Aviation

Several Publications Devoted to the Flying Wing 1980-1997

4858Stiff Printed Wraps. Very Good. 4to. Seven items: 1. Northrop Flying Wings by Edward T. Maloney WWII Publications 1980 revised edition. 2. Pilot's Handbook for YB-49 Airplane by Northrop Aircraft Inc. Aviation Publications 1984. 3. The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - History and Development of the Ho 229 by H. P. Dabrowski Schiffer Publishing 1991.<br /> 4. Aviation Heritage November 1991 article by E. T. Wooldridge. 5. International Air Review Spring 1992 article by Michael O'Leary. 6. Air Fan International October 1995 article by René J. Francillon. 7. Air & Space Smithsonian July 1997 article by Daniel Ford. A fine collection of enthusiast publications on tailless aircraft. unknown

Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis100,00 $US≈ 84,61 €

[AVIATION -- CONNECTICUT ARCHIVE]. [MARKEY, James E; HIGHBRIDGE, Russell].Biblio.com

Small photo archive containing 56 silver gelatin photographs of aircraft aviators airports and aerial shots from World War I through the 1960s. Together with Manual of inspection and instruction for Stinson Reliant Model SR-5 Airplane for 1934. . . ; Manual of inspection and instruction for Stinson Reliant Model SR-7 Airplane for 1936. . . ; Manual of inspection & instruction for 105 Series for 1940 airplanes. . . .; Parts catalog for models 1946-47 Voyager and Flying Station Wagon. . . ; Silvaire Model 8 master parts list No. 47-1. . . . Service parts price list. Franklin aircraft engines Models 6A4-150-B3 and 6A4-145-A3. . . ; Cessna Model 120 and 140 Series parts price list. . . .

181956097Bethany Hartford & Ansonia CT; Wayne MI; Dallas TX; Syracuse NY; Wichita KS: Stinson Aircraft Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc.; Luscombe Airplane Corporation; Aircooled Motors Inc. Cessna Aircraft Co. ca. 1918-1965. 8 vols. 4to. 56 silver gelatin photographs 1 in colour sized from 3.75 x 3.75 in. up to 11.5 x 14.5 in. with most sized 5 x 7 in. and 8 x 10 in. all sleeved w/in archival mylar sleeves many w/ annotations at lower fore-edge a few w/ photographerâ€™s negative no. w/in the image several w/ annotations on versos in pen and pencil some w/ photographerâ€™s or identifying stamps. All preserved in 3-ring binder stamping on front cover & spine. 4to. 2 25 leaves; 42 pp. w/ 5 large folding charts & exploding diagrams mimeographed; 25 leaves w/ 14 charts & diagrams many folding mimeographed; 7 1-69 pp. diagrams illustrations throughout tables; 128 pp. w/ many large folding charts diagrams tables; Approx. 70 pp paginated in each section separately; 34 pp. Tables together with 6 leaves mimeographed letter TLS four bound into original split-pin binders w/ printed or typed labels on front cover four w/ original printed softcovers minor soiling edgewear rubbing ownership stamps of the Bethany Airways Inc. Bethany Airport Bethany CT all from the collection of James Markey. An uncommon archive of photographs and aircraft manuals from the now-abandoned Bethany Airport which was one of the earliest private airports in New England. Originally organized on land purchased by Harris Whittemore Jr. of Naugatuck in 1922 recognizing the commercial potential with an airport situated near Hartford CT. Of historic note and interest is the large photo of the Cairns Aircraft X-329V which was a sleek mono-wing design built entirely of metal in Naugatuck CT originally powered with 90 horsepower motor and changed out according to the ALS on the verso with a 165 horsepower 5-Cylinder Wright J-6 Engine. On March 2 1932 Elliot McCune an experienced pilot took the plane up for an exhibition flight and the wing separated less than 500 feet from the ground and was killed when the chute had little time to open and the plane was destroyed. Edmond Burke Cairns b. 1883 notes in January 1966 after the closure of the Bethany Airport that this was â€œthe only photo I have of the first plane we built in Naugatuck.â€ The other photos collected by the former airport owner as well as amateur pilots and aviation enthusiasts Markey & Highbridge include images of Major William Gerson Ladd b. 1896 commander of the 118th Observation Squadron 43rd Division Aviation and the Connecticut National Guard Air Service in Hartford; photo of Lt. Mather with the 118th Observation Squadron; an historic image of Huestis â€œHughâ€ Wells delivering the first airmail for Colonial Air Transport of Naugatuck CT July 1 1925 along the route from Boston to New York by way of Hartford; along with an aerial photo of Hartford taken by the 118th Photo Section. Also preserved in the collection are a signed photo of Torrey H. Webb who on May 15 1918 was the first air carrier of airmail leaving Belmont Park NY with 2457 pieces of airmail delivery together with TLS from Texaco to James E. Markey mentioning the inclusion of the 1943 Texaco Start with story of the event. There are also images of a Cessna Model 170B built in 1952 a 1930 Monocoupe 90A fitted later with a Lycoming O-320 engine a Grumman single engine Model G-164 a Stinson Reliant the Wedell-Williams Racer #44 and many others. Addressed to Highbridge are the promotional literature partial blueprints and pricing with photos for the Falconar AMF-S14 Maranda a 2-seat light kit aircraft based on the Adam RA-14 Loisir a Lycoming O-320 engine and folding wings so it could be towed behind a car; another brochure for the Mignet HM290 â€œAirportâ€ also known as the Flying Flea and photos showing the construction of the kit planes. The original inspection and operations manuals are quite scarce and those included in this grouping encompass the manual for the 1934 SR-5 Stinson Reliant built with a 41-foot wingspan with 145 produced the SR-7 Reliant which had a wing of 41 feet as well but it was the first taper-wing gull-wing Reliant and subsequently the plane earned the nickname of Stinson â€œGullwing.â€ The 1940 Stinson Voyager Model 105 developed after Consolidated Vultee purchased the company was a 3-passenger aircraft and very successful with such notable owners as James Stewart and Howard Hughes snapping up theirs in the first Voyagers produced. During World War II the L-5 Sentinel version became the U.S. Armyâ€™s most used and least recognized aircraft serving as artillery spotter medical evacuation aerial reconnaissance and passenger transport. The parts catalogue included here for the 1946-47 provides invaluable historical reference for the very popular Flying Station Wagon or the Stinson 108 resulting in nearly 5000 produced and after being sold to Piper in 1949 the remainder were sold as Piper-Stinson aircraft for years. The very rare parts list and diagrams detailing the Luscombe Aircraft produced in Dallas TX shows the upgrades to the aircraft with an all metal wing two 12.5 gallon wing tanks and rear windows increasing visibility. No copies located of the 1934 or 1936 Stinson Manuals or Cessna Parts List 1 copy located of the 1940 Stinson 105 1947 Stinson Catalog Silvair Parts List & Franklin Canada Science & Technology Museum; See: Paul Freeman Bethany Airport Bethany CT Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields 2019; Peter Marteka Hiking at Abandoned Bethany Airport 2018; Bethany Connecticut -- March 2 1932 New England Aviation History May 14 2019. Stinson Aircraft, Division of Vultee Aircraft, Inc.; Luscombe Airplane Corporation; Aircooled Motors, Inc., Cessna Aircraft Co., paperback

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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED].Biblio.com

Super Constellation Model 1049 Series: crew operating manual 1049 H. LAC serials 4801 through 4820 4822 through 4826. Lockheed Report 11360. . . .

195761454Burbank CA: California Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; Resort Airlines Inc. 1957. Thick 4to. 11 x 11.5 x 2.5 in. 310 pp sections separately paginated some removed some updated. With 100â€™s of illustrations diagrams charts tables thumb-tabs at fore-edges of section dividers. Green publisherâ€™s cloth 7-ring binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine rounded corners some agewear rubbing minor soiling still VG- exemplar. First edition thus of this exceedingly scarce flight manual for the popular L-1049H Super Constellation from Lockheed affectionately referred to as the â€œSuper Connieâ€ or â€œSuper Hâ€ and â€œHuskyâ€ was the competitor airliner to the popular DC-6 and popular with Quantas Airlines Northwest Orient Flying Tiger Lines and as in the case for this manual Resort Airlines Inc. The L-1049H entered service in Nov. 1956 and mated a C-121C fuselage with a L-1049G providing a convertible passenger/freight aircraft whose cargo hold had a volume of 565 cubic feet and could carry up to 120 people with seats luggage lockers and bathroom facilities. The Super Constellations were popular aricraft and favorted by many Latin American airlines continuing in service until 1966 when the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 basically rendered them obsolete. A total of 56 were built in various configurations and as with most flight manuals these were ever-changing with sections added revised and/or removed by the airline as specifications changed. In this case Resort Airlines Inc. which operated out of Oakland CA from 1949-1961 has added several sections with mimeographed updates to the Lockheed installments including Emergency Procedures Landing Instructions Runway Analysis and Spare Parts Kit. Of particular interest are the Runway Analysis for such airports as Atsugi Agana Guam Honolulu Int. Hawaii McChord AFB Manila P.I. Oakland Int. California Wake Island and others. No copies in Worldcat. California Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; Resort Airlines, Inc.], hardcover

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[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED].Biblio.com

The Lockheed Lodestar: service instructions.

194061912Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1940-1941. 4to. 9 x 11.5 in. 4 xiv 3 192 pp. With diagrams tables photos suite of 45 cyanotype blueprints added Jan. 1941. Brown linen post-binder lettering & Lockheed logo front cover in dark brown dark brown lettering minor foxing to title some edgewear minor shelfwear still VG copy numbered on ownership page. First edition of this exceedingly rare Lockheed Aircraft Corp. service manual for the Lockheed Lodestar 18 which was a substantial enhancement from the earlier Lockheed 14 Super Electra featuring sections on the fuselage wings wing flaps landing gear stabilizers instruments and more. The Lodestar was developed to compete with the popular Douglas DC-3 but even with its’ greater capabilities in cruising speed range and altitude performance allowing it to easily cross the Rocky Mountains it was not until the Lodestar 18 was enhanced with 5 additional feet and 18 seats which made it profitable. It first entered service with Mid-Continent Airlines and Continental in the United States along with one for United Airlines and several overseas customers. In 1942 most of the domestic models were seized for the war effort and were converted into the very popular and C-46 and later C-60 Lodestars which proved indispensable during World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy w/o the cyanotype blueprints Ingenium Library & Archives ONT Canada. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, unknown

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[AVIATION -- RADIO CONTROLLED]. [DENNY, Reginald Leigh].Biblio.com

The modeler’s craft-o-log. . . .

194653168Los Angeles & Oakland: Western Model Distributors 4546 Hollywood Blvd. Reginald Denny Industries 5751 Hollywood Blvd. 1946. 4to. 84 pp. With 100s of photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams 4 pp. section printed on glossy paper in blue black & white. Illustrated softcovers in blue & white cover art of modeler and young boy building a B-17 bomber w/ jeep and PT boat next to them three-hole punch at gutter margin for post-binding bound in black pebbled cloth Elbe spring binder minor shelfwear NF copy w/ post-war shortages notice on index page and â€œDennyâ€ stamps over the Western Model Distributors printed logo. First edition of this exceedingly scarce post-World War II modelerâ€™s catalogue for remote control airplanes rubber band driven airplanes small Fleetwind Ohlsson & Rice Herkimer and other model gasoline engines midge racing car models military vehicles and much more. Denny 1891-1967 was a noted film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 dramatic roles and is also considered the father of drone aircraft and radio-controlled model airplanes. Denny landed his first contract in 1939 for his 12-foot span RP-4 and the Navy designated itsâ€™ drone TDD-1 for Target Drone Denny. Nearly 15000 Denny drones were produced during World War II and in fact a 19-year old Norma Jean Baker was discovered in the Radio Plane factory while doping drone panels. No copies located in Worldcat; See; Mathews Biography of Reginald Leigh Denny The Academy of Model Aeronautics History Project 2004; Reginald L. Denny & Walter H. Righter Fathers of Todayâ€™s UAV Industry The Pioneers 2005. Western Model Distributors, 4546 Hollywood Blvd., Reginald Denny Industries, 5751 Hollywood Blvd., paperback

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[AVIATION -- NORTHROP, Jack].Biblio.com

The N-3PB: a photographic journey through its history recovery restoration and rollout Northrop team in-house pre-publication souvenir albums with an additional 35 photographs.

57475Hawthorne CA: Northrop Corporation Aircraft Division 1979-1980. Two vols. 4to. 54 pp some plates numbered; 68 pp unpaginated. With 64 photographs nearly all 8 x 10 in. photographs many dry-mounted on plates all others inserted in archival mylar sleeves many w/ annotations either on verso or text w/in negative most are drawn from Northrop factory photo archive printed on 1979-1980 era Kodak black & white and colour glossy photo paper stock while a couple appear to be earlier Northrop in-house factory press photos. First vol. in 20-ring faux leather binder grass cloth endpapers printed label on front pastedown brass plate mounted front cover rounded corners 2nd vol. in 3-ring brown simulated calf all images in excellent condition NF from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. An extraordinary pre-publication souvenir album for the Northrop Corporation’s recovery and restoration of the N-3PB floatplane which was Jack Northrop’s first produced aircraft after he had established his company upon leaving Douglas in 1939. March 12 1940 the Norwegian government had contracted with Northrop to build 24 seagoing patrol bombers and he was able to design and build the prototype in less than eight months unfortunately test flying Nov. 1 1940 at Lake Elsinore CA 6 1/2 months after the Nazi German invasion and occupation of Norway by the end of June 1940. These exceptional images show the prototype N-3PB the flexible machine gun in the rear cockpit flight operations in Iceland and Wolford’s photos of test flights on Lake Elsinore. The first album’s photos include a list of plate captions detailing the photo showing Nos. 321 324 320 the restored plane and 315 in flight; N3PB’s packed on the beach; ground crew handling an N-3PB at the dock in Fossvogur and more. Although never delivered to Norway Norwegian pilots in the 330 Squadron flew out of Iceland controlled by Britain at the time and flew missions and fought against German Focke-Wulf FW 200 long range reconnaissance bombers and Blohm & Voss BV 138 Flying Boats. The remainder of both albums focus on the discovery recovery and restoration of No. 320 GS-U an N-3PB from 330 Squadron’s satellite base at Budareiry which was caught in a heavy snow shower and forced down in 1943. Discovered and then salvaged in 1979 through the efforts of a team of Icelandic Norwegian British and American volunteers led by Ragnar J. Ragnarsson vice president of the Icelandic Aviation Historical Society. These images show the lifting of the plane the restoration after its return to Northrop’s Hawthorne Factory where over 300 volunteers of the Western Museum of Flight’s staff and former Northrop employees rebuilt it to its 1943 appearance and rolled it out Nov. 10 1980. Many of the images included here augment those mounted within the souvenir albums showing more stages and some include black & white as well as colour images. The floatplane was displayed in Reykjavik at its’ former Icelandic home base and finally installed at the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum at Gardermoen Airport. It was believed to be the only known survivor until 2003 when another was discovered in the waters off Reykjavik and may eventually be recovered. Roy Wolford 1915-2013 began as an aircraft mechanic and followed Northrop when he set up his corporation becoming the company’s official photographer and head of the photography department. Although unsigned many of these images are attributed to Wolford. No similar examples located in Worldcat; See: Back Matter Aerospace Historian Vol. 28 No. 2 1981; Robert Guttman Northrop’s Norwegian Floatplane Faced the Nazi Invasion Aviation History January 2011; Northrop Corporation, Aircraft Division, paperback

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[AVIATION -- MODEL AIRPLANES]. [ELTON (BROWNLEY), Leslie & McCARDLE].Biblio.com

The pilot-plane: the original and only model plane with an automatic pilot that works every control while in full flight. . . .

193062531New York NY: Elton-McCardle 500 7th Ave. 1930. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black and metallic silver ink throughout. With numerous photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams double-page centerfold colour illustration of the â€œEMCOâ€ design Pilot-Plane in metallic silver black & red center crease fold dustsoiling edgewear minor thumbing small closed tear at lower fore-edge front cover still a VG- copy. First edition stated of this unusually scarce catalogue marketing the â€œonly model planeâ€ fitted with a rudimentary automatic pilot installed into the sailplane which featured an 84 in. wingspan. The prototype model had been tested at Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx New York prior itâ€™s division into six different park spaces by Robert Mosesâ€™s construction of the Henry Hudson Parkway and Mosholu Parkway. The fuselage was designed to be 45 in. long standing 16 in. climbing 500 feet per minute and designed to be dismantled into 6 different pieces and stowed in special case. Although the catalogue is vague on the â€œAutomatic Pilotâ€ it appears to have been some sort of early mechanical gyroscope possibly similar to the autopilot introduced by Sperry and Shiras in 1930 for the US Army Air Corps. Elton 1893-1966 was an aviation enthusiast and cartoonist who began as a sports cartoonist with the Philadelphia Record and Motion Picture Magazine and moved in 1916 to movie animation with Paramount-Bray Studio Cameragraph Film Co. and directed The Whozit Weekly cartoon series for Universal from 1918-1920 where both his sisters worked as silent film actresses. He continued as an animator and cartoonist publishing his â€œJack Dawâ€™s Adventuresâ€ cartoon strip and then was recruited about 1932-1933 by Walt Disney where he subsequently moved to California and spent the rest of his career until 1950 when he began manufacturing model airplanes again for Hobby Craft Supply Maufacturing in Burbank CA. No copies in Worldcat. Elton-McCardle, 500 7th Ave., unknown

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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. UNDERWOOD, John WBiblio.com

The Stinsons: the exciting chronicle of a flying family and the planes that enhanced their fame.

196962767Glendale CA: Heritage Press 1969. 4to. 79 1 pp. Over 150 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art minor chipping head & foot of spine minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition stated of this scare and lavishly illustrated history of the Stinson Family aviation pioneers whose Stinson Aviation Co. was founded originally in Hot Springs AR by Katherine Stinson b. 1891 the 4th woman to receive her pilot’s license in the U.S. and her mother. Her younger siblings Marjorie Jack & Eddie also had noted flying careers opened and operated the Stinson School of Flying in San Antonio TX and the youngest Jack founded the Stinson Aircraft Co. later in Dayton OH with Eddie. Scarce first in original dustjacket. Heritage Press, hardcover

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[Aviation History] McCullough, DavidBiblio.com

The Wright Brothers.

201528873New York:: Simon & Schuster 2015. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. When Orville and Wilbur Wright worked together no problem seemed to be insurmountable. They had no more than a public high school education and little money but that didn't stop them from teaching the world how to fly. Master historian David McCullough captures the timeless importance of the Wright brothers' achievement and what it took to make their dream come true. Simon & Schuster, unknown

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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA]. [EHRENCLOU, V[aldor] L (Gen Manager) & PRITCHARD, Robert J (Ed)].Biblio.com

Trained men wanted the job situation in engine factories; Slots and flaps take the lead the results to date of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition; Airports of the Future; 14 hours motorless! The story of Dinort’s world record-braking sailplane flight in Germany; Airships to fly the Pacific. . . In: Western Flying Vol. 7 No. 1.

193051848Los Angeles CA: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St. January 1930. 4to. 146 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted ads and colour plate advertisements. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art signed by Raeche of mechanic working on aircraft engine colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Wright Curtiss and Shell slight scuffing minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast including illustrated ads for Spartan Aircraft Co. Apache Crankcases Cessna Monoplanes the Glendale California Air Terminal Sikorsky Amphibion aircraft Monocoupe and Berryloid aircraft paints Ford American Cirrus and many others. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St., paperback

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[AVIATION -- TRAVEL BROCHURE]. [HAMBLETON John A, TIPTON, WD, OBER, Albert G, et al]. W DBiblio.com

Transportation by air from Baltimore. Airline travel brochure.

192861893Baltimore MD: Chesapeake Aircraft Co. Logan Field ca. 1928. 8vo. 4 x 9.25 in. 24 pp. With illustrations decorated initials photo illustrations centerfold photo spread. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art pictorial map of Fairchild 71 & AMOCO-Gas Co. ad w/ glass bulb of visible pump shown below aircraft minor shelfwear slight scuffing small paper repair back cover lower corner still VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce early promotional catalogue for the Chesapeake Aircraft Co. created and based out of Logan Field Baltimore MD by the early 1920’s and the pioneering passenger airline through the late Roaring 20’s. As of the time of printing the company had carried over 5000 passengers and aircraft logged over 50000 miles with their offered destinations ranging from Baltimore to Miami FL $ 630 Dallast TX $ 795 Savannah GA $ 350 St. Louis MO $ 456 and even Birmingham AL $458. They offered one-way and round-trip tickets contracted with Franklin Motor Car Co. for delivering passengers and also offered Aerial tours to Washington D.C. Harper’s Ferry Eastern Shore Tour Gettysburg Battlefield Tour and more. They flew primarily the Fairchild 71 which was an upgraded FC-2 but now a FC-2W built from 1928-1930 and also marketed their aircraft with the Chesapeake Aircraft Co. No copies in Worldcat: See: Paul Freeman Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields Maryland Dundalk Flying Field/Logan Field Baltimore MD 2023. Chesapeake Aircraft Co., Logan Field, paperback

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[AVIATION -- ROBERTSON AIRCRAFT CORPORATION]. ROBERTSON, [Maj William B & Frank H].Biblio.com

Travel on wings of the wind. . . airline travel brochure.

192861897St. Louis & Kansas City MO Chicago IL & Omaha NE: Robertson Aircraft Corporation RAC 1928. 8vo. 3.75 x 9.2 in. 12 pp unpaginated. which folds out into 11 x 9.2 in. triptych printed in blue red & metallic silver photo & text illustrations self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of Ford Fokker F.VII tri-motor slight shelfwear rubbing still NF copy. First edition of this very scarce original travel brochure for the Robertson Aircraft Corp. founded originally after World War I by former US Army Air Corps. pilots Maj. William Robertson 1893-1943 and Frank H. Robertson 1898-1938. The company offered contract air mail service from Lambert Field to Chicago with stops in Springfield & Peoria IL some of which were initially flown by Charles Lindbergh. In 1927 Slonnie Sloniger took over Lindbergh’s routes. By 1928 the company was flying their 12 Ford Fokker Tri-Motors with daily passenger and express service and Maj. Robertson left to form the Curtiss-Robertson division of Curtis-Wright Aircraft Corp. No copies in Worldcat. Robertson Aircraft Corporation, RAC, paperback

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[AVIATION -- PHOTO ALBUMS]. [PETERSON, Almond Orwald].Biblio.com

Two amazing photo albums filled with over 350 original photos primarily of aircraft and many with typed and ink manuscript annotations on verso as well as occasional ink notations below many stamped on verso with Fox Photographers San Antonio TX and a few signed blueprints for radio receiver several training certificates chronicling the career of this former Army Air Service Radio Technician A.O. Peterson from his years living near Scranton ND service in the Army from 1921-1924 including training at Kelly Field TX and Chanute Field IL who later begins work for oil companies in Texas from the 1930s through his death in Lubbock TX.

171949895Kelly Field TX; Chanute Field IL; Scranton ND; Denver City TX: Almond Orwald Peterson 1917-1956. Two vols. Oblong folio. 1st. 13.25 x 10.25 in.; 12.25 x 10 in. 80; 80 pp unpaginated both with thick black paper stock with 359 tipped-in photos ranging in size from 1.75 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in many of them clearly marked in pencil and/or ink on versos some with signatures in lower white margin a images nearly all on glossy photo stock a couple hand-coloured many with minor creasing some damage to corners a couple with tears along the upper fore-edge still nearly all of the images are still quite clear and distinct; 4 leaf typescript on onion paper 24.5 x 36 in. blueprint folded for radio receiving station; 6 different course certifications for Peterson in handling oil field and natural gas pumping equipment. First album is contemporary ribbed cloth post-binder tied at gutter margin with black silk cord some bumping wear bumping to corners fraying; second padded leather album rounded corners gilt lettering front cover slots in leaves for postcards minor bumping head & foot of spine edgewear; still VG- set. These remarkable photo albums furnish an indispensable visual record of the history of American aviation just after World War I at Kelly Field TX and Chanute Field IL. Almond Orwald Peterson 1901-1977 son of Norwegian immigrants was born in Twin Valley MN moved with his family later to Billings and Scranton ND enlisted in the Army after High School trained as a radio operator and airplane mechanic worked as a mechanic after his service in North Dakota and then Texas and finally worked in the oil fields surrounding Denver City TX. Kelly Field in Texas was one of the Army Air Service’s primary fields for training and deploying pilots during World War I. After the massive demobilization at the end of the War the Kelly Field and Chanute Field in Illinois served as essential training grounds for Army pilots to exhibit their skills holding air races balloon races and training technicians. All technical schools were joined with the mechanics school at Chanute Field in 1922 and were re-designated the Air Corps Technical School by 1924. These excellent photographs not only include detailed shots of the barracks the radio towers the equipment rooms servicemen and more but also encompass a vast array of the aircraft which flew in and out of these fields along with many aerial shots. There are photos of German Fokker triplanes French Spads Curtiss DH-4s many of the Barling Bomber the Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 an experimental long-range three-wing strategic bomber which proved massively unwieldy because it was too underpowered with its six engines a colour-tinted image of the USS Los Angeles Zeppelin and several other lighter-than-air balloons and airships as well. In addition there are many photographs of plane crashes showing the high attrition and danger of flying during the 1920s often in World War I surplus aircraft and even a few images of funerals and caskets for lost comrades. Almond Orwald Peterson, hardcover

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[AVIATION -- MAGAZINE]. NOEL, E Percy (Ed)Biblio.com

U.S. wins balloon race the fourth time; Fliers found New York circuit severe test; Zeppelin disaster will not halt progress; The Grahame-White 5-seater biplane. . . In: Aero and Hydro. America’s Aviation Weekly Vol. VII No. 4.

191348081Chicago: Noel & Company Oct. 25 1913. 4to. 37-56 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations illustrated ads. Illustrated printed softcovers photo cover art photo of Ralph Upson & A.D. Preston and the Balloon Goodyear winning the race minor thumbing dustsoiling shelfwear still VG- copy from the collection of Albert Colson 1898-1975 World War I veteran who trained to fly with the Portland-Based Dudrey Aircraft Company. First edition of this scarce early aviation periodical including photos and article on Glenn Curtiss in Russia scale drawings of the Grahame-White Aero-Char-A-Bancs as well as the Deauville Hydro Competition. Noel & Company, paperback

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[AVIATION - WOMEN]. GRAY, "Jack" [Edith Jacqueline] StearnsBiblio.com

Up. A true story of aviation.

193163160Strasburg VA: Shenandoah Publishing House 1931. Tall 8vo. xv 1 384 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates decorated initials. Blue ribbed publisher’s cloth silver metallic lettering & illustration on front cover w/ d.j. cover art photo of “Jack Stearns Gray by C.R. Wood illust. in metallic silver & black slight dustsoiling NF/NF copy signed by the author on ffep. First edition signed 1st issue w/ pictorial jacket of this unique and fascinating memoir of the first woman from Virginia to fly from Virginia soil. The author and her husband - George A. Gray -- were barnstormers all over Virginia and the East Coast in their Wright Model B. Gray 1890-1961 took her first flight in 1912 knew most of the aviation pioneers including Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh Glenn Curtis the Wright Brothers and many others. She details many of the women fliers from her flying days including Elinor Smith Ruth Nichols Ruth Elder Camp Opal Kunz and many others. Shenandoah Publishing House, hardcover

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[AVIATION -- GOODYEAR BARRAGE BALLOON PHOTOS].Biblio.com

Very low altitude balloon photographs. Twelve silver gelatin photographs of low altitude 1600 & 2300 cubic foot barrage balloons.

192562020Akron OH: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ca. 1925. 4to. 8.25 x 10.25 in. Twelve silver gelatin photographs all w/ negative number at lower fore-edge w/in negative each w/ manuscript pen annotations of cubic feet size self-printed front cover title sheet stapled at upper fore-edge as issued w/ mimeograph typescript title slight age toning very slight wear still NF copy. A very scarce group of promotional photographs issued by the Goodyear Corp. in the 1920’s detailing their 1600 & 2300 cubic foot pocket-sized barrage balloons with rigid fins. These were intended to be portable easily inflated by a small group of United States Army Air Force personnel or Naval Personnel in order to protect against strafing attacks. See: Barrage Balloon Development in the United States Army Air Corps 1923-1942 1943; Hugh Allen The Story of the Airship 1942. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., unknown

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[AVIATION -- NORTHWEST ORIENT]. [NYROP, Donald W (Pres)].Biblio.com

Welcome aboard! Northwest Orient Airlines: This souvenir flight kit is provided to acquaint you better. . . .

195863194St. Paul MN: Northwest Orient Airlines 1958. Nine pieces. Including 3 colour photo postcards 1 folding 4 pp. menu Gate Pass from PDX and NOA ticket to Miami dated July 3 1958 included reply card Guide Timetable all preserved in folding triptych colour-printed portfolio with illustrations diagrams maps minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG group. First edition of this complete flight kit for the 1958 air traveler from PDX issued by Northwest Orient Airlines heading on July 3 1958 to Miami Florida including a Miami FL postcard featuring Flamingos and contemporary cost of $ 271.05 round trip or approximately $ 3000.00 in 2025. The drinks & cocktail menu indicates that the NW Orient Airlines â€œImperial Serviceâ€ served up Scotch Bourbon Canadian Whiskey and Liquers at $ 1.00 a glass while soft drinks were .25Â¢. Their fleet included Douglas DC-7 Douglas DC-6 and Boeing Stratocruiser prop planes flying their customers to The Philippines Hong Kong Japan India Thailand and French Indo-China Vietnam Hawaii & Alaska. Flights as here were typically broken up with stopovers so the DC-7 with typical flight time could reach Chicago in about 4.5-5 hours and subsequently 3.5-4.5 hours to Miami FL. At the time Northwest Orient Airlines offered the only one-carrier service across the United States and connections to Hawaii Canada Alaska and Asia. No copies in Worldcat for 1958 but similar 1957 Flight Kit held by U of W. Northwest Orient Airlines, unknown

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[AVIATION -- CALIFORNIA].Biblio.com

Western Air Express: travel by air daily service four lines: airline promotional brochure.

192961894Los Angeles CA: Western Air Express Inc. ca. 1929. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in red blue & black colour-tinted photos and photos aerial images back cover self-printed cover art of Fokker F10 Tri-Motor monoplane traveling over mountains and map in lower half depicting flights from California through Nevada into Utah & Colorado minor edgewear rubbing dustsoiling still VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare promotional brochure touting the air passenger routes established by Western Air Express. Founded in 1925 by Harris Hanshue after â€œPopâ€ Hanshue won the contract to provide airmail service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City and then the routes from Los Angeles to San Francisco as well as the Cheyenne Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo CO route. By 1929 Western Air Express was flying Fokker F.10 Tri-Motor passenger aircraft which carried 12 passengers in addition to the mail. This deluxe service included limousine transportation between airports and business centers lunch served in flight and nicely appointed passenger cabins. In addition the airline also operated a Flying Boat service to Catalina Island twice a day each way. Worldcat locates 1 similar copy Cal. Hist. Soc. Lib.; See: Serling The Only Way to Fly: The Story of Western Airlines Americaâ€™s Senior Air Carrier. Western Air Express, Inc., unknown

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[AVIATION -- WORLD WAR II/WOMEN]. [WOOD, Jesse R, JOHNSON, Dorothy, JONES, Virginia, STEPHEN, Louise & WHITSON, Frank].Biblio.com

Wings for the U.S. Army Air Forces: activities and achievements of the Continental-Denver Modification Center July 1942 - August 1945.

194558550Denver CO: Continental Air Lines Inc. 1945. 4to. ix 76 18 leaves. With photos tables charts. Beige textured softcovers cover art of B-17 & B-29 bombers lying over the globe plastic comb binding as issued minor dustsoiling edgewear minor bumping to corners still VG copy. First edition of this very rare report on Continental Air Lines efforts in modification of aircraft during World War II. Due to personnel shortages women were trained in large numbers with the Emily Griffith Opportunity School who also received training in sheet metal fabrication welding and metal casting to handle bomber retrofits for over 2500 B-17 and B-29 bombers as well as 25 P-51 Mustang fighters and 6 additional experimental B-29 bombers. The airport facility in Denver erected two 600 x 400 foot hangers and continued hiring skilled labor. Worldcat locates 1 copy History Colorado; See: Gail Beaton Colorado Women in World War II 2020 pp. 146-149. Continental Air Lines, Inc., paperback

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[AVIATION -- EQUIPMENT & FLIGHT SUITS]. ORT, KarlBiblio.com

You can bank on Karl Ort for value catalogue.

193760696York PA: Karl Ort 608-640 West Poplar 1937. 4to. 32 pp. printed in red & black. Photo & text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art photo of woman aviator in cockpit on front cover Karl Ort wearing leather Super Helmet minor creasing edgewear slight scuffing still VG- copy. First edition of this early and important aviation equipment catalogue by the noted World War I aviator barnstormer and consummate marketer of aviation equipment. Included here are apparel and uniforms for women and men aviators flight suits helmets goggles identification jewelry Zippo lighters Wittnauer all-proof watches rings and fleece-lined boots. In addition there is a well-illustrated section on all of the books available at the time ranging from Sunt Flying by Captain Duncan to Dyke’s Automotive Encyclopedia. Worldcat locates 1934 & 1935 versions at Winterthur and Hagley respectively but not this 1937 edition. Karl Ort, [608-640 West Poplar], paperback

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[AVIATION -- WORLD WAR I ZEPPELINS]. HEARNE, RP R PBiblio.com

Zeppelins and super-Zeppelins. . . .

191663165London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1916. 8vo. xviii 2 158 2 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Burgudy-coloured publisher’s cloth white lettering front cover & spine minor chipping & rubbing to lettering slight bowing to covers light shelfwear still VG copy w/ former ownership markings at gutter margin and bookseller’s stamp on front pastedown. Second edition of this informative work detailing the importance impact and details on construction and military capabilities of the 72 Imperial German Zeppelins in World War I. The author questions the decision by the French to not engage in building airships and degraded capabilities on the battlefield and in this edition specifically details the casualties and impact of the early German Zeppelin raids on England in 1916. Only 14 of the aircraft survived the War only to be destroyed afterwards or turned over to the Allies. John Lane, The Bodley Head, hardcover

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[AVIATION -- AIR RACES]. [GIRDLER, Tom M (Chairman Exec Comm)].Biblio.com

â€œA world on wings:â€ National Aircraft Show Cleveland Public Auditorium January 11-23 1946. The official publication. . . .

194662061Cleveland OH: National Aircraft Show National Air Races of Cleveland 1946. 4to. 60 pp. Numerous photos illustrations text illustrations maps diagrams. Red white & blue colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of globe front cover ads for Tinnerman Sohio Esso aviation fuel and Thompson Steel which produced the engine for the US Air Force jet Shooting Star minor shelfwear slight dustsoiling very minor creasing to couple corners still a VG bright cover from collection of T.C. Weaver. First edition of this very scarce program for the famed National Aircraft Show and Air Races which was the first held since 1939 interrupted by the War and along with the Los Angeles races reflected a changed environment. There was a jet propelled division and a much larger scale military involvement 90 different pilots entered their modified surplus planes and competition was fierce. Over 180000 spectators paid to see Tex Johnson 32-year-old test pilot win the propeller division at a speed of 373.908. Of particular interest were the display of captured German V-1 and V-2 rockets and newly developed American radio-controlled bombs. No copies in Worldcat. National Aircraft Show, [National Air Races of Cleveland], paperback

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[AVIATION - AIR FRANCE] PHOTO MEURISSE - 19 janvier 1934Livre Rare Book

Obsèques des Victimes du Crash de l'Avion l'Emeraude - PHOTO MEURISSE - 19 janvier 1934

193428726Corbigny 1934 une photographie originale en noir, format : 13 x 18 cm , avec une explication de la photo tapée à la machine en bleu au dos, photo Meurisse (19 janvier 1934)

Librairie Guimard · Nantes, France50,00 €

[AVIATION - ALBUM PROGRAMME] Meetings nationaux de l'air (Paris)Livre Rare Book

MEETING NATIONAL DE L'AIR (1953)

195326070Paris Fondation des oeuvres sociales du Ministère de l'air 1953 -in-4 broché un Album-programme des meetings nationaux de l'air, broché (agraphé) in-quarto Editeur (21 x 27 cm), dos muet, couverture imprimée en rouge et noir, illustrée par Paul LANGELLÉ, orné de nombreuses illustrations (avions et portraits d'aviateurs in et hors-texte en noir (dont publicités) + 8 hors-texte d'AVIONS en couleurs. Album programme, Meeting placé sous le haut patronnage de monsieur le président de la république René Coty, sans pagination (48 pages), sans date (1953) Paris : Fondation des oeuvres sociales du Ministère de l'air Editeur,

Librairie Guimard · Nantes, France40,00 €

See all of Hawaii: map routes Hawaiian airlines. . . airline travel brochure.

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See all of Hawaii: map routes Hawaiian airlines. . . airline travel brochure.

Several Publications Devoted to the Flying Wing 1980-1997

Super Constellation Model 1049 Series: crew operating manual 1049 H. LAC serials 4801 through 4820 4822 through 4826. Lockheed Report 11360. . . .

The Lockheed Lodestar: service instructions.

The modeler’s craft-o-log. . . .

The N-3PB: a photographic journey through its history recovery restoration and rollout Northrop team in-house pre-publication souvenir albums with an additional 35 photographs.

The pilot-plane: the original and only model plane with an automatic pilot that works every control while in full flight. . . .

The Stinsons: the exciting chronicle of a flying family and the planes that enhanced their fame.

The Wright Brothers.

Transportation by air from Baltimore. Airline travel brochure.

Travel on wings of the wind. . . airline travel brochure.

U.S. wins balloon race the fourth time; Fliers found New York circuit severe test; Zeppelin disaster will not halt progress; The Grahame-White 5-seater biplane. . . In: Aero and Hydro. America’s Aviation Weekly Vol. VII No. 4.

Up. A true story of aviation.

Very low altitude balloon photographs. Twelve silver gelatin photographs of low altitude 1600 & 2300 cubic foot barrage balloons.

Welcome aboard! Northwest Orient Airlines: This souvenir flight kit is provided to acquaint you better. . . .

Western Air Express: travel by air daily service four lines: airline promotional brochure.

Wings for the U.S. Army Air Forces: activities and achievements of the Continental-Denver Modification Center July 1942 - August 1945.

You can bank on Karl Ort for value catalogue.

Zeppelins and super-Zeppelins. . . .

â€œA world on wings:â€ National Aircraft Show Cleveland Public Auditorium January 11-23 1946. The official publication. . . .

Obsèques des Victimes du Crash de l'Avion l'Emeraude - PHOTO MEURISSE - 19 janvier 1934

MEETING NATIONAL DE L'AIR (1953)

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