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48 pages. Features: Analysis of Torsional Stresses in Airplane Wings - a method by which, through simple layouts and calculations the mutual action of the spars can be computed; Engineering Organization; Radio Telephony as Applied to Aircraft - a description of the radiophone equipment developed by the Communications Department of the Boeing Air Transport System - article with photos, including Eddie Allen wearing special microphone mounting which moves with his head; Aircraft Steel Problems - a discussion of failures in Steel Aircraft Parts, investigated by the Metallurgical Laboratory at Wright Field; Fundamental Aerodynamics (last instalment) - a study of resistance due to parts of the airplane other than the wings; Soundproofing of Airplane Cabine; Book Reviews; New Aircraft - with photos of the B-5 Mahoney-Ryan brougham and Kinner Powered American Eagle; News of the Industry; Airports and Airways; New Developments; Los Angeles County ad attracting aviation companies; many vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
52 pages. Features: Heating, Ventilating and Cooling Aircraft for Passenger Transportation; Recent Improvements in Airplane Structures; Materials in Aircraft Structures; Boeing Production Methods; The Junkers Aero Diesel - a water-cooled, vertical six-in-line operating on the well-known Junkers Opposed-Piston Two-Cycle Principle (article with photos); Aerodynamic Anomalies; Welding Our Air Transport Systems; Seaplane Design; New Aircraft - with photo of Fokker F-32 and more; News of the Industry; Airports and Airways - with photo of the first Saunders Fly-It-Yourself hangar at Fairfax Airport, Kansas City; New Developments; U.S. Hammered Piston Ring Co. ad includes photo of Arthur Nutt, Designer of the Curtiss Challenger; Western Electric ad for their Radio Telephone; Los Angeles County promotional ad; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Thompson Valves front cover ad commemorates the "Cape Cod" which flew from New York to Istanbul in 1930; Interesting Bell System ad for their Teletypewriters; Interesting Stanavo ad explains how the Sperry automatic pilot recently flew an Eastern Air Transport for twenty minutes at Newark Airport - text with photo of H.A. Elliott of Eastern; Applications of Electricity in Aircraft; Sikorsky's Contributions to the Huge Amphibians - The S-40; Simplicity in Light Plane Design - article illustrated with photo and diagrams, plus power plant and fuel system specs; Simplicity in Light Plane Engine Design; Design of Riveted Joints; Airplane Construction Production Methods; Manufacture of Precision Parts for Aircraft Engines; Two photos of new Boeing bomber which carries a crew of five and two 1,000lb bombs; Centerfold ad celebrates the consolidation of Airway Age with Aviation Engineering; Good Year tire ad includes photo and endorsement from Northwest Airways; Interesting 'Postal Telegraph' ad; Nice illustrated Chance Vought Corporation ad for their Navy Corsairs; Great photo ad for the Autogiro inside back cover; Impressive photo ad for Martin Aircraft on back cover shows some of their impressive manufacturing equipment; Forming of Aluminum Sheet for Aircraft; Servicing Pratt & Whitney Engines; French Design Powerful Water-Cooled Engine; Schneider Cup Engine; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad salutes Canadian Airways Limited; Shank Proportions of Aircraft Connecting Rods; Construction of Aircraft Fuel Tanks; The Effect of Change of Weight on Airplane Performance; The Value of Weight Saving in Aircraft Design; Notes on Stresses in Metal Covering Under the Action of a Uniformly Distributed Load; Copper Hydrogen Electric Welding; The New Boeing Transport; Pratt & Whitney Two-Row Engine Development; World Aviation; The Servo Control System; Bumps Due to Gusts; A Radio System for Fog Landings; The Debrie Camera; New features of the Macon; New Products; Haskelite ad features prominent illustration of the Boeing 247; Back cover Racon Electric Co. ad includes photo of huge crowd at Cleveland air races last year; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
106 pages. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. "The chronicle of the Highline District, a 32-square-mile area south of Seattle. Within its boundaries are: Burien, Normandy Park and Des Moines, and a bustling international airport. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this engaging and informative work. Book
198 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos and twelve in color. "Flying for the first time in December 1947, the XB-47 prototype proved single-handedly that large swept-wing aircraft were feasible. In the process it also paved the way for other military machines like the B-52 Stratofortress and the KC-135 Stratotanker as well as the hugely successful Model 707 and 747 commercial jetliners. Best remembered as a medium bomber with SAC at the height of the Cold War, today few of the 2,042 B-47s survive to recall the days when it formed a key element in the defence of the United States." - back cover. Moderate sunning to spine. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Boeing's Pacesetting 247 - A very detailed and profusely illustrated feature article on this historic plane; Flying Pioneers - Chriss J. Peterson and Albert Elton; 9th Air Force in the Desert; Endurance Flying - The Pilots and Planes - Charles Lindbergh, Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, and others; Bleriot Models II to XII; The Long Flying Corsair - The 17 hour 1946 flight of First Lieutenant J.J. Bibee, USMC, in a standard Navy Corsair; Bibliography Section; We Fly the Curtiss Robin - Journal Flight Test Report #1; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 239-310. Cover illustration of United Air Lines Boeing 247 transport in hangar. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Bonus: includes separate 8-page Index to Volume 9 (1964) of this publication. Book
Describes and illustrates (in silhouette) military aircraft in service or production at the time of publication. Nice shape showing light use. Interior/text is free of marking of any kind. 71 pages.
Book is in excellent condition in every respect. As new. Solid, square & tight binding, text/interior is as new with no marking of any kind, no dog-ears, tears, etc. At least 50 B&W illustrations , 119 pages with fold-out map at back. History of the fisrt settlers of the area, the indian war, may day picnic, Georgetown, South Park, Beacon Hill, the Industrial area.
Air India gift folder of 21 loose 10 1/2"w x 15"h illustrated sheets of verses from the Bhagavata Purana in a textured cardstock folder with gilt decorations and die-cut opening. One sheet depicts the luxurious interior of the Being 747, including the Maharaja Lounge (accessed by a spiral stairway!), Ajanta mural, and costumed hostesses. No date of publication given, circa 1960's.
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind . 132 pages in very large format. Heavily illustrated with b&w photos throughout, an impressive chronology of the history of Washington and the Northwest, Seattle.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Large tears on worn dust jacket. 8 5/8"w x 10 1/4"h. 272 pages. Many b&w photographs. Pamphlets laid in: Everett Old House Guide, Hewitt Avenue: A Historical Look, Everett's Historical Storefronts, The Rucker Grand Avenue Historic Neighborhood.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding, 328 pages.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Internment of Japanese Americans, Boeing's B-17 and B-29, Workforce is transformed, Warren Magnuson, Energy for war, Militarization of the economy, Cuc and African americans, Role of OPA, Seattle housing, Liberalism in disarray, Waterfront strike, etc.
62 paginated pages. Name of previous owner at top of inside front cover.
Milano, 1970, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 120/124 con 5 fotografie. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
