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166 pages. Features: The Future is Here, by Burton Lewis; Report from London; Action in Ottawa; Trends in Washington; Built from One Jenny! - Leavens Bros. plan to cover Ontario with scheduled Air Service, by Keith Edgar; AOS Staff Pilot is Specialist, by Ronald A. Keith; Vickers Speeds Cansos, by R. Eric Crawford;; Vickers Tooks and Equipment; The World of Flight; de Havilland Propeller Record; CPA Provides Essential Service; Ideas of the Month; Overhaul at Central Aircraft; Hydraulic Control Valves; Cub Aircraft Unique; Allies Get Ju 88; Damon Predicts Better World; New Products; and more. Includes many pages of excellent WWII advertisements by a wealth of prominent companies. Average wear. Faint ink stamp atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
114 pages. Features: The RCAF Today; Farming and the Airplane; Flight in the Ercoupe; Facts About Fog; Let's Learn to Fly, Part VI; Hobby Airline - Tom Wheeler and his Grey Rocks Air Service; International Air Show - Toronto's Eight-Day Show; Reconversion of the Anson - converting wartime trainers to passenger craft; Ottawa Report; London Letter; Maintenance Section; Photo of the sleek Supermarine Jet Spiteful; and more. Many pages of great ads. Small ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Average wear. Binding intact. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy. Magazine
Features: Balloon Training at NAS Lakehurst; Underwriter's Laboratories Aircraft and Pilots Registers; How the Allies trained the American Air Service; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - part III; The Stardusters - a history of the 406th Figher Group; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part I; The last flight of Lawrence B. Sperry; Seversky AP-7; The race from 'Point Zero' - Curtiss vs. Wright; Beware the Man with the Tape Recorder; Operation Sun-Run; The Douglas DC-1 - 50 years ago; What killed Harriet Quimby; Bell XP-77 Design Origin; Davis-Monthan - home of the USA's 'Surplus' Air Force; The War Diary of John R. 'Killer' Kane - Part IV (conclusion); Jim Warner - Radioman; American-built civilian Airplaines in the Netherlands East Indies, 1935-1942; Pineapple Airlines - an operational history of VR-21 - part II; The Crash of the TWA Fokker F-10A; Doing their duty Side by Side - American Aviation Personnel in Allied Service; The Lockheed Constellation (A history) Part I; Lillie-Vought Biplane (Chance M. Vought's Early Designs of World War I Era); American Military Aircraft in Siam 1934-1940; U.S.S. Intrepid Air Museum; The 366th Fighter Group in WWII; Hollywood's 13 black cats; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Features: Wild Indians of the 20th Century; Ever been attacked by an angry range mare? Don Bell has; The High Price of Strawberries - His Crimes began with Theft and Ended with Murder - Patrick Coughlin in Utah; True West Party - a gala gathering in the west; Sacred White Buffalo - Used in Secret Indian Ceremonies; Sarah Winnemucca and the War in the West (Northern Paiutes); Buffalo Calf Road - Indian Heroine - She Fought to Save Cheyenne Way of Life - a heart-rending story of an Indian woman who fought Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn; Terror in Central Texas - 15 to 40 Indians overtook the Riggs family, killed John Riggs and his wife and scalped them and carried off their two little girls; Forgotten Frontier Food - Part I; William Cary - Artist/Adventurer; That Crazy Young Man and His Flying Machine - Lyman Gilmore flew nine months before the Wrights - one of the most bizarre episodes to emerge from California's northern mines! Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Sanity, Prohibition, and the federal deficit; A gasser blows in - heroic measures necessary to combat flames in oil fields; Where diamonds earn their keep - interesting life of a diamond in an industrial plant - whence it comes, how it is used, and how it ends; Editorials - radium waters - Philippine Independence - Frightfulness in warfare; A Nerve center of communication - how your radio or cable message is speeded through; Eclipses and the Sund's atmosphere - solution of an outstanding solar problem; Flying as fast as sound - considerations of what the future may hold for aviation - some physiological and mechanical aspects of the question; An early Christian cemetary - the Libyan desert gives up further secrets of antiquity; Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane - conclusion of a study of two famous World War personalities; Power from pipe lines to wires - natural gas used as fuel in steam electric plant; Watching the creation of the stars - more concerning the evolution of the galaxies; Unusual fishes - they build nests, walk on land, live in dried mud, and breathe air; Forty-noners starved in the midst of plenty - survey of plants and animals in Death Valley shows that pioneers could have survived the trials of the desert; Modern alchemy - photographing the birth of an atom; What next in elevator technology?; Inter-glacial man in England - human remains and artifacts tell an interesting story of pre-glacial migrations to and from England. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Features: photo of interesting "new ears" for anti-aircraft gunners; a 4000 year food experiment - nutritional equilibrium in over-populated China; Editorials - spend for prosperity - Daniel Guggenheim - International affairs; Instrument flying to combat fog; Elevated highway to speed traffic in New York; X-ray fingers feel out the atomic structure of matter; A fact-finding laboratory; Archeology enters the stamp world; What is a quantum?; Feeding the crew of a battleship; More about pluto - further observations confirm its right to rank as a planet; Oil from below the ocean floor - oil derrick and pier are constructed in perilous waters; Factory wastes turned to profits; Scattered light and the Raman effect; An atom of Lutecium - its atomic structure is plotted for the first time; A murder, and the story the pistols told; When crude oil crosses the seas; Traveling home for phone linemen - a railroad train refitted as living, eating ,recreation quarters; Aviation in 1930, a summary. Back cover features colour advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes. An attractive woman is reclined beneath the caption "20,679 physicians say Luckies are less irritating." Cord front wheel drive automobile advertisement inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
Features: Aluminum and its hard-boiled alloys; Super magnetic fields; Influence of the coconut on Philippine industrial life; Birds of a bleak arctic island; Fragmentary molecules of the sun; Beautiful bridges on new rail line - exceptional engineering problems on European railway; Sinanthropus - the Peking man; Coney Island's museum - the first institution designed to show play-reaction; Six great institutions now have naval R.O.T.C.; Linemen of the sea - with the men who splice broken transatlantic cables; Features of speed queen The Europa - faster than the Bremen; Is there an ether?; Better days for aviation; Tangled commerce abides where children smoke and swim - Manus are the pack peddlers of the pacific; Moving a substation underground; Power from the earth's hot interior?; Athens Broadway; an ancient bakery; Light furnishes Ballroom decorations. Camel cigarette ad on back cover features several suave temptors and a temptress. Top inch of spine missing. Cracks to spine. One inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Significant overall wear. Book
Pages 465-560. Features: Scuttled German fleet is salvaged; When reindeer roamed the Pyrenees; Office building of the new era; Television's progress; Giant Airplanes; Behind the scenes in modern archeology; Timing the Schneider Cup races; The Puzzles of the comets - II; Radio in 1930; Largest electrified metal mine; Insuring safety on airlines; The art of Pliocene Man; Esthetic Engineering; American Passenger Air Transport III; Wires and Cables for the Hudson River Bridge; and more. Above-average wear. Front cover nearly loose. Multiple openings to backstrip. A worthy reference copy Magazine
50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the round the world trip of Mears and Collyer in 1928; Design and Construction of Aluminum Alloy Floats - article with photo of Keystone Commuter; Air-Cooled Cylinder Head Design; The Privateer Amphibian - A Low Wing Pusher Monoplane; Wind Tunnel Testts on Airplane Wheel Cowlings; Improvement and Economy in Carburetor Control; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing (part II); Effectiveness and Balance of Horizontal Control Surface; The Month's best from the Foreign Press; Assembly Instructions of the Fairchild Cabin Monoplane 71; Method of Making the Navy Type Cable Splice; How to Design and Build and Aircraft Finishing Room; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting; Puti It Up to Parker; How Fast Do They Fly?; New Products; Nice ad inside back cover Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Born Gambler; Fortress in the Sky - Establishing a Moon Base; Let's Look Ahead; Germany's Giant Wind Tunnel - Hidden in Austria - article with super photo; History of the Seaplane; Scale Model, Early Type; NACA Engine Research; Curtiss XF-15C-1 in Color; A-Planes; The C.A.A.; The Cloudster; Air Progress; Flying the Bell 47 Helicopter; What's the Matter with Free Flight:; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
104 pages. "Compiled to honour the men and women who served on 417 Squadron in peace and war from 1941 to 1983." - from Foreword. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival photos, most in black and white, some in colour. Prior owner's signature inside front board. Twelve additional signatures on last page - presumably of people related to the Squadron. Otherwise, book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this important history. Book
104 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration by Hughes of doctor making house call on little boy in his toy-strewn bedroom; Deadbeats Are My Business - Psychologist Eugene H. Barnes discloses the weird dodges people use to avoid paying their debts - and his technique for making them pay up; Avenging Lady - short story by George Bradshaw; Palm Springs - Oasis for Golfers - color-photo-illustrated article; The Girl From Mayo - short story by Brian Cleeve; My Adventures as An Illustrator (part 3) - I Break Into the Big Time - Norman Rockwell tells how he was duped as a gullible young artist - but still hit the jackpot at age 22; The Outsider - short story by Leon Ware; Is Foreign Aid Jeopardizing American Jobs?; What is Railroad Featherbedding? - controversy over 'unnecessary' jobs; Night Without End (part 2 of 8) by Alistair MacLean; My Journeys Toward the Stars - X-15 Test Pilot A. Scott Crossfield reveals some of the harrowing moments of his rocket-powered flights in the ship he is grooming to carry a man into space (conclusion - Brush With Disaster); Comanche Holdup - short story by Duvan Polk; The Monitor Affair (part 6 of 8) by Clarence Budington Kelland; Two-page black and white photo Marlboro ad features the Marlboro Man lying down with head resting on saddle; Back cover color-phot Camel ad features G.L. Stavely of Mexican Hat, Utah, a skipper for geologists mapping the mighty Colorado River. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. 2.5" x 1.5" chip from upper corner of front cover. Please note: missing pages 85-86 which contained a portion of The Girl From Mayo, otherwise a worthy vintage copy. Book
42 pages. Features: Interesting Packard-Diesel photo ad inside front cover explains how their engine gains revs when going over mountain tops; Thompson Valve ad commemorates the "Southern Cross", piloted by Wing Commander Charles Kingford-Smith, which completed the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing in a heavier-than-air craft in 1930; New Features of Engines Exhibited at the National Aircraft Show; Wind Tunnel Tests and Performance Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - The Development of Deck Flying (to/from aircraft carriers) with photo of Squadron Commander Dunning's first successful landing on the H.M.S. Furious, and three photos of the fatal second attempt; Airplane Motor Radio Shielding; Aircraft Servicing Solutions; Compensating the Compass - Periodic Inspection and Servicing; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
303 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Consists primarily of "...accounts of various trips that I took with my husband, Juan Trippe. In the years between, I have picked out incidents that I thought were of particular interest." - from Foreword. Mr. Trippe founded Pan American Airlines and was an American airline pioneer. Prior owner's name stroked out atop front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Features: The Development of Curved Surfaces; Aviation Engine Cylinder Finishing; Plywood in Aircraft; Aircraft Ignition Equipment; The Technology of Woods Used in Aircraft Construction; Radiophone Communication on Air Passenger and Mail Routes - article with photo of engineer Thorp Hiscock; News of the Industry; New Developments; Wind Tunnel Experiments on the Burnelli All-Wing Principle; Ad for the new Chevrolet 333 engine includes photo of Louis Chevrolet; Ford Transport aircraft photo ad says it offers optional Packard Diesel motor; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Another Method of Developing Curved Surfaces; The Construction of Aircraft in Steel; The Application of Silver Solders in Aircraft Construction; Is Aviation Pointing Up or Down?; Some Aspects of the Seaplane; Packard ad features great photo of the new Towle Amphibian - powered by twin Packard-Diesels; The Pearson Rotary Aileron; Aircraft and Motors; News of the Industry; Continental Aircraft Engine Co. ad inside back cover features photo of Lee Gehlbach, winner of the longest air race ever held; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Ad for the Grumman turboprop Gulfstream; Hughes Helicoper two-page ad; Small Unit Operations - Counterguerrilla War (part 2 of a series); One-page illustrated ad for the FMC 'winged' amphibious landing craft, LVHX2; Soviet Military Problems - An Informed Assessment; Night Close Air Support (CAS) - what to do when the sun goes down?; Moonlighting - Night CAS work; Tanks Light the Way - tank-mounted searchlights; Tanks at Night - the crushing shock action of armor will shake up the enemy even more if delivered at night - article with photo of flame tanks of the 2dTkBn at Guantanamo Bay lighting the night sky; Night Juncture - how to avoid danger to the other friendly force; Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerrilla War - part 4 - The Fall of Dien Bien Phu; Marines at Work (Thailand Branch); Promotions and Transfers; Back cover color ad for the Phantom II fighter; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
19979999959Ashgate 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:9780291398468 Ashgate hardcover
1986RO20242091Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile. 1982-1986. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 185 + 151 + 174 + 112 pages. Nombreux schémas et quelques photos et illustrations en noir et blanc et couleurs dans et hors texte. Trois photos disponibles. . . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
2011R260252014Sonaca. 2011. In-4. Broché. Etat du neuf, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 143 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs dans texte. Couverture contrepliée en couleurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
1980RO30023609"E.P.A. 1980. In-Folio. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 247 pages + 1 affiche ""Chasseurs de nuit allemands"". Envoi de l'auteur. Nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation"
1938R320157954L'Illustration. 1938. In-Folio. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. XXV + 613 pages - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans et hors texte (couleurs contre collées) - rousseurs et salissures sur les plats - couverture à 3 rabats - tampon sur la page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
2003R100090424LELA Presse. 2003. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 544 pages - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - quelques planches de figures d'avions en noir et blanc dépliantes - 5 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
RO30321122Non précisé. Non daté. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Agraffes rouillées, Papier jauni. 118 pages (peut-être pas complet). Pas de couverture. Page de titre manquante. Nombreuses illustrations et bandeau en couleurs et monochrome, dans et hors texte. Dos manquant. Légères déchirures.. . . A l'italienne. Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
1909RO80112696LIBRAIRIE AERONAUTIQUE. 1909. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 133 pages. Nombreux dessins, croquis et quelques photos, en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Ouvrage de bibliothèque : étiquette de code sur la coiffe en-tête et tampons sur la page de titre et dans quelques marges.. . . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
