A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
New York: Exeter Books, 1982. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
Light general wear.
326 pp. Includes 600 illustrations, 250 in color. Technical specifications and data on the performance and history of specific planes are featured in a study of helicopters, propeller aircraft, and all types of commercial airplanes from the early jetliners.....
New York: Chartwell Books, 1985. Large Hardcover.
Lacks jacket.
61 pp. A detailed exploration of Soviet Aircraft!
London: Putnam & Company, 1995. First UK Edition. Large Hardcover.
First UK edition. Sticker on rear jacket panel.
254 pp. The Tupolev design bureau is closely associated with some of the larges and most powerful aircraft, both civil and military, in the history of Soviet aviation. This superb work of.....
New York: Chartwell Books, 1985. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Front board bumped.
61 pp. Detailed descriptions of the warplanes that threatened the world. Dozens of action photos, plus profiles, cutaways and line drawings.
Washington, D.C. Federal Security Agency, 1942. Stapled Binding.
Excellent condition.
iv, 20; iv, 24 pp. 2 volume set. VOLUME ONE CONTENTS: Scale Model Aircraft Construction - general discussion on the materials to be used and suggested methods for constructing scale model aircraft; Identification Principles - general information on what to.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Free rear endpaper creased.
xi, 769 pp. Inspiration for 2018 bio-pic starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. "When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon's surface in 1969, the.....
MN: Specialty Press, 1990. Hard Cover.
Dust jacket lightly worn on edges.
273 pp. A brief history of U.S. aviation.
N.J. National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1942. Stapled Binding.
Faint stain along top edge of last few pages, spine rubbed.
94 pp. This issue contains: 3-position silhouettes, general specifications and photographs of fighting planes, gliders, rotating wing aircraft and lighter-than-air craft of United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Spain.....
Harrisburg, Pa. Stackpole Sons, 1971. 1st Printing. Hard Cover.
First edition. Very good in fair jacket. Front jacket flap loose but included, jacket edges rubbed with several chips, tears, and tape repairs,
332 pp. The war memoirs of an American Ace during World War I.
New York: Aronson, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket lightly rubbed.
The story of the Eagle Squadrons, American pilots who flew with the RAF before reverting back to the United States when they entered WWII.
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institue Press, 1996. Hard Cover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
257 pp. "Now a successful writer, Hodgson recounts her experience in the experimental Woman Airforce Service Pilots program beginning in 1943. She and he sister pilots learned to fly a wide range of.....
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
263 pp. "Recounts the remarkable story of Air Canada Flight 143, which lost all power at 41,000 feet when it ran out of fuel, leaving pilot Bob Pearson the near-impossible task of landing it safely."
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New Jersey: Black Hawk, 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Wrappers lightly rubbed, smudge on top page ridge.
254 pp. ""Whirly-Girls" are the "other" Women aviation pioneers: the women helicopter pilots. A major contributor to the victory lies in the organization the women pilots.....
SC: Arcadia, 2004. Soft Cover.
Pencil name on half-title page.
128 pp. "In 1941, Tuskegee, Alabama, was selected as the site of an important new development in military training. For the first time, black Americans were to be allowed to serve their country as members of the United States Army.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1996. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Third printing. Wrapper wrinkled on spine, pencil gift note on free endpaper.
xxiv, 288 pp. Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatic genius—Bob Hoover is a true American hero. Now, in Forever Flying, he tells his amazing story, sharing.....
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Faintly rubbed.
Reviews the history of the most famous executive plane in the world, from its inauguration with FDR's 1943 flight to Casablanca in the wind-battered "Dixie Clipper."
Akron, Ohio/New York: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1939. Large Hardcover.
Boards rubbed.
Unpaginated. A history of record-breaking flights, from the fastest planes to the longest distances.
New York: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rear jacket flap creased. Remainder mark.
308 pp. Includes section of black & white photographs. "No flier - fighter ace or strategic bomber commander - has a more important or dangerous job than the reconnaissance pilot. For the recon pilot.....
New York: Doubleday, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large Hardcover.
Book club editions. Jackets lightly toned, jacket spine heads bumped. Blind stamp on second blank of both volumes.
xvi, 168, vi, 192; xii, 136, vi, 228 pp. Four volumes in two volume set. An illustrated history of air power in the.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Hard Cover.
Half inch tear along jacket spine base, front jacket panel wrinkled. Rear gutter stained.
xvi, 271 pp. An Account of the strategies and significance of the two-pronged attack by American bombers on munitions factories deep inside Germany in August, 1943.
New York: St. Martin's, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Faint edge wear to jacket.
Profiles the accomplishments and courage of fourteen British, American, Canadian, German, Japanese, and Russian pilots who fought with self-sacrificing distinction during the Second World War.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket spine faded. Ink name and date on front free endpaper.
156 pp. Profiles the accomplishments and courage of fourteen British, American, Canadian, German, Japanese, and Russian pilots who fought with self-sacrificing distinction.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket edges very lightly bumped. Ink name and date on front free endpaper.
156 pp. "Traces the development of one of the most effective fighter planes in history, describes its role in combat, both in World War II.....
Secaucas, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1982. Large Hardcover.
Light toning on inner edges of jacket, pencil gift note on free end paper.
192 pp. Color and black and white photographs.
Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1974. Large Hardcover.
Ink mark on front free endpaper verso.
256 pp. A survey of United States bombers illustrated with diagrams and black & white photographs, with a complete scale chart of every model of bomber aircraft produced up to the time of publication. Keywords.....