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POWDER PUFF DERBY THE RECORD 1947-1977,
Brick, Kay (editor), AWTAR Inc, 1988, fine (gold embossed blue faux leather cover), all women transcontinental air races with many photos, 80 pgs.
$175.00
AMELIA EARHART - MYSTERY SOLVED, Long, Elgin & Marie, Simon & Schuster, new with dj, see photo, An explanation of what happened to Earhart in July, 1937. photos, 220 pgs.$12.50
AMELIA EARHART - THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, Van Pelt, Lori, Tom Doherty, 2005, new (soft cover), see photo, biography, 239 pgs.$9.95
AMELIA EARHART'S DAUGHTERS, Haynsworth & Toomy, William Morrow & Co., 1998, new, see photo, American women aviatiors from WW II to space age, photos, 322 pgs.$13.50
BAREFOOT IN THE SKY, Scott, Shiela, Macmillan, 1973, f/f, see photo, autobiograhy, set several records 1965-71 in her Piper Commanche, photos, 256 pgs. $15.00
BEFORE AMELIA, Lebow, Eileen, Brassey, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, women pioneer aviators, beginning with Raymonde de Laroche, who in 1910 became the first licensed female pilot, photos, 313 pgs. $15.00
HIGH, WIDE AND FRIGHTENED, Thaden, Louise, Air Facts Press, 1973, vg/vg, see photo inscribed label signed by Louise Thaden, March 29, 1974 (also a note to previous owner), see inscription, in her book, Louise Thaden tells of the trials and joys of early flight. Mrs. Thaden is well known for her many articles in newspapers and magazines. She was born in Bentonville, Arkansas, in November 1905. While still only a young girl, her merits in aviation had already started. In 1928 she set an altitude record of 20,260 feet in a Hiso Travel Air. Another record was set in 1929 of 22+ hours for her solo duration flight. She was a contemporary and friend of Amelia Earhart. "A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.", photos, 293 pgs. $250.00
LYRICAL AVIATORS, McClinton, Sandra, Whistling Swan Press, 2000, f/f (marked as a review copy), see photo, Her trip with herb husband around the US in a Cessna 172, photos, 221 pgs. $10.00
SISTERS IN THE SKY - Volume I, WAFS & Volume 2 WASPS, Scharr, Adela, Patrice Press, 1991, new, history of the Women's Auxilliary Ferrying Squadron, written by one of the country's first female commercial pilots and flight instructors who, in 1943, was to become the first woman to fly the P-39 Aircobra, photos, 1289 pgs.$60.00 (for the set)
STARS AT NOON, Cochran, Jacqueline, Little, Brown & Co., 1967, vg/vg, see photo, biography of Jackie Cockran, 274 pgs. $17.50
SKY MY KINGDOM, Reitsch, Hanna, Casemate, new with dj, see photo, memoirs of Hanna Reitsch, famous German WW II test pilot, photos, 265 pgs. $29.95
SKY PIONEER - PHOTOBIOGRAPY OF AMELIA EARHART, Szabo, Corinne, Scholastic, Inc, 1997, vg (soft cover), see photo, 63 pgs. $7.50
THREE-EIGHT CHARLIE, Mock, Jerrie, J.B. Lippiincott Co., 1970, vg/vg, see photo, first woman to make a solo flight around the world took off on March 17, 1964, in a single-engine Cessna nicknamed Three-Eight Charlie. Jerrie Mock was heading into an incredible adventure and a permanent place in aviation history, photos, 3-view, 288 pgs. $125.00
20 Hrs, 40 Min. , Earhart, Ameilia, National Geographic, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, reprint of her early autobiography published in 1928, her flight across the Atlantic in the "Friendship", photos, 182 pgs. $14.00
UNITED STATES WOMEN IN AVIATION 1919-1929, Brooks-Pazmany, Kathleen, Smithsonian, 1983, vg (soft cover), see photo, women active in aviation, pilots, barnstormers, promoters, passengers & supporters, many photos, 57 pgs. $8.50
UNITED STATES WOMEN IN AVIATION THROUGH WORLD WAR I, Oakes, Claudia, Smithsonian, 1978, vg (soft cover), see photo, women active in aviation, pilots, barnstormers, promoters, passengers & supporters, many photos, 44 pgs. $8.50
WEST WITH THE NIGHT, Markham, Beryl, Houghton Mifflin, 1942, vg (tape marks on rear fly pages)/vg (lazer copy), see photo, Author lived in Kenya, raced horses and flew solo across the Atlantic (England to Newfoundland) in 1936, 294 pgs. $45.00
WOMEN ALOFT, Moolman, Valerie, Time-Life, 1981, fine (issued w/o dj, review copy), accomplishments of female pilots to aviation history, photos, 176 pgs. $5.00
WOMEN WITH WINGS, Gower, Pauline, Jack Long, 1938, good (cover wear & spine fade), British women in aviation prior to World War II, photos, 223 pgs. author signed on fly page, from the library of Jackie Cochran, $100.00
WOMEN WITH WINGS, Planck, Charles, Harper & Brothers, 1941, vg/vg (chipped), see photo, History of the contributions of women to the progress of aviation. Includes a "Chronology of Feminine International Aircraft Records, " "Women"s Aviation Chronology" from 1784 to 1941, and "Women Winners in National Aviation Events. " photos, 333 pgs. History of the contributions of women to the progress of aviation. Includes a "Chronology of Feminine International Aircraft Records, " "Women"s Aviation Chronology" from 1784 to 1941, and "Women Winners in National Aviation Events. " photos, 333 pgs. $50.00
WORLD FLIGHT, Pellegreno, Ann, Iowa Stte University, 1971, fine (no dj) In 1967, the author flew Amelia Earhart's intended flight around the world, photos, 225 pgs $17.50





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