HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AIRCRAFT HISTORY, Lawson, Alfred, Humanity Benefactor Foundation, 1982, fine (embossed cover),
see scan,
Bulletins posted by Alfred Lawson(Jan. 1918 to Sept. 1918) to Congress promoting the idea of aerial trasportation for the public,
photos, 83 pgs.
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JANE'S HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT FROM 1902 TO 1916, Grey, C.G. (editor), Arco, 1969, vg/ vg,
Reprint, see photo, book consists of part of the 1917 edition of 'Jane's All The World's Aircraft' and offers a pictorial record of the early days of aviation. Includes 180 black and white photographs,
historical prefaces on war balloons & parachutes, 93 pgs.
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MAGNIFICENT MOISANTS, THE, Rich, Doris, Smithsonian, 1998, new with dj
new, see photo, Illinois family performed pre-WW I air shows, taught
Harriet Quimby to fly, photos, 248 pgs.
| $17.50 |
MAN ON THE TWENTY DOLLAR NOTE, McNalty, Ward, Reed, 1976, f/f (as new), see scan,
The life of Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australia's leading pioneer pilot. He began flying in WW I.
Later, he did a Trans-Pacific flight and was the first to fly over the Tasman Sea to New Zealand, photos, 216 pages.
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MARINE FIGHTING SQUADRON NINE, Barrow, Jess, TAB,
1981, f, soft cover, see photo, VF-9M, 1925 to 1938, photos, 239 pgs. | $10.00 |
MEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD - AVIATION PIONEERS,
Cooksley, Peter, Sutton, 2003, as new with dj, see photo, examination of the steps that led the Wright brothers to build &
fly the world's first powered aircraft exploring the development of flight by other aviation pioneers of the time
& comparing the achievements of men like Cayley, Lilienthal, Cody and Berliot with the Wrights and with one another, photos, 179 pgs.
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MERCY PILOT, Tordoff, Epicenter Press, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
bio of Joe Crosson, a national hero between the world wars flying mercy missions in the North,
including a dangerous search in a dark Siberian winter for a lost pilot, Carl Ben Eielson,
& a bitterly cold winter flight in an open cockpit carrying serum through uncharted mountains to Barrow, Alaska
the first pilot to land on a glacier, photos, 254 pgs.
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MESSERSCHMITTS OVER SPAIN, Haycraft, James, Military Journal Special, 1979,
Very good condition (soft cover booklet, no marks).see scan, > Goering took the opportunity to do actual combat within days of the outbreak
of civil war in 1936 with 40 aircraft & 5,000 men. b&w photos cut-a-ways, insignias & maps, 20 pages.
| $10.00 |