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1966rif. 62197Princeton NJ: Published by the Author assisted by Dow Jones Books 1966. 8vo. xiii 1 139 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates text illustrations. Red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. cover art w/ headline clippings from the 1930 flight minor scuffing edgewear still NF/VG copy inscribed by the author on ffep. to Chief Justice Paul Cashman Reardon 1909-1988 of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1962 to 1972. Second printing inscribed presentation copy of this excellent first-hand account which was written contemporaneously by the author during his 12000 mile air trip in a Moth biplane across the country. The memoir details their stopovers in the desert of West Texas an Idaho farm field a frantic cross-wind takeoff from a California airport to avoid a lawman wanting to see the plane’s Federal registration and finally reaching Alaska where the author and his copilot “Pete” Blodgett both hunted and killed Alaska Brown Bears on Admiralty Island. Lombard 1895-1985 was a World War I veteran pilot navigated the yacht “Nina” to a Queen’s Cup Race off the Coast of Spain in 1928 flew the first plane to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1928 and would later serve as director of the Dow Jones & Co. for 30 years. [Published by the Author, assisted by Dow Jones Books], hardcover
1912rif. 21208461912. Aldershot: Gale and Polden. 1912. 4to. Original red card wrappers lettered in gilt original printed envelope preserved; pp. 11 1 highly illustrated after photographs and drawings printed on yellow blue and white coated paper; wire-stitching removed and replaced with new ties traces of oxidation along gutters final page with a little offsetting from red wrappers; a rare survival with the original printed envelope this a little spotted.Extremely rare trade catalogue for the Cody mono- and biplanes as well as a manned war kite. 'Samuel Franklin Cowdery was born in 1867 in Davenport Iowa was a Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight. He changed his name to Cody at age 21 when he was part of a touring Wild West show not to be confused with that of Buffalo Bill Cody. He is most famous for his work on the large kites known as Cody War-Kites that were used by the British in World War I as a smaller alternative to balloons for artillery spotting. Financed by his Wild West shows Cody's unusual interest in manned kites advanced significantly when he enlarged upon Lawrence Hargrave's double-cell box kite to increase its lifting power especially by adding wings on either side. He patented his design in 1901 and it became known as the Cody kite. Cody eventually managed to interest the British Army in his kites. In 1906 he was appointed Chief Instructor of Kiting for the Balloon School in Aldershot and soon after joined the new Army Balloon Factory down the road at Farnborough. The Factory would eventually become the Royal Aircraft Establishment. In 1908 the War Office officially adopted Cody's kites for the Balloon Companies he had been training. This group would in due course evolve into the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers No. 1 Company of which later became No. 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and eventually No. 1 Squadron Royal Air Force. During 1907 he was given full authority as the designer of the the British governments dirigible understructure and propulsion system. On 5 October 1907 Britain's first powered airship British Army Dirigible No 1 and using Cody's engine the Nulli Secundus flew from Farnburough to London. In 1907 the British Army decided to back the development of Cody's powered aeroplane the British Army Aeroplane No 1. His flight of 16 October 1908 is recognized as the first official flight of a piloted heavier-than-air machine in Great Britain. He went on to win a number of aeronautical awards and started developing his own aircraft company. That company produced the Cody Flyer a monoplane for which this pamphlet was issued. On 7 August 1913 he was test flying his latest design the Cody Floatplane when it broke up at 200 feet and he and his passenger the cricketer William Evans were killed' Nat DesMarais Rare Books. The 1908 British Army Aeroplane No.1 was actually Cody's biplane sometimes called Cody 1 later officialy referred to as The Cody Flyer. 'On 16 October at Farnborough it made what is recognised officially as the first sustained powered flight in Great Britain by a heavier-than-air machine covering 423.7m before crash-landing' Virtual Aircraft Museum online.Library Hub locates a single copy in the National Aerospace Library. unknown
1943rif. 24-08-21-gw-35758-lczUnited States Naval Institute 1943-01-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. some wear. has moldy odor. discoloration from age. very readable copy. United States Naval Institute hardcover
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1928rif. 61897St. Louis & Kansas City MO Chicago IL & Omaha NE: Robertson Aircraft Corporation RAC 1928. 8vo. 3.75 x 9.2 in. 12 pp unpaginated. which folds out into 11 x 9.2 in. triptych printed in blue red & metallic silver photo & text illustrations self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of Ford Fokker F.VII tri-motor slight shelfwear rubbing still NF copy. First edition of this very scarce original travel brochure for the Robertson Aircraft Corp. founded originally after World War I by former US Army Air Corps. pilots Maj. William Robertson 1893-1943 and Frank H. Robertson 1898-1938. The company offered contract air mail service from Lambert Field to Chicago with stops in Springfield & Peoria IL some of which were initially flown by Charles Lindbergh. In 1927 Slonnie Sloniger took over Lindbergh’s routes. By 1928 the company was flying their 12 Ford Fokker Tri-Motors with daily passenger and express service and Maj. Robertson left to form the Curtiss-Robertson division of Curtis-Wright Aircraft Corp. No copies in Worldcat. Robertson Aircraft Corporation, RAC, paperback
1950rif. 61896Honolulu H.T.: Hawaiian Airlines 1950. 8vo. 5.25 x 9.3 in. printed in red white & blue which folds out into oblong folio 21 x 9.3 pictorial route map on verso recto w/ photo text illustrations. Self-printed softcovers pictorial map of Hawaii w/ DC-3 flying overhead slight shelfwear. First edition of this post-World War II travel brochure touting the many places visitors could enjoy on their tours through the Hawaiian Islands on the airlines DC-3’s including Akaka Falls Waimea Canyon giant ferns on Kiluaea Honolulu Lahaina and more. Although misdated by some cataloguers due to the introduction of DC-3’s in 1941 by Hawaiian Airlines the population statistics for the fold-out pictorial map match those issued in 1950 with Territorial and Federal Census. Worldcat locates 2 similar copies DLC U of WI smaller 1953 version. Hawaiian Airlines, paperback
1940rif. 61912Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1940-1941. 4to. 9 x 11.5 in. 4 xiv 3 192 pp. With diagrams tables photos suite of 45 cyanotype blueprints added Jan. 1941. Brown linen post-binder lettering & Lockheed logo front cover in dark brown dark brown lettering minor foxing to title some edgewear minor shelfwear still VG copy numbered on ownership page. First edition of this exceedingly rare Lockheed Aircraft Corp. service manual for the Lockheed Lodestar 18 which was a substantial enhancement from the earlier Lockheed 14 Super Electra featuring sections on the fuselage wings wing flaps landing gear stabilizers instruments and more. The Lodestar was developed to compete with the popular Douglas DC-3 but even with its’ greater capabilities in cruising speed range and altitude performance allowing it to easily cross the Rocky Mountains it was not until the Lodestar 18 was enhanced with 5 additional feet and 18 seats which made it profitable. It first entered service with Mid-Continent Airlines and Continental in the United States along with one for United Airlines and several overseas customers. In 1942 most of the domestic models were seized for the war effort and were converted into the very popular and C-46 and later C-60 Lodestars which proved indispensable during World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy w/o the cyanotype blueprints Ingenium Library & Archives ONT Canada. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, unknown
1957rif. 61913San Diego CA & Denver CO: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Convair; Flight Training Center Denver DENTC 1957-1960. Two parts in one vol. 4to. Approx. 250; 200 pp sections separately paginated some unpaginated or unnumbered. first part w/ text illustrations diagrams colour charts photos MS flight logs; 2nd w/ mimeographed and copied Convair training literature and coursework sheets many on DENTC letterhead many w/ MS notes. United Airlines black pebbled cloth 3-ring binder piano hinged covers United logo in colour on front cover w/ lettering blocked out minor edgewear some scuffing hand-written spine label still VG copy from the library of Lt. W.illiam L.ouis Airis 1927-2004 former National Guard pilot and commercial pilot for United Airlines based out of Seattle WA. First edition of this very scarce original flight manual for the Convair CV-340 which was basically a Super Convair 240 the first private aircraft used in a US Presidential campaign by John F. Kennedy and named Caroline. The CV-340 airliners featured more length greater wing span and power for high-elevation performance and were launched when United Airlines ordered 55 of the aircraft with orders from Braniff Continental Delta Northeast and National Airliners. They earned a reputation for reliability and profitability which allowed them to be developed into the final piston-engined Convairliner the CV-440. The Denver Flight Training Center for United Airlines required pilots to complete simulation training flight training and also included illustrated information on stability flaps instrument controls and more. Airis has included flight log sheets for flights from June 21 1960 through Jan. 27 1961. No copies in Worldcat. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Convair; Flight Training Center, Denver, DENTC, hardcover
1947rif. 61914San Diego CA: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Convair ca. 1947. One large silver gelatin photo oblong folio 19 x 14.5 in. minor rippling & creasing to fore-edges and very small scuffing and minor tidemark lower forre-edge still a VG exemplar from the library of Lt. W.illiam L.ouis Airis 1927-2004 former National Guard pilot and commercial pilot for United Airlines based out of Seattle WA. A scarce original promotional concept art photograph for the Convair CV-240 which featured a more modern design than the ubiquitous DC-3 and featured 30 seats accommodated 40 passengers and was the first private aircraft used in a US Presidential campaign by John F. Kennedy and named Caroline. The CV-240 airliners were initially ordered by American Airlines and were powered by the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial piston engines. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Convair, unknown
1928rif. 61893Baltimore MD: Chesapeake Aircraft Co. Logan Field ca. 1928. 8vo. 4 x 9.25 in. 24 pp. With illustrations decorated initials photo illustrations centerfold photo spread. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art pictorial map of Fairchild 71 & AMOCO-Gas Co. ad w/ glass bulb of visible pump shown below aircraft minor shelfwear slight scuffing small paper repair back cover lower corner still VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce early promotional catalogue for the Chesapeake Aircraft Co. created and based out of Logan Field Baltimore MD by the early 1920’s and the pioneering passenger airline through the late Roaring 20’s. As of the time of printing the company had carried over 5000 passengers and aircraft logged over 50000 miles with their offered destinations ranging from Baltimore to Miami FL $ 630 Dallast TX $ 795 Savannah GA $ 350 St. Louis MO $ 456 and even Birmingham AL $458. They offered one-way and round-trip tickets contracted with Franklin Motor Car Co. for delivering passengers and also offered Aerial tours to Washington D.C. Harper’s Ferry Eastern Shore Tour Gettysburg Battlefield Tour and more. They flew primarily the Fairchild 71 which was an upgraded FC-2 but now a FC-2W built from 1928-1930 and also marketed their aircraft with the Chesapeake Aircraft Co. No copies in Worldcat: See: Paul Freeman Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields Maryland Dundalk Flying Field/Logan Field Baltimore MD 2023. Chesapeake Aircraft Co., Logan Field, paperback
1719rif. 61835Akron OH: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 1917-1918. Three parts in one vol. 4to. 68 pp; 13 leaves typescript on onion-skin paper; 14 pp unpaginated. in ink manuscript on ruled paper. With 16 cyanotype blueprint leaves of hydrogen gas plants water bags equipment numerous tables diagrams 2 original linen-backed silver gelatin photo plates on linen hinges. Black-ribbed cloth split-pin post binder as issued gilt lettering & Goodyear winged logo on front cover marbled pastedowns minor soiling to edgewear fraying minor splitting to cloth at spine minor bumping to corners still a VG- exemplar with many annotations from the library of Arthur Sewell 1880-1973 longtime specialist with Goodyear Tire & Rubber instructor at the Airship Training School during World War I which also specialized in training U.S. Navy and U.S. Army ground crews for blimps balloons and dirigibles and Lt. Steven B.aker Hagadorn 1920-2007 who was serving during the Korean War at the U.S. Naval Air Station Ocean City New Jersey in 1950-1954. First edition of this exceedingly scarce manual written to train and educate Navy Balloonists before the U.S. entered World War I after the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company secured a contract to train 20 men in free ballooning in May 1917. This work describes the free balloon how to construct and use various parts of the balloon details the physical properties of gases used for lift the physics behind the gases and atmosphere preparations for flight the proper methods of handling the balloon in the air as well as on the ground as well as advising the balloonist to exercise care in using gasoline to remove oil from balloon fabrics by avoiding the seams because it will cause the seam to deteriorate. The illustrations and photos at the end show a balloon being laid out for inflation inflated setting the sandbags rigging and ascension of the balloon. The Jan. 28 1918 typescript by Lieut. Comm. Teed specifically outlines the technical advantages and uses of employing hydrogen in the free balloons with specific equations and calculations for volume lift and more. Goodyear had established its Aeronautics Department in 1910 to market rubber impregnated fabrics and coatings for airplanes and lighter-than-air craft and began buildings its first balloons in 1912. In 1916 Goodyear bought 720 acres of land southeast of Akron to serve as their flying school and manufacturing site. Around the same time they began building their first airship in March 1917 they were also negotiating for a contract with the government to train balloonists for the Navy. Of particular interest in this work are the presence of the original manuscript “Free Balloon Log Sheets” documenting free flights starting in Winfoot Lake OH and landing in East Lewistown Homeworth Youngstown & Minerva OH; Sagerstown & Hallston PA Columbia Station. Several of the sheets note weather conditions flight altitudes how they landed and manuscript observations taken during the flights. Roth 1885-1950 was a noted sport balloonist before and after World War I up through the 1930s was a balloon instructor during World War I for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and also was a pilot in the U.S. National Balloon race in 1930. Original editions of this early Goodyear aviation work are quite scarce. No copies in Worldcat for the First Edition several located for the 77 pp. 2nd edition varying number of blueprints plans; No copies located of Typescript MS by Teed or printed version of Lift of Hydrogen Technical Note No. 21; See Hamlen First Lighter-than-air Class at Akron; Goodyear Blimp History. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., hardcover
1929rif. 61894Los Angeles CA: Western Air Express Inc. ca. 1929. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in red blue & black colour-tinted photos and photos aerial images back cover self-printed cover art of Fokker F10 Tri-Motor monoplane traveling over mountains and map in lower half depicting flights from California through Nevada into Utah & Colorado minor edgewear rubbing dustsoiling still VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare promotional brochure touting the air passenger routes established by Western Air Express. Founded in 1925 by Harris Hanshue after “Pop” Hanshue won the contract to provide airmail service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City and then the routes from Los Angeles to San Francisco as well as the Cheyenne Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo CO route. By 1929 Western Air Express was flying Fokker F.10 Tri-Motor passenger aircraft which carried 12 passengers in addition to the mail. This deluxe service included limousine transportation between airports and business centers lunch served in flight and nicely appointed passenger cabins. In addition the airline also operated a Flying Boat service to Catalina Island twice a day each way. Worldcat locates 1 similar copy Cal. Hist. Soc. Lib.; See: Serling The Only Way to Fly: The Story of Western Airlines America’s Senior Air Carrier. Western Air Express, Inc., unknown
2023rif. 1-1644253585Aviation Supplies & Academics 2023. Paperback. New. 1064 pages. 10.50x8.25x2.25 inches. Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
1919rif. 60735Great Lakes Chicago & Waukegan IL: Naval Aviation Training School L. Blakemore Isaack Wallenstein & Western Photo Studio Photographers ca. 1919-1921. Oblong atlas folio. 21.5 x 9 in. 43 leaves unnumbered. on thick black paper stock. With 52 original silver gelatin photos tipped-in sized from 5 x 7 in. up to 19 x 8 in. 36 panoramas sized from 18 x 3 in. up to 19 x 8 in. some w/ photographer’s imprint w/in negative at lower fore-edge some captioned all tipped-in. Contemporary Spruce plywood post-binder covers same as wood used for spars and biplane bodies in World War I rounded corners piano hinge front joint gilt decorative lettering & logo on front cover minor scuffing shelfwear still VG exemplar. This outstanding souvenir album depicts the height of the vital Naval Aviation Training School which provided essential technical expertise and training to entire generations of Naval Aviators and Naval aviation mechanics and carpenters through World War I and beyond. Founded originally in 1904 when a board appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt selected two farms of north of Lake Bluff IL as a training station which originally covered 172 acres. By Armistice Day at the end of World War I the facility had expanded to 1200 acres and over 45000 men underwent training. Of particular interest in this album are the 36 panoramic photographs documenting Naval Aviator and Naval Aviation mechanic classes for the 15th Regiment and 1st Battalion 15th Regiment from 1919-1920 as well as class rooms machine shops for aviation mechanics and Naval instructors. Others encompass the cutaway model Aviation engines with instructional charts on the surrounding wals the carpenter’s shop with aviation machinery jigs on work benches and airline bodies under construction. One photo depicts the Motor Laboratory Steam Laboratory and Equipment from the USS Eagle 25 at the Aviation Mechanics’ School a US Navy patrol boat which had sunk in a storm in June 1920 and then been raised and sold off as a hulk by Dec. 1921. Other panoramic photos capture the Riggers’ School classroom at Great lakes with full scale biplanes and seaplanes scale model dirigible the Coppersmith School classroom the Fittings classroom with airplane propellers hanging from the walls dip baths for machined parts and nickel plate coating and several of the Naval Aviation School football baseball and other sporting teams including the largest panorama of the Inter-Training Station Baseball championship team from Great Lakes. Wallenstein 1861-1958 was a longtime Chicago photographer through the first four decades of the 20th Century who operated his studio out of his 3928 N. Kenneth home and specialized in panoramic photographs. Western Photo Studio in Waukegan IL appears to have been short-lived as the Waukegan IL directories from 1918-1921 do not list the business but possibly connected with the Western Union Telegraph offices as the address was interchangeable. Volpe 1885-1950 began working in New York originally as a bookbinder before enlisting as an aviation mechanic with the US Navy in 1910 assigned originally to the newly formed ground school in Pensacola and later became Chief Warrant Officer Pilot Airman and Instructor who oversaw the Naval Aviation Training School from 1918-1921. He was also the assistant Athletic officer for baseball and tennis at the base. Naval Aviation Training School, L. Blakemore, Isaack Wallenstein, & Western Photo Studio (Photographers), unknown
2012rif. 1-1560279508Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc. 2012. Paperback. New. 2012 edition edition. 592 pages. 10.50x8.00x1.30 inches. Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. paperback
1956rif. 61052Garden City NY: Doubeday & Co. Inc. 1956. 8vo. 318 pp. Numerous colour and black & white photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth blue & black lettering front cover & spine pictorial map endpapers slight shelfwear w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of the couple with their Cessna 180 “Charlie” slight scuffing shelfwear NF/NF copy. First edition stated of this uncommon aviation adventure chronicling the aerial odyssey of the Thomas’s over Africa Europe the Middle East and into Central Asia with stops in Post-World War II Afghanistan Iran Saudi Arabia Israel North Africa Turkey and more. Doubeday & Co., Inc., hardcover
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1998rif. 85611Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1998. 1st edition. As New. Quarto. dust jacket x 289pp. b/w plates index Published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of HMAS Albatross. Nice production with many unusual photographs. Limited edition. Copy No. 122. Signatures of several Fleet Air Arm members mentioned in text on the title-page Allen & Unwin unknown
2019rif. 1-1933189681Avotek Information Resources 2019. Paperback. New. 522 pages. 10.70x8.30x1.20 inches. Avotek Information Resources paperback
2018rif. 1-1619547023Aviation Supplies & Academics 2018. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 10.75x8.25x0.75 inches. Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
2017rif. 1-1619546337Aviation Supplies & Academics 2017. Paperback. New. 312 pages. 10.50x8.00x0.50 inches. Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
2006rif. 1-1560275839Aviation Supplies & Academics 2006. Paperback. New. supplement edition. 340 pages. 10.75x8.50x1.00 inches. Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
rif. 230506004Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc. paperback. New. 8x0x10. NEW Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. E-mail for more info./pics Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc paperback
1982rif. ZB1254178Springer Verlag 1982. 380 pp. hardcover ex library else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springer Verlag hardcover
