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ALASKA
FLYING COLD, Maclean & Rossiter, Epicenter Press, 1993, Soft cover (as new)see scan, Chronicles Russel Merrill's daring 750-mile journey across the Gulf of Alaska in a flying boat with a single motor, his first rescue mission by air, crash-landings, and strandings.many photos, 178 pgs. $27.50
PIONEER BUSH PILOT, Harkey, Ira, University of Washington, 1974, vg/vg, bio of Noel Wien, see scan, after a barnstorming period, he moved to Alaska & was their first bush pilot. He later founded Wien Alaska Airways, photos, 307 pgs. $16.50

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CANADA
SKY RIDERS, Myers, Patricia, Fifth House, 1995, F/F(as new). see scan, Sky Riders traces the development of aviation in Alberta to the establishment of the airplane as a key mode of transportation for recreation, business, industry & agriculture. More than 100 archival photographs,, 220 pgs. $12.50
WINGS ACROSS THE WATERS, White & Smith, Harbour Publishing, 2005, vg (soft cover), see scan, the history of aviation in Victoria, B.C. from the first flight (balloon) in 1871 to 1971, 600 photos, 208 pages. $12.50

CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO: AIR CAPITAL OF THE WEST, Scott, Mary, San Diego Aerospace Museum, 1991, f/f (as new), see photo, history of aviation in San Diego, and illustrated with over 300 vintage & modern photographs from the archival collection of the San Diego Aerospace Museum," 192 pgs. $15.00
IMAGES OF AVIATION: TORRANCE AIRPORT, Lobb, Charles, Arcadia, 2006. new (soft cover), see photo, after Pearl Harbor, commercial flights were terminated, one of these was the Lomita Flight Strip, now known as Zamperini Field, photographic history of the Torrance Airport, 127 pgs. $15.00
HERITAGE OF LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORT 1928 -2003, Fine condition (soft cover, as new). see scan, Features 75 Years (1928 - 2003) of Southern California aviation history of Los Angeles World Airports. Photos, 46 pages. $10.00

DELAWARE

FLORIDA

GEORGIA
GLIMPSES OF GEORGIA AVIATION, Program to celebrate Georgia Aviation Day, 1977, fine (soft cover), see scan, Booklet celebrates Georgia's role in aviation history, highlighting facts about individuals, businesses, and airports that previously had never been printed , photos, 96 pgs. $5.00

IDAHO

ILLINOIS
FILL THE HEAVENS WITH COMMERCE, Young & Callahan, Chicago Review Press, 1981. f/f (as new), see photo, Chicago aviation from 1855 to 1926, photos, 167 pgs. $10.00

IOWA

KANSAS
BORNE ON THE SOUTH WIND, Rowe & Miner, Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing, 1994, vg/vg (edgewear), , see photo, Stearmans to Starships, B-25s to B-52s, photos, maps, 244 pgs. $18.50

LOUISANA

MAINE

MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSOURI
CITY OF FLIGHT, Horgan, James, Patrice Press, 1984, f/f (as new), see scan, History of aviation in St. Louis, goes back to the 1830s, photos, 500 pgs. $12.50

MONTANA

NEBRASKA
RUDDER, STICK & THROTTLE, Adwers, Robert, Making History, 1994, fine (soft cover, as new), see photo, Inscribed by author, aviation in Nebraska from 1906, photos, 440 pgs. $15.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE
HISTORY & HEROES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AVIATION, Batchelder, Jean, Arrow Publishing, 2004, fine (soft cover) see photo, history of aviation in New Hampshire including weather & terrain, biographies of 61 aviators, such as Alan Shepard, Jr.& Christa McAuliffe, photos, 240 pgs. $10.00

NEW MEXICO

NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA
FIRST TO FLY, Parramore, Thomas, University of North Carolina, 2002, f/f (as new), see photo, inscribed by author, account of North Carolina's significant contributions to the early history, were on the cutting edge of aviation technology well before Wilbur and Orville Wright's first powered flight in 1903, produced some of the most notable airmen & women of the early 1900s, photos, 372 pgs. $12.00

OHIO
CARGO FLIGHT, Lane, Foster, Ohio History of Flight, 1986, fine (soft cover), see scan, Records of the history of the first paid air cargo flight, Nov. 7, 1910, photos, 96 pgs. $15.00
GIANT LEAP, Crouch, Tom, Ohion Historical Society, 1971, soft cover booklet. see scan, A Chronology of Ohio Aerospace Events and Personalities, 1815 - 1969. $5.00
THEY WALKED ON WINGS, Burwell, Robert, Saracen Publications, 1988, fine, (as new, soft cover), see photo, history of early Stark county aviation, photos, 158 pgs. $12.00

OKLAHOMA

PENNSYLVANIA
AVIATION AND PENNSYLVANIA, Kingstonn-Smity 7 Harrington, Franklin Institute Press, 1981, Fine (embossed cover, as new), see scan,From the beginning of winged flight in 1910 to preseent day aircraft manufacturing in Pennsylvania, photos, 186 pgs. $15.00
HIGH FRONTIER, Trimble, William, University of Pittburgh, 1982, vg (soft cover). see scan, From the early days of hot air ballooning to supersonic aircraft, High Frontier chronicles the history of flight in Pennsylvania. Early experimentation with lighter-than-air craft in the nineteenth century was followed by advances in aerodynamics, advent of the airplane, A contingent of inventors and aviators, who flew and crashed their homemade machines. photos, 344 pgs. $10.00

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA
IMAGES OF AVIATION: SOUTH DAKOTA'S FIRST CENTURY OF FLIGHT, Kraemer, Norma, Arcadia, 2010. new (soft cover), see photo, pictorial history of aviation in South Dakota, 127 pgs. $15.00

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON
1st WINGS OVER WASHINGTON, Gordon, David, Sequoia Communications, 1989, fine (soft cover). see scan, Museum of Flight photos from the museum's archives (color & b&w), 48 pgs. $5.00


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