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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

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