BLACK CATS AND OUTSIDE LOOPS, Bohrer, Walt, Plere Publishing, 1989, fine (pictorial cover),
see scan,
Inscribed by author, see scan, Biography of Tex Rankin, barn stormer, air racer & flight instructor. Includes 2 brochures
from the Oregon Aviation Museum, photos, 225 pgs.
| $30.00 (sold) |
CANADA'S AVIATION PIONEERS - 50 YEARS OF McKEE TROPHY WINNERS, Sutherland, Alice, McGraw- Hill, 1978, f/f (as new),
see scan, signed by author, The winners of the McKee Trophy 1927 to 1977, photos, 304 pages.
| $27.50 |
FIREBIRDS, West, Bruce, illustrated by James Lumbers,
Ministry of Natural Resources, 1974, vg/vg, see photo, bush flying, account of the first 50 years of Ontario Provincial
Air Service, photos & drawings, 258 pgs. | $7.50 |
GEE BEE RACERS, Mendenhall, Charles, Specialty Press,
1994, new, soft cover, see photo,
photos & line drawings, 179 pgs. | $16.00 |
GREAT ATLANTIC AIR RACE, Rowe, Percy, McClelland & Stewart, 1977, f/f, se scan,
Early attempts to cross the Atlantic, climaxed by the Alcock & Brown flight in 1919, 40 photos, 224 pgs. | $10.00 |
MYSTERY SHIP, Phillips, Edward, Flying Books, 1999, new, soft cover, see photo,
Travel Air Type R, won the 1929 Thompson at over 200 mph, many photos, 93 pgs.
| $12.00 |
SCHNEIDER TROPHY RTORY, Eves, Edward, MBI, 2001, f/f (as new), see scan,
Attracting entries from the U.S., Great Britain, France, and Italy, the Schneider Trophy fostered a rapid advance
in aviation technology. This book devotes an entire chapter to each of the 12 races, with details of pre-race planning,
navigation and seaworthiness trials, the race itself, and, of course, aircraft designs and engines. photos, drawings, maps, 253 pgs.
| $20.00 |
SEASON OF EAGLES, A, Hull, Robert, Bob Hull Books, 1984, f/f, see scan.
the author continues ro seaarch for personal stories of air racing peronnel from the 1930s, but continues into the
1940s, photos 297 pgs.
| $15.00(sold) |
SPEED,
Allard, Noel, Burgess-Beckwith, 1976, vg/vg (has a scratch mark), see photo, signed by author,
see scan,
Biography of Charles Holman, Speed" Holman won the 1930 Thompson Trophy, 1st pilot for Northwest Airways, many photos, 87 pgs.
| $18.50 |
SKYRACERS, THE, Hood, Joseph, Grosset & Dunlap, 1969, vg/vg,
see scan, From the air racing beginnings in 1909
through the highights of the 1920s & 1930s, photos, 160 pgs. | $22.50 |
VAGABONDS OF THE SKY McAllister, Bruce, Roundup Press, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
photographic history of America's barnstorming pilots & daredevils, 151 pgs.
| $6.00 |