959

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Flight 603 DC 10 Plane CrashBiblio.com

Continental Flight 603 DC 10 Crash Photographs Documenting the LAX Runway Overrun and Post Crash Fire That Reshaped U.S. Aviation Safety Standards March 1978

1978Best.-Nr. 233051978. Continental Airlines Flight 603 disaster photographs documenting the burned wreckage and structural damage of the DC 10 runway overrun at Los Angeles International Airport on March 1 1978 one of the most consequential American aviation accidents of the late 1970s and a major catalyst for changes in tire safety standards rejected takeoff procedures and aircraft evacuation systems. Flight 603 a Continental Airlines DC 10 10 scheduled from Los Angeles to Honolulu attempted to abort takeoff after multiple tire failures near decision speed on a wet runway; the aircraft overran runway 6R at LAX the left main landing gear collapsed beyond the pavement fuel tanks ruptured and a major fire engulfed the underside and left side of the aircraft during evacuation. The NTSB recorded 2 deaths and 28 serious injuries in its formal report while later accounts place the eventual death toll at 4 after additional passengers later died from injuries sustained in the crash. Photo archive of 14 color snapshot photographs each approximately 3.5" x 4.5" Los Angeles International Airport California March 1978. The photographs show Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC 10 10 N68045 after the accident resting heavily fire damaged on the runway and adjacent overrun area. Multiple images focus closely on the burned underside of the fuselage where large sections of aluminum skin have been completely burned away exposing the aircraft's internal rib structure wiring insulation and lower cabin framework. Other views show extensive scorching along the left side of the aircraft blackened and partially melted fuselage panels around the wing root and landing gear area collapsed structural sections beneath the passenger cabin and debris scattered across the wet runway surface. Several photographs widen outward to show emergency and recovery operations surrounding the aircraft including personnel service vehicles cranes and towing equipment positioned around the destroyed DC 10. One image records the full profile of the aircraft from a distance emphasizing the scale of the burn damage extending across much of the fuselage exterior. Together the photographs document not merely the existence of the accident but the specific physical consequences of the runway overrun and post crash fire: ruptured lower fuselage sections exposed aircraft structure burned cabin undersides and the recovery environment at LAX immediately after the disaster. Flight 603 became an important case study in late twentieth century aviation safety because the accident linked tire failure runway conditions aircraft stopping performance and evacuation survivability within the emerging era of mass deregulated air travel. The NTSB investigation led to recommendations intended to "significantly reduce the incidence of tire failures during takeoffs and rejected takeoffs" while later FAA and industry reforms addressed tire testing standards takeoff performance calculations and the durability and fire resistance of emergency evacuation slides. These photographs preserve the material evidence behind those institutional and engineering changes documenting the burned airframe and structural destruction that transformed Flight 603 into a major reference point in modern commercial aviation safety history. Minor wear from handling. Overall very good condition. unknown