SAINT EXUPERY, Migeo, Marcel, Macdonald, 1961, vg/vg, see scan,
He wrote several very successful books, was a pre-WW II air mail pilot & jointed the Free-France Air Force in Africa.
His plane was mysteriously lost on a recon. flight, phtotos 335 pgs.
| $17.50 |
TAKEOFFS AND TOUCHDOWNS, Jacob, Fred, A.S. Barnes, 1981, f/f, see scan,
The authora recounts his 60 years of flying. He ferried B-17s & B-24s to Europe. Then was assigned as a B-26 pilot
with the 387th B.G., photos, 303 pgs.
| $13.50 |
TRAIL BLAZERS OF THE AIR, Tennant, Kylie, Macmillan, 1965,
vg/vg (chipped), see scan, Australia pioneer aviators such as Kingford-Smith Taylor & Hinkler, illustrations, 131 pages.
| $12.00 |
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. | $10.00 |
WAY OF A FIGHTER, Chennault, Claire, Putnam, 1949, f/f,(no marks, tight binding).
see scan,
Autobiography of Claire Chennault, who led the Flying Tigers in China & later the 14th A.F., photos, 375 pgs.
| $75.00 |
WAR BIRD ACE ,
Ballard, Jack Stokes, Texas A & M, 2007, new, see photo,
Capt. Field Kindley flew a Camel with 148th Aero Squadron.
He achieved 12 aerial victories which tied him with Elliott White Springs.
Kindley was killed on a flying accident, 1920, at Kelly Field, photos, drawings, 208 pgs.
| $18.50 |
WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT: A CHRONOLOGY, Renstrom, Arthur, GPO, 1975, fine (soft cover). see scan,
A detailed chronology of the brothers flight logs. Fascinating. Includes an index of persons, institutions &
geographic names to 'facilitate use of the chronology'234 PGS.
| $15.00 |
WILEY POST, HIS WINNIE MAE AND THE WORLD'S FIRST PRESSURE SUIT, Mohler & Johnson, Smithsonian, 1971, good (soft cover),
see scan,
Post's flying career & his contributio to the first pressure suit, photos, 127 pgs.
| $6.00 |
WINGS OF MADNESS Hoffman, Paul, Hyperion, 2003, new, see scan, Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight, introduces the dashing inventor who entertained Paris with his airborne
antics - barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lamp posts, circling around the Eiffel Tower & crashing into rooftops,
a glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary & tormented man that also vividly depicts the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris,
photos, 369 pgs.
| $12.95 |