Soaring: The Journal of the Soaring Society of America - December 1963 (Vol 27, No. 12)
Los Angeles: Soaring Society of America, 1963. Stapled Binding.
Faint edge wear.
25 pp. The December 1963 issue of a magazine covering gliders and soarplanes.
Los Angeles: Soaring Society of America, 1963. Stapled Binding.
Faint edge wear.
25 pp. The December 1963 issue of a magazine covering gliders and soarplanes.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Jacket edges very lightly rubbed.
x, 340 pp. Private diary and letters of famed wife of aviation legend Charles Lindbergh, first man to fly solo across the Atlantic, and.....
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some tears. ink note on half-title verso.
ix, 335 pp. Private diary and letters of famed wife of aviation legend Charles Lindbergh, first man to fly solo across the Atlantic, and victim.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Maps). 9th Printing. Hard Cover.
9th printing. Good in fair jacket. Jacket rubbed with loss from corners and creases along edges, stain on fore edge, ink name inside. Magazine clipping of the Lindberghs' house in England laid in.
255 pp.....
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Hard Cover.
Former library copy - usual marks.
xxi, 423 pp. Dust jacket notes: "This is Charles A. Lindbergh's story of his own life. It is the story of the events he caused, and their effects on him. It is the story of the.....
Cambridge: Icon Books, 2004. First UK Edition. Hard Cover.
First UK edition. Faint edge wear.
244 pp. The Battle of Britain has become a symbol of British victory and German defeat. However, the War did not end in September 1940. The battle for survival continued day and night and one.....
New York: Random House, 1985. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. Jacket edges slightly worn.
xv, 159 pp. An Air Force pilot who discovered the wreckage that he claims was Amelia Earhart's "Electra" describes his discovery and the research that turned up the log of a Japanese ship that picked.....
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Hard Cover.
Jacket faintly rubbed.
Color photographs and information on the various exhibits brings the reader on a journey through the National Air and Space Museum.
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1912. First Edition. Small Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. A very nice copy.
176 pp. Red cloth boards with gilt title and gilt illustration of airplane on front board. Includes 82 black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: The Engineering Aspect: Sources of Data: Examples from Nature.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges slightly worn.
xxv, 420 pp. A revealing profile depicts Earhart's tomboy childhood in Kansas, her close relationship with her alcoholic father, and her meeting and subsequent married life with publisher G.P. Putnam.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. Edges slightly worn.
xxiv, 389 pp. Profiles a remarkable twentieth-century woman who became Africa's first female thoroughbred trainer and its first female bush pilot, her turbulent private life, and her flight--the first of its kind--from England to North.....
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1933. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. No jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed, ink name and ink stamp on front free endpapers, ink stamp on rear paste-down endpaper.
xii, 420 pp. CONTENTS: Occupations in the Aeronautical Industry; Balloons and Airships; Principles of Flight: Airplanes.....
New York: Richards Rosen Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Boards lightly soiled, pages foxed.
192 pp. The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at.....
Carrollton, TX: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1982. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers rubbed.
50 pp. This history, in text, drawings, and photographs, tells the story of the Lancaster bomber from the development of the Manchester Mk I to the A. S. R. III Lancaster.
Carrollton: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1988. Stapled Binding.
Lightly rubbed.
The Bristol Blenheim opened WW II for RAF, flying the first operational sortie of a British bomber in WW II. Used in every theater where the British fought, the Blenheim saw action over Europe, the North African deserts, and the.....
Carrollton: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1988. Stapled Binding.
An exceptional copy.
The Bristol Blenheim opened WW II for RAF, flying the first operational sortie of a British bomber in WW II. Used in every theater where the British fought, the Blenheim saw action over Europe, the North African deserts, and.....
Chicago: The Merrill Publishing Company, 1944. Stapled Binding.
Closed puncture to base of front wrapper, with minor associated damage to a few pages, single tiny yellow mark on wing of airplane in first illustration, otherwise uncolored, small sticker on rear corner.
Unpaginated. A large format coloring book featuring various World.....
Japan: Sequoia Communications, 1984. Large Softcover.
Smudge on rear wrapper.
119 pp. "The enigma of Howard Hughes still fascinates us today. His achievements abound, his legacy unending. This pictorial biography reveals the life of this historical figure who was brave enough to dream and dedicated enough to see his dreams.....
New York: Thomasson-Grant, 1987. Large Hardcover.
Top edge faded, jacket lightly rubbed.
Filled with large, full-color photographs of the famous aircraft of WWII, complete with technical information as well as where they were flown.
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980. Revised Edition. Large Hardcover.
1980 revised edition. No jacket.
xxvi, 503 pp. CONTENTS: List of Figures; List of Tables; Notation; Abstract; Administrative Information; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Background Development; Performance Aspects; Stability and Ride Quality; Control; Seals and Skirt Development; Structural Design; Lift Fan System;.....
New York: Mayflower Books, 1981. Large Softcover.
Page edges toned.
128 pp. Describes the airplanes and experiences of outstanding aviation pioneers from Louis Bleriot, who flew the English Channel in 1909, to the Viet Nam War hero, Randy Cunningham.
England: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1981. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket near fine. Publisher sticker on title page.
185 pp. "...the world's first successful vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft... This book describes and illustrates every stage of the Harrier/AV8's evolution and operational history to date, the political and.....
Washington: The Office of Air Force History, 1978. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Photocopy of Lt. Col. George A. Vaughn, Jr., AUS signed by subject and laid in. Light general wear.
Four volume set. A detailed history of the United States Air Service in World War I.
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1962. Hard Cover.
Former library copy - usual marks.
260 pp. A comprehensive account of women in aviation, beginning with Marie Tible's ascent in a fire balloon in 1784 and concluding with the story of the women involved in the Space Program. Mr. May.....
New York: Book Masters, 1990. Second Edition. Trade Paperback.
Second edition. Signed by author with dedication. Edges slightly worn.
xvi, 314 pp. Get insight about airline transportation from an Eastern Rez agent, Joan Lacey Mazauskas!