A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
N.J. National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1942. Stapled Binding.
Light general wear.
96 pp. This issue contains: 3-position silhouettes, general specifications and photographs of the 90 leading fighting planes of United States, Great Britain, Norway, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Italy. Includes black-and-white illustrations.
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.
N.J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979. First American Edition. Large Hardcover.
First American edition. Half inch tear to jacket spine head, jacket faintly foxed. Page ridges lightly foxed.
224 pp. "In this comprehensive pictorial history of Hitler's elite air corps, Held combines hundreds of dramatic photographs with expert texts to capture the.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minor general wear.
x, 361 pp. A book about the men who have made a new legend of wilderness travel in Alaska--our country's last frontier.
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.
NJ: Chartwell Books, 1932. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Some highlighting.
192 pp. Examines the design, construction, and tactical applications of the aircraft carrier, looks at great ships in action, and chronicles the development of carrier warfare from the early twentieth century through the 1982 Falklands Conflict.
WI: Motorbooks International, 2003. 6th Printing. Hard Cover.
Sixth printing. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
241 pp. "Broaden your knowledge of jet engine technology and its associated subjects. This is a technically comprehensive study of the components that constitute a......
Detroit, Michigan: Department of Public Relations General Motors, 1942. Stapled Binding.
No publisher date (circa 1940's), edges very minimally rubbed, top page corners very lightly bumped, pencil number to title page.
23 pp. Based on an informal talk by O.E. Hunt, Engineer, General Motors Corporation, at meeting of Automotive Council.....
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1943. Reprint. Stapled Binding.
Reprint. Spine reinforced with clear tape.
64 pp. Photographs, illustrations, and technical information on U.S. military aircraft.
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.....
CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1979. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Spine head and spine rubbed.
304 pp. Today the McDonnell Douglas Corporation is the largest Aerospace company in the country with backorders that total billions of dollars. The aerospace technology developed by their various divisions (much of which carries a 'Secret.....
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.