A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
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.....
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 & 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.....
Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1975. Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges rubbed. Spine slightly cocked.
352 pp. A survey of United States fighter planes, illustrated with diagrams and black-and-white photographs, with a scale chart of numerous models.
Pennsylvania: Military Service Publishing Co., 1942. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips.
xii, 248 pp. "...a practical, common sense guide to everything the pilot must know to keep himself at the peak of physical and mental fitness."--jacket.
Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1969. Kinert, Reed. Revised 2nd Printing. Large Softcover.
1969 revised second printing. Jacket lightly rubbed.
112 pp. "This series presents a rare collection of photographs along with authentic drawings by the author covering the famous air races." Volume I covers air races from 1909-1967.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Dust jacket edges slightly worn.
319 pp. Korda recreates the intensity of combat in the “long, delirious, burning blue” of the sky above southern England and, perhaps, for the first time, traces the entire complex web.....
Ohio: Prop Press Associates, 1977. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover.
Signed by author with inscription "Good health and clear skies." Jacket taped along top edge of reverse, jacket edges rubbed. Ink stamp and ink note on rear free endpaper verso.
168 pp. "...relates to the actual flying experiences as observed during.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips and small tears.
xv, 284 pp. "For Birger Johnsen life has always meant flying. He has been an aviator since boyhood and his career has locked step with the development.....
New York: Orion Books, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
203 pp. Describes and identifies Navy and Marine aircraft and provides information on insignia, colors, service duty, and technical innovations.
New York: Random House, 1940. Large Hardcover.
Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket.
65 pp. Aimed for young adults, this is a full color illustrated guide to mostly European Aircraft used in the early part of WWII.
. S.N., 1940. Soft Cover.
A bit toned, a couple tiny tears along edges.
[4 pp.] Self wrappers. A brief guide to flight, designed for young readers, dedicated to the Hobby Model Manufacturing Company 'in recognition of their outstanding contribution to model airplane... building'. Capt. E. Hamilton Lee was one.....
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, 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.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Boards soiled. Jacket soiled and crinkled from water damaged, jacket edges heavily rubbed with multiple chips and tears.
xii, 562 pp. "The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown.....
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.