19.582 Ergebnisse
1954Best.-Nr. 57523South Bend IN: Leigh Fisher & Associates May 1954. 4to. 52 leaves mimeographed on green-tinted and beige-coloured paper. Colour-illustrated covers plastic comb-binding as issued cover art of Modernist skyline w/ dual-rotor helicopter landed minor soiling tide mark at fore-edge back cover rubbing still G copy from the library of George Reed Volker 1925-2018 former World War II pilot and urban planner in California New York and Washington State w/ ownership stamp at upper fore-edge front cover. First edition of this informative report exploring the challenges in developing helicopter heliports in US cities at the end of the Korean War and efforts to tie them into the rapidly growing local airports to fill transportation needs. Of interest are the excellent sections on the history of rotary-wing aircraft and the predictions of the needed growth at that point in the Mid-20th Century. Leigh Fisher & Associates, unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 74956Philadelphia: Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company of America 1930. First edition a second edition was published 3 years later. Quarto 8 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches. 31 1 pp. with photographic illustrations on every page. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Small stamp at head of from wrapper else a very good copy."Instead of a wing the autogiro had a large propeller on top. A second regular propeller drove it forward. But the big overhead propeller free-wheeled as the autogiro flew; it provided only lift. An autogiro could take off and land in a very short distance; but it couldn't rise vertically like a helicopter. If one lost power it spun safely back down to earth like a maple seed. It was developed by Spanish aerial pioneer Juan de la Cierva. Cierva and his brother began trying to build airplanes before WW-I while he was a civil-engineering student in Madrid. Juan de la Cierva built conventional airplanes for several years before he began thinking about the autogiro. Finally one night at the opera Aida he realized how to balance lift on advancing and retreating blades of that overhead propeller" J. Leihard. For some while there was a fantasy that everyone would own an autogiro and park it in their driveways. A year after this publication Amelia Earhart tried to be the first person to fly an autogiro coast to coast; she finally made it only to be told she had been beaten to the punch. In the late 1930s real helicopters came on the scene and that was in effect the end of the autogiro. Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company of America unknown
1946Best.-Nr. 57091New York NY: Institute of Aeronautical Sciences 1946. 4to. 409 1 pp. i.e. 420. With over 200 pages of illustrated manufacturers advertisements most in colour along with price lists etc. some leaves printed on colour-tinted paper. Pebbled-blue publisher’s cloth Art Deco lettering & cover design in silver silver on spine slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners still NF copy. Third edition revised & expanded of this invaluable catalogue tracing the changeover of the aviation industry from World War II production to civil airlines in the Post-War era. Companies include Aerojet from Azusa CA touting their rocket propulsion jets; Allison Division of GM their jet propulsion engines such as the engine for the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star; Edison Aeronautical Equipment; B.F. Goodrich airline wheels and brakes; Hardman Manufacturing “Siesta Seats” for passenger airliners; the United States Rubber Co. airline upholstery fabrics; and even Warner Aircraft Engines. Last half is a detailed directory of all manufacturers listing over 2000 aviation parts. Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 57432San Francisco CA: Grabhorn Press 1950. Tall 8vo. 11 5 pp. Title illust. & decorated in red black & blue couple leaves w/ black letter type. Blue softcovers pale white lettering yapp fore-edges very slight shelfwear still NF copy signed & dated by Farquhar on title w/ original mailing envelope. First edition signed of this charming Grabhorn Press piece recounting the polar aerial adventure of Farquhar noted California historian mountaineer & Bohemian Club member and Garfield Merner founder of the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park CA. The black letter excerpts from Haluyt’s 1582 Divers Voyages and Martin Frobisher in 1578 serve as preface and afterword. [Grabhorn Press], paperback
1944Best.-Nr. 56700Gardner 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
1943Best.-Nr. 56782Portland & 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
1976Best.-Nr. 74691Reno: 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
1918Best.-Nr. 74511New Brunswick NJ: Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. 1918. First edition. Octavo. 216 pp. plus six foldout diagrams at the rear and another 6 interspersed within the text. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's black cloth with gilt cover lettering. Gilt dulled some wear to spine extremities faint technical school stamps to front endpaper. A very clean and complete copy still sturdily bound.Instructions for the care and operation of model A-I-E Hispano-Suiza aeronautical engines.With the start of World War I Hispano-Suiza turned to the design and production of aircraft engines under the direction of Marc Birkigt. His chief engineer during this period was another Swiss Louis Massuger. Traditionally aircraft engines were manufactured by machining separate steel cylinders and then bolting these assemblies directly to the crankcase. Birkigt's novel solution called for the engine block to be formed from a single piece of cast aluminum and into which thin steel liners were secured. Manufacturing an engine in this way simplified construction and resulted in a lighter yet stronger more durable engine. Hispano-Suiza's aero engines produced at its own factories and under license became the most commonly used aero engines in the French and British air forces powering over half the alliance's fighter aircraft. Increased demand during World War I required licensing of this engine manufacturing in France England and the U.S. The Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation later the Wright Aeronautical Corporation acquired the American rights and claimed improvements during further development. Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. hardcover
1917Best.-Nr. 74514Londoon: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1917. Fifth edition. Twelvemo. 300 xxi ads pp. plus folding diagram. Publisher's brown cloth with ads as endpapers. A very good copy. Crosby Lockwood and Son hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. 74512Londoon: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1918. Sixth edition. Twelvemo. cxxviii ads for aviation related items 362 pp. plus some foldout diagrams. Publisher's brown cloth with ads as endpapers. Very good. Crosby Lockwood and Son hardcover
1617Best.-Nr. 74510Paris: Berger-Levrault 1916-17. First editions. Four octavo volumes. All volumes well illustrated from photographs and line drawings. Publisher's printed salmon wrappers with photographic illustrations to front cover. Lower corner of front wrapper of #5 excised inexpensive browning paper war shortages and a few shirt tears to foldouts. All volumes with a faded stamp to cover. Very good.Titles are;II; Moteur - Helice - Armement.III; Le Voyage - La Reconnaissance Aerienne.V: Les Moteurs d'Aviation.VII; L'Aviation Allemande. Berger-Levrault unknown
1919Best.-Nr. 74513New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association 1919. First edition. Octavo. 398 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic illustrations on nearly every page and 3 folding color maps of the current air routes World Europe United States. Publisher's blue cloth with blue lettering. Binding somewhat soiled extremities worn old bookplate of a lending library but a very good and clean copy sturdily bound.The publisher did a excellent job on the this the first issue of yearly publication that would continue all the way to 1959. In addition to an article by Orville Wright there are histories of all the major American aircraft makers of the time: Aeromarine Plane and Motor Corporation Burgess Company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation St. Louis Aircraft Corporation Dayton Wright Airplane Company Engel Aircraft Company Glenn L. Martin Company L-W-F Engineering Company Standard Aircraft Corporation Standard Aero Corporation of N.Y. Springfield Aircraft Corporation Sturtevant Aeroplane Corporation Thomas-Moore Aircraft Corporation Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. There are also chapters on the flying aces of America France England Germany and Italy. Manufacturers Aircraft Association hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 74522N.p.: Government Printing Office ca. 1925. Small octavo. Unpaginated 60 leaves. Publisher's brown cloth with cover lettering. Very good.The first page reads - Aviation Section Signal Corps U.S. Army. School or Squadron. Then in the spaces below in manuscript it reads Brooks Field Texas 9/13/23 to 4/18/1924. Harold W. Fisher. The first 28 leaves log his various flights and we learn that he graduated. He was then transferred to Air Service Advance Flying School at Kelly Field Texas where he logged another 9 leaves of flights. [Government Printing Office?] hardcover
1917Best.-Nr. 74521New York: Harper & Brothers 1917. First American edition. Small octavo. 226 2 appendix pp. illustrated. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Original pictorial dust jacket with a couple of chip. Very old tidemarks on very edge of sice and bottom. An attractive copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 56654Falls 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
1911Best.-Nr. 74260San 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
1964Best.-Nr. 74265New 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
1919Best.-Nr. 74295Jacksonville 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
1967Best.-Nr. 74781Los Angeles: American Aviation Historical Society 1967. Nice Copies. lge. octavo. card covers 304pp. b/w pls. diags. scale drwgs. Incl. Curtiss Condor II; Turbo-Supercharger development; The Yamamoto Mission; Thomas Morse Military Racing Airplanes American Aviation Historical Society unknown
1968Best.-Nr. 74784Los Angeles: American Aviation Historical Society 1968. Nice Copies. lge. octavo. card covers 288pp. b/w pls. diags. scale drwgs. Incl. Memories of 86th FG; The ÒChiefsÓ of Fighting Two; The Brewsters of Fighting Two; The Boeing Stratocruiser American Aviation Historical Society unknown
1963Best.-Nr. 74786Los Angeles: American Aviation Historical Society 1963. Nice Copies. lge. octavo. card covers 302pp. b/w pls. diags. scale drwgs. Incl. Presidential Aircraft; Bleriots-Past and Present; The German Jets & the USAAF; RyanÕs XFR-1 Fireball American Aviation Historical Society unknown
1968Best.-Nr. 74783Los Angeles: American Aviation Historical Society 1968. Nice Copies. lge. octavo. card covers 304pp. b/w pls. diags. scale drwgs. Incl. Douglas DB-7Õs in French Service; Last of the Flying Clipper Ships; B-47 Odds & Ends; Philippine Fighter Diary. Also a 4pp. index to Volume 13 American Aviation Historical Society unknown
1964Best.-Nr. 74785Los Angeles: American Aviation Historical Society 1964. Nice Copies. lge. octavo. card covers 310pp. b/w pls. diags. scale drwgs. Incl. The Eagle Squadrons; History of the 491st Bombardment Group; The 12th Aero Squadron; 9th AF in the Desert; Boeing 247 American Aviation Historical Society unknown
1819Best.-Nr. 56097Bethany 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
Best.-Nr. 74125Trenton 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