| DEAR BERT - AN AMERICAN PILOT FLYING IN WORLD WAR I ITALY,
Lewis, Edward Davis, LoGisma, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
George M.D. Lewis was one of 400 American pilots trained at Foggia, Italy in 1917-18,
under Capt. Fiorello H. LaGuardia. July 1918 he copiloted the first American flight over
the Alps, during his service & travels in Italy and France he encountered important
personalities of the time, including Gianni Caproni, Luigi Rizzo & Ernest Hemingway.
Lewis' photographs, dated journal entries & excerpts from his letters to his sweetheart
Bertha ('Bert') Harsch shed new light on this area of World War I aviation history,
more than 475 photos. 192 pgs.
| $24.00 |
| DE SHAZER, Watson, C. Hoyt, Light & Life Press, 1952, vg (no dust jacket), Jacob DeShazer was a bombardier with the Doolittle Raid, bailed out over
Japan, captured, survived and returned to Japan as a missionary after the war, photos, 181 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| DOORKNOB FIVE TWO, Arnold, Fredric, S. E. Maxwell, 1991, f (inscribed by author)/f, see photo,
author completed 50 combat missions as a P-38 fighter pilot in North Africa, photos, maps, 274 pgs. | $25.00 |
| DREAMERS, DOERS & DAREDEVILS, Marshall & Harris, Five Mile Press, as new with dust jacket (oversized), see photo,
short biographies of 58 aviation pioneers from about 1890 to 2003, accompanied by color illustrations of the aircraft they were associated with, photos & color illustrations, 232 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| EIGHTH SEA, THE, Courtney, Frank, Doubleday, 1972,
vg/vg, author began flying in WW I, flew for deHavilland,
Instone & later Consolidated, photos, 297 pgs.
| $7.95 |
| E.T. BUSK, A PIONEER IN FLIGHT WITH A SHORT MEMOIR OF H.A. BUSK,
Busk, Mary, John Murray, 1925, vg (cover stain, foxing on edges of pages), see photo,E.T. Busk began experimental work on aircraft in 1911,
appointed to Royal Aircraft Factory and designed the B.E. 2c, he was killed in a flying accident in 1914. H.A. Busk (author's son) joined
the RNAS in 1914 and was missing in action in 1916. 92 pgs, illustrations.
| $100.00 |
| FIGHTERS OVER FINLAND, Luukkanen, Eino, Macdonald, 1963, vg (inked inscription & name, foxing)/vg , see photo,
author logged in 620 hours of combat flying during 440 missions, appendix gives official list of victories, types of aircraft employed durin the Russo-Finnish wars,
photos & drawings, 254 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| FIRST BLUE, Wilcox, Robert, St. Martin's Press, 2004, new,
see photo, Butch Voris, WW II Navy ace, may be best know for his efforts in the creation of the Blue Angels.
Also instrumental in the development of the F-14 Tomcat and NASA"s Lunar Excursion Module for Grumman, photos,
337 pgs.
| $25.95 |
| FIRST THROUGH THE CLOUDS, Merriam, F. Warren, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954, vg/vg (minor chipping, foxing a page edges only), see photo,
autobiography of a "box kite" pioneer, Commander Warren Merriam, who first flew with the Bristol Flying School in 1912.
He stayed on as an instructor & taught many of the great British pioneers to fly, then joined the RNAS in 1915 flying Sopwith
Scouts on anti-submarine patrols, after WWI he built & flew a range of gliders, flew joy-rides in his Avro seaplane, many photos, 175 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| F. J. CAMM, THE PRACTICAL MAN, Cullingham, Gordon, Thameslink Ltd, 1996, signed by author, limited to 250 copies, fine, soft cover,
involved in airplane modelling, radio, telegraphy and automobiles, he was the brother of
Sydney Camm, designer of the hurricane, illustrations, photos, 104 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| FLYERS IN SEARCH OF WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT, Adams, Noah, Crown, 2003, new with dj,
author encounters the Wright brothers though the lens of his own experience as ell as orignal reporting, letters, diaries to help us understand the talent & intensity of the brothers, photos, 221 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| FLYING COWBOY, Reese, Peter, Tempus, 2006, new (soft cover), see photo, Cody was a naturalized British citizen born in USA, became a pioneer of early aviation, crossed the English cannel in a large kite towed by a canvas canoe, developed kites & later an engine driven aircraft, made his first flight in 1908 an was killed in a crash in 1913, photos, 256 pg.
| $20.00 |
| FLYING DUTCHMAN, Fokker & Gould, Henry Holt, 1931, vg,
designer and builder of the Fokker aircraft and first synchronised
aerial machine gun recalls his years working in Germany, airmen of WWI
and his post-war move back to Holland and then America
to work with Henry Ford, photos, 282 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| FLYING YEARS, Keith, C. H., John Hamilton, 1930, vg (cover wear & spine fade), his RAF
service in the Middle East, 1926-1930, photos, 315 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| FLY PAST, Lee, Arthur Gould Air Vice-Marshal, Jarrolds, 1974, vg (some underlining)/vg, see photo,
author recounts his flying career from his 1916 solo flight, combat with 46th Sqdn, service in Middle East between the wars
and WW II service in Turkey & Yugoslovia, photos, 222 pgs.
| $28.50 |
| FOKKER, Dierikx, Marc, Smithsonian, 1997, new, see photo,
biography of Anthony Fokker, whose biplanes and triplanes were
used extensively by Germany & World War I, he headed the world's
largest aircraft manufacturing company, photos, 250 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| FOKKER - THE MAN & HIS AIRCRAFT , Robertson, Bruce (editor),
Harleyford, 1961, f/f,see photo, biography & history of his aircraft, many photos,
3-view tone drawings, 224 pgs.(copy available with out dj - $36.00) | $65.00 |
| FORGOTTEN EAGLE, Sterling & Sterling, Carroll & Graf Publisher, 2001, new, see photo,
Wiley Post,the pilot who circled the earth alone in a single-engine plane,
who flew at sub-stratospheric altitudes & discovered the jet stream, designed
the prototypes for astronauts' space suits, has been ignored in history,
based on thirty years of research, this biography reconstructs his adventurous life,
it was in the oil fields of Oklahoma that Post lost his left eye, a handicap
that he did not allow to impede his career as a parachute jumper, stunt pilot, barnstormer
& record-setting ace aviator, his career ended in 1935, with a fatal crash in Barrow, Alaska,
that also killed his passenger, Will Rogers, photos, 371 pgs.
| $27.00 |
| FOR VALOUR: THE AIR VCs, Bowyer, Chaz, Caxton, 2002, new, see photo,
biographies of 19 WW I pilots & 32 WW II airmen who won the Victoria Cross, photos, 250 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| FROM BIPLANE TO SPITFIRE, Baker, Anne, Pen & Sword, 2003, new, see photo,
Life of Air Chief Marsal Sir Geoffrey Salmond who fought in WWI, opened up new air-routes
to Australia & was instrumental in developing the Schneider Trophy-winning S-6B eventually
leading to the Spitfire, photos & maps, 236 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| FROM JETS TO TANKS, Franz, Anselm, self published, 1985, vg (soft cover, some cover wear), see photo, author's contribution to the turbine age, photos & charts, 79 pgs.
| $13.50 |
| FROM THE GROUND UP, Weick & Hanson, Smithsonian, 1989, f/f, see photo,
inscribed by Hanson (a historian for the NASA Langley Research Center) autobiography of Weick who began
his professional career as a draftsman with the U.S. Air Mail Service, he made significant contributions to aeronautical technology including landing
gear which is still used today, photos, 447 pgs.
| $85.00 |
