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1916Best.-Nr. 73081Chicago and Grand Rapids: Bud Morriss Airplane School 1916. Original photograph of "Bud" Morriss and his chief engineer Tony Stadlman at the controls of his flying boat. Photograph measures 3 x 2 1/2 inches. It is in the original frame and with the original label on the verso which reads; "This is an authentic photograph taken in Grand Rapids 1915 of P. G. B. Bud Morris at the controls of his Benoist Flying Boat accompanied by his Chief mechanician Tony Stadlman who later became Superintendent of the Lockheed Airplane Company of Burbank." Together with an original stickpin for the school in brass and blue and with an image of a biplane. It reads "Bud Morriss Airplane School Chicago 1916." The original celluloid covering the photograph is still present. Rare mementos of an early and influential aviator and his aviation school.Percival George Brockhurst Morriss 1884-1944 a native of England learned to fly at Brooklands racetrack in 1909. Soon after that he came to the United States. A former assistant engineer in the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company he championed the use of wireless to communicate with airplanes in flight. Later the same year he learned to fly a Bleriot in England and then joined the Curzon aviators. In 1914 he operated a flying boat service on the Chicago lake front and in the same year was managing editor of Aero & Hydro an aviation weekly paper. In 1915 he opened the Bud Morriss Flying School in Chicago. His next venture was with the Benoist Aeroplane Co. of St. Louis serving successively as assistant pilot and instructor Chief instructor and finally as vice-president and sales engineer. In 1917 he served as a member of the Chicago Aero Commission. During the First World War he enlisted as a seaman in the Navy in which he served for 18 months. Upon discharge Morriss was executive officer of aviation schools at a naval air station. Anthony Stadlman was in 1886 in Bohemia. He emigrated to the United States from his home in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1906 ispired by news of the aviation work of Orville and Wilbur Wright. By 1910 he was helping to build flying machines at the Chicago School of Aviation. For a short while he was chief engineer at the Bud Morris Aviation School. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation originally called the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company was organized in the summer of 1916 by brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead. Their plant was located in the rear of a garage on State Street in Santa Barbara. Tony Stadlman met Allan Loughead on a Chicago airfield and became superintendent of manufacturing when the company changed its name to Lockheed in 1927. Bud Morriss Airplane School unknown
1911Best.-Nr. 74173Paris: C.M. ca. 1911. First edition. Oblong octavo consisting of 20 photographic illustrations of early aeroplanes each with a caption beneath in French. All with tissue guards. Publisher's printed brown wrappers with the front bearing images of a biplane and a monoplane. No copies located by OCLC. A very good copy.There is no information about this publication but likely it was meant to accompany "Les Etapes de l'Aviation:Conférence Faite le 12 Décembre 1909" by Mathieu Varille. The conference was held in Lyon perhaps in anticipation of their 1910 air meet. Many of the much monkeyed with photographs herein are by M. Branger a well known early aviation photographer. C.M. unknown
Best.-Nr. 74142Paris: N.P. ca. 928. Beautiful French woven tapestry 50 1/2 x 19 inches depicting the Spirit of St. Louis flight from NY to Paris and with oval woven vignettes of aviation pioneer giants Charles Lindberg Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. Chamberlain Ruth Elder Francois Coli and Charles Nungesser. The reverse stamped "Made in France." Overall good condition having a few small cuts on edge wear on the edge and right corner some face wear but not affecting the image three corners have minor fabric loss Francois Coli was a French pilot and navigator best known as the one-eyed flying partner of Charles Nungesser in their doomed attempt to fly the Atlantic Ocean on the aircraft known as L'Oiseau Blanc. Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer who was a pioneering American aviator polar explorer and organizer of polar logistics. Ruth Elder was known as the "Miss America of Aviation." Clarence Duncan Chamberlin was the second man to pilot a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic. N.P. unknown
1911Best.-Nr. 74126London: Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom 1911. Quarto. 2 ads 581-602 2 ads pp. Numerous photographic illustrations and ads Publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Bit of spine rubbing but clean and tight.The main article in this issue is about the race for the Gordon-Bennet Cup at Eastchurch. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was an international airplane racing trophy awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr. the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper. Curtiss won the first Cup Claude Graham-White the second and as we learn from the issue C. T. Weyman won the third cup 1911. Weyman was an American and flew a Nieuport aeroplane. Eleven pages are devoted to a detailed account of the race. Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 015707: 7tH Engineer Aviation Brigade APO 57 US Air Force Published by. 1953. Soft cover. Fair. B00K: Fair/ 1953 . B00K: Fair/ $125.16 928tH ENGINEER AVIATION GROUP APO 233 USAFE Covering Period of Operations in the United Kingdom June 1950 to Aug 53. Units of the 928tH Engineer Aviation Group US Air Force 7tH Engineer Aviation Brigade APO 57 US Air Force Published by. 1953 UnStated 1sT Edition Tall Wide S/c Page End Spine Held Together With Rusting Bases And Tops Soft Cover B00K: Fair/ Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper Tight To The Spine In Poor/ Condition Shelf Edge And Corner Wear. Exposed To Water And Edge Ware. D/j: None. = No Odors No Writing No Names Some Rippling And Staining Not Stuck Together No Book Plate Not X~Library No Remainder Or Other Marks. = Description Applies To This B00K Only. = This B00K Is Hard To Find Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection Or As A Gift For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE. 7tH Engineer Aviation Brigade APO 57, US Air Force, Published by. paperback
1922Best.-Nr. 55183Kansas City MO: Sweeney School 1922. Folio. 72 pp. Photo-illustrated throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers embossed raised lettering on front cover punch-sewn at spine w/ red & white silk braid stapled as well minor creasing edgewear very minor dustsoiling still VG- copy. First edition of this catalogue documenting the post-World War I efforts by Sweeney who created a hands-on vocational training school in 1908. By 1921 he had completed the massive new building including 12 acres of floor space and on-site rooms for 800 students allowing for over 8000 in enrollment by the post-World War I era. Such courses as these automotive training schools provided vital expertise for fueling the expansion of automobile manufacturers auto repair shop and service stations later during the 1920s. Following demobilization after World War I the U.S. Congress which had refused to allocate funds to compensate and support veterans when passing the 1917 conscription laws so these industrial training programs were given grants and specific citations in order to encourage returning soldiers to avoid union activity. The Sweeney Building on Pershing Road has continued to be used as office space in Kansas City after the school closed in 1929 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Worldcat locates 1 copy Kansas City Public; See: Modder Putting Veterans to Work United States Army War College 2012 pp. 9-15. Sweeney School, paperback
1928Best.-Nr. 55180San Diego CA: T.C. Ryan Flying School 1928. 4to. 12 2 pp unpaginated. printed throughout in red & black Art Deco borders w/ numerous photo illustrations. Gray-printed softcovers cover art illust. of Lindbergh style RYAN NYP plane from the famed New York to Paris flight black lettering minor toning to fore-edges slight wear to the enrollment application laid-in at rear still VG exemplar. First edition of this scarce catalogue extolling the amenities and advantages for the T.C. Ryan Flying School in San Diego California published in conjunction with the fleet of 400 military aircraft assembled in August 1928 to fly over the newly renamed “Lindbergh Field.” Although his name was attributed to the Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NYP NX-211 which made the famed flight he was only marginally involved by 1925 with either the flying school or the Ryan Flying Company which was financed and directed by Benjamin Franklin Mahoney. This catalogue features the three instructors including Earle Mitchell W.H. Bowlus and Warren Smith the course of instruction photos of the field a Ryan Siemans 9 Cylinder Engine a Curtis Hawk Pursuit Plane the T.C. Ryan Flying School instruction plane the well equipped shops for ground mechanics and crews and more. The exceedingly scarce laid-in application quotes tuition fees for complete flying and ground training as $ 1375.00 in 1928 while a private pilot’s course including 20 hours of flying time and two months could be paid for with $ 460.00. Worldcat locates 1 copy Hagley. T.C. Ryan Flying School, paperback
1947Best.-Nr. 54924St. Louis MO: Air Force Ross Gould Co. Dec. 1947-Sept. 1948. 4to. Approx. 200 pp all sections separately paginated. Colour-illustrated title numerous colour text illustrations black & white text illustrations diagrams photo illustrations 2 large folding colour maps dated Sept. & Oct. 1947 preserved in folding pockets at rear. Original flexible black softcover post-binder nickel-plated screw posts at gutter margin cover art illustration of B-29 bomber in Arctic landscape in silver rounded corners yapp edges minor edgewar rubbing still NF copy. Second edition revised & expanded of this unusually scarce “Restricted” guidebook for Air Force personnel and aircraft operating in Arctic areas following World War II and at the outset of the Cold War. Sections include those on the types of ice possible plants in Canada and Alaska food requirements Air Mechanic’s winter uniforms windproof parkas and flying suits treating frostbite snow blindness pre-flight procedures de-icing of aircraft and engines lubrication in conditions down to -65 Fahrenheit and even an Eskimo language dictionary. Air Force, Ross Gould Co., paperback
1942Best.-Nr. 74006Santa Cruz: N.p. ca. 1942. Original typescript 18-page rectos only document recounting the aviation design skills of Walter Henry Barling and seeking investors for his proposed Barling Aircraft Corporation. In a binder with an original 8 x 10 photograph of the Barling Bomber with its development crew standing in front of it with Walter Barling at the far right standing right next to General "Billy: Mitchell; William Lendrum Mitchell was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.Walter Henry Barling was born in England and for a time worked as a designer for the Royal Aircraft Company there but soon immigrated to the United States. He was an engineer of the first order and was soon at work on experimental aircraft for the US government. While his contributions to the history of flight are many and varied he is chiefly remembered as the designer of the ill-fated "Barling Bomber." The Barling Bomber is generally attributed the press called it "Mitchell's Folly" to William "Billy" Mitchell a U.S. Army Air Service General and most vocal advocate of strategic airpower who in 1919 discovered Walter H. Barling who had previously worked for the Royal Aircraft Factory. Mitchell asked Barling to design a bomber capable of carrying enough bombs to sink a battleship. Mitchell's goal was to demonstrate the effectiveness of airpower by sinking a battleship from the air and needed a large strategic bomber in order to accomplish this feat. Mitchell projected the cost of two prototype bombers at $375000. On 15 May 1920 the Army Engineering Division sought bids for the construction of a bomber based on Barling's sketches with the requirement that it be capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load to an altitude of 10000 ft 3000 m at a speed of no less than 100 mph 160 km/h.23 Barling had all of its engines mounted level with the fuselage. The aircraft used three wings but was not actually a triplane. More correctly it was a two-and-a-half wing aircraft. The middle wing had no control surfaces and was shorter and narrower than the two primary wings. The top and bottom wings had a chord of 13 ft 6 in 4.11 m and each had a surface area of about 2000 sq ft 190 m2. The stabilizer and elevator surfaces were 575 sq ft 53.4 m2 with an 8 ft 2.4 m chord. The fins and rudders looked like a box kite and had a surface area of 250 sq ft 23 m2. The undercarriage consisted of 10 wheels including two wheels mounted towards the front of the aircraft to prevent a nose-over on takeoff and a tail skid. The gross weight of the bomber was 42569 lb. It had a fuel capacity of 2000 gallons and carried 181 gallons of oil. On 22 August 1923 the Barling Bomber made its maiden flight from Wilbur Wright Field in Fairfield Ohio. At the time it was by far the heaviest aircraft in the world and remains large even by today's standards. Although capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load it was soon discovered that the aircraft was seriously underpowered and performance was disappointing. When it failed to fly over the Appalachian Mountains the program was discontinued. Many historians point out its influence in the development of the great bombers of WWII; the B29 and B17.But Walter Barley's aviation career did not end there. He turned to civil aviation and designed a three place low wing high performance monoplane which could be made by quality production methods such as those used in Ford Automobile plants. This craft was to become the well known NB3. It was put into manufacture by the Nicholas Beasley Airplane Company. There are two pages extolling the excellence of the NB3. Barling soon felt that another larger ship was in order so he designed the Barling B6. It was built flight tested and made ready for manufacture. In 1931 due to hard times in the business world the plant that was to build the B6 shut down. Barling purchased all the drawings specification lists valuable dies and jigs and had them shipped along with himself and his family to Santa Cruz California. In California he did some consulting work for J. H. McCollough and the two eventually in 1939 decided to form the Barling Aircraft Company. The remaining pages are a plea to investors stating that they can build great numbers of reliable and inexpensive NB3 and 6s. The final two page are marked "Confidential" and are a list of Barling's demands salary etc should some entrepreneur decide to foot the bill and actually fund the Barling Aircraft Company. Apparently William Barling never found a backer and he spent the rest of his life in Santa Cruz where he died in 1965. N.p. unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 54448San Diego: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation 1936-1937. Four vols. 4to. 32; 40; 36; 40 pp. With over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers photo cover art showing Consolidated PBY-1 taking off trick flying PBY-1 from the flight to Hawaii and back minor scuffing shelfwear last issue w/ minor foxing to covers still a VG set. First editions of these scarce in-house illustrated magazines for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation based in San Diego CA. The articles not only deal with social issues changes during the Great Depression and women in the Consolidated work force but also touch on Company flying clubs athletic teams obituaries and more. These magazines include many illustrations and ads for San Diego CA businesses and a number of articles touching on the PBY-1 Catalina aircraft which was one of the most successful flying boats. Of particular interest are the articles detailing the squadron of PBY-1 Catalinas flown by Patrol Squadron 11-F from the Naval Air Station in San Diego on a shakedown flight to Hawaii and then back. The PBY Catalinas proved to be incredibly successful aircraft including long “wet” wings waist gun positions during World War II and very popular with British and Canadian flight crews. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, paperback
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1958Best.-Nr. 53091Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Eight parts. 4to. 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together with brass split-pin bracket at gutter margin very slight uniform toning minor creasing to corners slight shelfwear VG set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these scarce original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
1958Best.-Nr. 53090Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Nine parts in one vol. 4to. 4; 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together in original Lockheed Corporation adjustable blue & silver foil softcovers copper lettering stamped on front cover yapp edges very slight uniform toning NF set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these unusually rare original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958 as was the company printed softcover post-binder and additional 4 page introduction present here. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
1950Best.-Nr. 53099Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1950. 4to. 28 pp unpaginated. printed throughout in red & black. Pictorial softcovers printed in gray-blue black & yellow black lettering cover art of the Lockheed XF-90 fighter jet slight shelfwear NF copy from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First edition of this very rare promotional sales brochure for the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. detailing their accomplishments and aircraft available for civilian and military use at the beginning of the 1950s. Sections are included on the development of jet engines turbine propeller engines afterburners rocket engines electronic surveillance Lockheed facilities and manufacturing and more. This brochure was written and published before the USAF contract had been awarded for the newly requested penetration jet fighter and bomber escort. The two competitors were the Lockheed XF-90 developed by Willis Hawkins and the Skunk Works team under Kelly Johnson who built two prototypes which was the first USAF jet with an afterburner and the first Lockheed jet to fly supersonic. Unfortunately Lockheed’s design proved underpowered and the XF-88 Voodoo won the production contract. Worldcat locates 4 copies; Pace The Projects of Skunk Works: 75 Years of Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs pp. 52-55. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 53168Los Angeles & Oakland: Western Model Distributors 4546 Hollywood Blvd. Reginald Denny Industries 5751 Hollywood Blvd. 1946. 4to. 84 pp. With 100s of photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams 4 pp. section printed on glossy paper in blue black & white. Illustrated softcovers in blue & white cover art of modeler and young boy building a B-17 bomber w/ jeep and PT boat next to them three-hole punch at gutter margin for post-binding bound in black pebbled cloth Elbe spring binder minor shelfwear NF copy w/ post-war shortages notice on index page and “Denny” stamps over the Western Model Distributors printed logo. First edition of this exceedingly scarce post-World War II modeler’s catalogue for remote control airplanes rubber band driven airplanes small Fleetwind Ohlsson & Rice Herkimer and other model gasoline engines midge racing car models military vehicles and much more. Denny 1891-1967 was a noted film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 dramatic roles and is also considered the father of drone aircraft and radio-controlled model airplanes. Denny landed his first contract in 1939 for his 12-foot span RP-4 and the Navy designated its’ drone TDD-1 for Target Drone Denny. Nearly 15000 Denny drones were produced during World War II and in fact a 19-year old Norma Jean Baker was discovered in the Radio Plane factory while doping drone panels. No copies located in Worldcat; See; Mathews Biography of Reginald Leigh Denny The Academy of Model Aeronautics History Project 2004; Reginald L. Denny & Walter H. Righter Fathers of Today’s UAV Industry The Pioneers 2005. Western Model Distributors, 4546 Hollywood Blvd., Reginald Denny Industries, 5751 Hollywood Blvd., paperback
1949Best.-Nr. 52958Portland OR: Ackroyd Photography Inc. 2116 NW 20th Ave. May 1949. 4to. 88 pp unpaginated thin yellow-tinted paper w/ 215 original silver gelatin photographs sized from 3.5 x 4.5 in. up to 8 x 10 in. a number are 4.5 x 7 in. mounted with glue on the leaves stamped Ackroyd on versos each with negative number on verso some w/ negative numbers in fore-edge of image. Original tan softcover split-pin binder sewn at gutter margin w/ cotton twine occasional creasing to covers minor shelfwear some images w/ minor folds or creases especially those at gutter margins still a VG exemplar. This fascinating photographic proof book provides historic images of the first transcontinental private “Air Tour” following World War II and the lifting of aviation restrictions at the end of the War. With 1000s of returning fliers from the United States armed forces with flying experience Americans began taking to the skies in record numbers. Participants were able upon their return later to Portland OR go to the photographer’s studio and pick out which images they would like to purchase and add to their own souvenir books. On May 21 1949 the Portland Oregon Chamber of Commerce had organized an air tour which was similar to those which had heavily promoted civil aviation in the 1920s and 1930s from Portland OR across the continent to Portland Maine. Fifty-five aircraft plus a US Air Force C-47 assembled at Troutdale Airport and took off surrounded by the Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee. Ackroyd 1913-2012 noted aviation commercial photographer and aerial aficionado was contracted along with KGW Radio’s director of public events Bob Tomlinson and Earl Peterson technical supervisor to document the historic tour. These images show the 55 planes parked across the tarmac participants eating and loading their planes appearances by representatives from the 1949 Pendleton Round-Up including cowboys and Native Americans in native dress and the decidedly cramped quarters inside a few of the larger aircraft. Peterson and Tomlinson are shown setting up their equipment and broadcasting campy skits featuring the Grants Pass air club members in cave man costumes “kidnapping” and carrying off female members others in pirate costumes along with a tour of a B-29 superfortress. There are photos of aircraft taking off and landing at airports in Salt Lake City UT Cheyenne WY Wichita KS Indianapolis IN Akron OH Lock-Haven PA including the Portland Rose Festival plane float planes with all finally reaching Portland ME on May 28 1949. Upon arrival there was a huge lobster feast party featuring a map decorated cake and the fliers were met by Portland ME officials and Governor Frederick G. Payne. Ackroyd shows the welcome banners airport and the planting of gift roses in front of the Portland ME sign. Of particular interest are the series of aerial photos over Manhattan and the other boroughs of New York City in 1949. Ackroyd was a Canadian photographer who began shooting photos at the age of 16 in British Columbia moved to Hollywood where he shot celebrity portraits but eventually moved to Portland OR before World War II and began shooting pictures of ships and barges for Gunderson Inc. and Shaver Transportation Co. He was adept at aerial photography and was well known for his images of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge from the air. See: Bill Alley Hands Across America -- The 1949 Air Tour Logbook Magazine Vol. 12 No. 1 2014; Lev Richards First 25 Years of the CAA Columbia Aviation Association 2017; Talk of the Trade The Billboard Radio-Television May 21 1949 p. 9; Flying Oregonians Make Merry Munch Lobster as City’s Guests May 29 1949 Portland Press Herald May 29 1949 p. 6; Air Tour Vanguard Arrives May 28 1949 Portland Press Herald pp.1-2. Ackroyd Photography Inc., 2116 NW 20th Ave., paperback
1911Best.-Nr. 52972San Antonio TX: H. Rudolph Fox Photographer 1911. One large panoramic photo. 48 x 7.5 in. captions scratched into negative at lower margin minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge minor creasing still a VG exemplar. This exceedingly scarce original panoramic photograph features the United States Army maneuvers in March 1911 and was one of the earliest such camps to coordinate with US Army fliers. Within the image the YMCA tent is identified as well as the placement of the field hospital field artillery the Signal Corps as well as the Depot Commissary in the foreground. Above three different biplanes are shown flying maneuvers including the Wright Model B flown by Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois who along with Phil Parmalee flew the first military reconnaissance scouting missions in a fixed-wing aircraft along the US-Mexico border; as well as planes flown by Robert McCormic an early Chicago aviator and inventor who would later construct and house several experimental aircraft at Fort Sam Houston as well as Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor who flew a Johnson Wright Model B airplane. The Wright Model B was the Wright brothers’ most successful aircraft produced from 1910 to 1914 and they were shipping nearly 4 aircraft a month. Unfortunately the rear elevator made the Model B more tail heavy and prone to stall and within two years faster propeller first aircraft with drag-reducing fuselages began appearing. Fort Sam Houston was a very popular experimental airfield for flying meets air races because it occupied 800 acres and the field was unbroken by no hills of real prominence. Established in 1890 as a post the War Department began expanding the Fort after the Spanish-American War adding Cavalry and Light Artillery from 1905-1912 and also served as the birth of military aviation. Lt. Foulois had made his first solo flight the year before in March 1910. See: Edmond Percy Noel America Now Has Forty Flying Fields San Antonio Tex. Aero and Hydro 1912 Vol. 4 pp. 59 66; McFarland The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright 1953 p. 1183. H. Rudolph, Fox Photographer, unknown
1913Best.-Nr. 73067Paris: L'Auto 1913. First edition. Bifolio 16 3/4 by 24 inches. Now separated into two leaves but complete. Photographic illustrations. Very good.A free newspaper supplement detailing the 1913 Air Meet in France. The third page bears photographic illustrations of the winners and include; Monoplane Nieuport; Monoplane Morane-Saulnier; Biplan Breguet; Hydravion Borel; Biplan H. Farman; Monoplan Bleriot; Hydravion M. Farman; Hydravion Caudron. There are alos photographic portraits of 10 pilots including one woman: Mme de Laroche. Born on 22 August 1882 in Paris Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a plumber. She had a fondness for sports as a child as well as for motorcycles and automobiles when she was older. As a young woman she became an actress and used the stage name "Raymonde de Laroche". Inspired by Wright's demonstations of flight in Paris in 1908 she decided to become a pilot. "In October 1909 de Laroche appealed to her friend aviator and aeroplane builder Charles Voisin to instruct her in how to fly. On 22 October 1909 de Laroche went to the Voisin brothers' base of operations at Chalons 90 miles east of Paris. Voisin's aircraft could seat only one person so she operated the plane by herself while he stood on the ground and gave instructions. After she mastered taxiing around the airfield she lifted off and flew 300 yards. De Laroche's flight is often cited as the first by a woman in a powered heavier-than-air craft; there is evidence that two other women P. Van Pottelsberghe and Thérèse Peltier had flown the previous year with Henri Farman and Delagrange respectively as passengers but not as pilots. On 8 March 1910 de Laroche became the first woman in the world to receive a pilot licence when the Aero-Club of France issued her licence #36 of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale International Aeronautics Federation or F.A.I." Wiki.L'Auto was the main French sports daily issued from 16 October 1900 to 17 August 1944 . Founded under the title L'Auto-Vélo 1900-1902 by its founder director Henri Desgrange this organized the Tour de France. It was banned from publication in 1944 because it was considered favorable to the German Occupation. L'Auto unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 51853Los Angeles CA & Portland OR: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District Army Air Corps January 1932. Two pieces. 4to. 64 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted illustration Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art advertisement for Eclipse aviation engine starters colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Curtiss-Wright Union and Douglas Amphibion aircraft slight scuffing minor shelfwear minor creasing 1 small tear still VG copy; 4to. 1 printed leaf very slight edgewear & toning still NF copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast detailing the Goodrich Airplane Tires in Alaska United Airlines and review of the Army Air Corps in 1931. Of special interest is the exceedingly scarce humorous broadside for the Portland District of the Army Air Corps Zoom announcing the Frolics for Pearson Field commanded by Lieutenant Carlton F. Bond in Vancouver WA featuring officers friends and family of the 321st Squadron with the Seventh Infantry Band. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District, Army Air Corps, paperback
1930Best.-Nr. 51848Los Angeles CA: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St. January 1930. 4to. 146 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted ads and colour plate advertisements. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art signed by Raeche of mechanic working on aircraft engine colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Wright Curtiss and Shell slight scuffing minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast including illustrated ads for Spartan Aircraft Co. Apache Crankcases Cessna Monoplanes the Glendale California Air Terminal Sikorsky Amphibion aircraft Monocoupe and Berryloid aircraft paints Ford American Cirrus and many others. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St., paperback
1719Best.-Nr. 49895Kelly Field TX; Chanute Field IL; Scranton ND; Denver City TX: Almond Orwald Peterson 1917-1956. Two vols. Oblong folio. 1st. 13.25 x 10.25 in.; 12.25 x 10 in. 80; 80 pp unpaginated both with thick black paper stock with 359 tipped-in photos ranging in size from 1.75 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in many of them clearly marked in pencil and/or ink on versos some with signatures in lower white margin a images nearly all on glossy photo stock a couple hand-coloured many with minor creasing some damage to corners a couple with tears along the upper fore-edge still nearly all of the images are still quite clear and distinct; 4 leaf typescript on onion paper 24.5 x 36 in. blueprint folded for radio receiving station; 6 different course certifications for Peterson in handling oil field and natural gas pumping equipment. First album is contemporary ribbed cloth post-binder tied at gutter margin with black silk cord some bumping wear bumping to corners fraying; second padded leather album rounded corners gilt lettering front cover slots in leaves for postcards minor bumping head & foot of spine edgewear; still VG- set. These remarkable photo albums furnish an indispensable visual record of the history of American aviation just after World War I at Kelly Field TX and Chanute Field IL. Almond Orwald Peterson 1901-1977 son of Norwegian immigrants was born in Twin Valley MN moved with his family later to Billings and Scranton ND enlisted in the Army after High School trained as a radio operator and airplane mechanic worked as a mechanic after his service in North Dakota and then Texas and finally worked in the oil fields surrounding Denver City TX. Kelly Field in Texas was one of the Army Air Service’s primary fields for training and deploying pilots during World War I. After the massive demobilization at the end of the War the Kelly Field and Chanute Field in Illinois served as essential training grounds for Army pilots to exhibit their skills holding air races balloon races and training technicians. All technical schools were joined with the mechanics school at Chanute Field in 1922 and were re-designated the Air Corps Technical School by 1924. These excellent photographs not only include detailed shots of the barracks the radio towers the equipment rooms servicemen and more but also encompass a vast array of the aircraft which flew in and out of these fields along with many aerial shots. There are photos of German Fokker triplanes French Spads Curtiss DH-4s many of the Barling Bomber the Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 an experimental long-range three-wing strategic bomber which proved massively unwieldy because it was too underpowered with its six engines a colour-tinted image of the USS Los Angeles Zeppelin and several other lighter-than-air balloons and airships as well. In addition there are many photographs of plane crashes showing the high attrition and danger of flying during the 1920s often in World War I surplus aircraft and even a few images of funerals and caskets for lost comrades. Almond Orwald Peterson, hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 49186n.p.: United States Air Force United States Navy December 5 1953 - May 13 1955. 4to. 192; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 pp. 100s of illustrations diagrams colour diagrams charts some leaves printed in red & black. Bound in split-ring clasp binder holes punched at gutter margin as issued metal clasp black lettering on front sover rounded corners minor shelfwear soiling still a VG- copy w/ contents in excellent condition. First edition of this exceedingly scarce flight handbook for the famed North Americaqn F-86A Sabrejet swept wing fighter jet. This jet fought continual high-speed dogfights over Korea with similar swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 jet fighters and was considered the best fighter aicraft in the war. It experienced an extended production run of over 7800 aircraft through 1956 and was used in Air Forces around the world until 1994. This handbook details the capabilities for the aircraft armed with .50-caliber machine guns carrying bombs rockets or chemical tanks powered by the J47 turbojet engine operating limitations flight characteristics systems operation crew duties and all-weather operations. Many of the American pilots flying the Sabrejets during the Korean War were experienced World War II veterans. However as the war progressed increasing numbers of pilots were being trained at Nellis Air Force Base and the casualty rate for the fighters were quite high. The American pilots succeeded in downing 792 MiG fighters during the War. No copies located in Worldcat. United States Air Force, United States Navy], unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 49026Fort Worth TX: Bell Aircraft Corporation 1953. 4to. 36 pp unpaginated photo illustrations colour-tinted text illustrations colour-tinted diagrams maps. Colour-illustrated softcovers minor soiling minor foxing to spine some minor shelfwear VG- copy. First edition of this scarce catalogue promoting the agility and virtues of the 47 G helicopter during the Korean War. The Bell 47G was equipped with open cockpits or sheet metal cabins fabric covered or open doors and some with four-wheel landing gear. It is perhaps best remembered as the chopper which transported 1000s of casualties during the Korean War to MASH units behind the lines. It was used in insect control crop dusting power and oil pipe line inspections construction in rugged terrain surveying military and much more. Bell Aircraft Corporation, paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 72247Detroit: Humanity Publishing Compnay 1937. First edition. Quarto. 304 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's faux-morocco green cloth with yellow lettering to front and spine. Lettering a bit faded but a very clean and attractive copy.Comes with three original photographs of a plane in service to the Lawson Air Line an unusual looking biplane with a very large covered cockpit at the front of the plane. This volume definitely is more than the cover would indicate. The ads in the back are a major clue although there is a hint in the publisher's notice: "The call of the Public for full information concerning the life and deeds of ALFRED LAWSON as well as the high prices asked and paid for books and documents relating to his connection with the establishment of the AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY and AIRLINES has created the necessity for this book."The book is primarily a compilation of other articles written by Lawson about the aviation world in general. But the ads in back tell another tale. One touts: "LAWSONOMY - Alfred Lawson - coined the word LAWSONOMY for his greatest work and has dissected the appellation as follows --- LAW - Stands for the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / SON - Stands for the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / OMY - Stands for the process of the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts." The next page introduces "The First Lawsonomy Baby. The Perfect Baby." and her parents ".who gave birth to a perfectly balanced physical and mental Baby."Another ad touts "Lawsonomy: The Base of Absolute Knowledge." It includes principles such as "Lawsonomy is based upon life as it is and not upon a theory of what it ought to be. Truth is Constructive and lives but falsity is destructive and dies. Truth is real and eternal but falsity is ephemeral and abortive. Truth breeds strength and intellect but falsity breeds weakness and smart-alick-ism." The symbol in the center of the page shows Lawsonomy at the center and everything eminating from it - music art heredity culture photography penetrability history radio drama prophecy navigation electricity evolution and much much more. At the bottom: "If it isn't Truth it isn't Lawsonomy."Born in 1869 Alfred Lawson declared his birth to be ".the most momentous occurrence since the birth of mankind." He claimed that he was "destined for greatness" and "If Lawson should die today posterity will honor and glorify him as no other mortal because he has given mankind the true base from which to start an edifice of super-knowledge of the universe and its laws."Lawson tried his hand at professional baseball failing as a player as well as on the business side his newly created leagues folding almost as quickly as they were started - one within a month. He then decided to publish two aviation magazines Fly and Aircraft although he knew nothing about publishing or aviation - and Lawson acknowledged that in 1908 only three men could fly - the two Wrights and Glenn Curtiss but he downplayed their accomplishments noting that the latter could only travel in short hops. He did however become the aircraft industry's most vocal "evangelist" touting air travel as the travel of the future.Lawson had many strange ideas including the notion that physics and economics were inseparable and one could not be understood without the other. His physics however was based on even stranger principles based on "Suction" and "Pressure" and including other principles such as "Penetrability" but he saw the concept of "Energy" as a complete fabrication and fallacy. Many other weird concepts flow from these such as achieving a balanced "state of maturity" in the body "Equaeverpoise" through a combination of diet hygiene rest and exercise that would allow one to live 200 years.In part because of his "success" - he failed at baseball he failed at running an airline his books do not appear to have flown off the shelves - by 1943 Lawson decided to found a school - devoted to studying Lawsonomy. Lawson's books were the only ones allowed on campus. The biggest problem was the program took years other problems include the usefulness of the studies!. One was expected to take interim exams in 10 and 20 years and a comprehensive exam after 30 years at which point one became a "Knowledgian." Unfortunately Lawson was the only Knowledgian at the time of his death and it took a Knowledgian to bestow that degree on others. One could then go on as their post-graduate work to study Lawsonian religion. Humanity Publishing Compnay hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 48082Chicago: Noel & Company Sept. 13 1913. 4to. 449-460 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations illustrated ads. Illustrated printed softcovers photo cover art photo of Aviator Pegoud the first man to fly voluntarily upside down minor thumbing dustsoiling shelfwear still VG- copy from the collection of Albert Colson 1898-1975 World War I veteran who trained to fly with the Portland-Based Dudrey Aircraft Company. First edition of this scarce early aviation periodical including photos and scale drawings of the Borel Military Monoplane. Noel & Company, paperback