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1942313964New York 1942. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. Old folds lower right hand corner chipped not affecting text or signature otherwise a fine letter with a bold clear signature. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. A letter written by the renowned Russian ace and world record setting Sikorsky test pilot on behalf of Danish-born ballet and Broadway dancer Paul Haakon considered by many to be one of greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. <br/><br/>Reading in part: "I have known Paul Haakon Longreen for over sixteen years. In the theatrical profession he is known under the name of Paul Haakon. It is very well known that he is one of the best dancers in the world. He gave up his dancing recently to become a flying instructor purely to serve his country. I sincerely believe that anything which could be done to facilitate his joining the United States Army Air Force reserve would benefit our war effort."<br/><br/>Despite Sergievsky's recommendation in our letter it seems Haakon never became a combat pilot during WWII and instead toured as an entertainer with the United Service Organizations. He died in New York in 1992. unknown books
191815610Columbus OH: np 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to. Cloth hardcover three ring binder. Holding 151 leaves; 110 holograph 41 typed. Many sheets loose from ring binding. Cloth torn at spine. Overall contents well preserved. <br/><br/>The classroom lecture notebook of an unnamed cadet at The United States Army School of Aeronautics at Ohio State University Columbus OH covering January through March 1918. During WWI a pilot shortage in the United States became apparent. In response the War Department and U.S. Army formed the Aviation Cadet Training Program installing aviation training schools at six universities across the country. This program at Ohio State appears to have consisted of 8 weeks of classes with training in military drill discipline and technical instruction with an emphasis on aviation. Curriculum from the program formed the basis for the aeronautical engineering courses later taught at OSU. A scarce set of materials from an early instructional program of military aviation training and education one that would eventually become the US Air Force. np hardcover books
194515609Glenview IL: Naval Air Training Command 1945. First Edition. Wraps. Good . 4to. Illustrated wraps. Contemporary post binding added at left margin. Most paper lost from spine. Wrapper edges worn chipped. Internally clean sound. <br/><br/>An original illustrated manual issued to WWII Naval flight cadets training at NAS Glenview dated July 1 1945 to the title page. Generously illustrated throughout with dozens of original drawings likely the work of a single unnamed illustrator and photograph reproductions executed and lettered in a decidedly Seuss-ian style heavily influenced by modern cartooning lending a simplistic treatment to gravely serious and technical material. A portion of the "Safety" chapter on p. 29 with the exaggerated likeness of a pilot resting upon a cloud holding a harp wearing angel wings and captioned: "Don't try to be the 'hottest' pilot but try to be the 'oldest.'" and "There are bold pilots and there are old piltos 'But!' - there are no old bold pilots." Six chapters are broken into dozens of sections with titles like: Your Parachute Safety Inherent Stability Turns Normal Spins Landings Steep Turns Precision Immelmans Progressive Spins etc. The impact of the allied air campaign and skill of American pilots during World War II is seldom mentioned in modesty. This is a rare flight training publication and exceptional example of illustrative instruction. OCLC notes only 2 institutional holdings one at The Smithsonian the other in the aviation archives at Wright State in Dayton OH. None in commerce June 2015. 243pp. Naval Air Training Command paperback books
1929WRCLIT77152New York & London: Wiley / Chapman & Hall 1929. xii4341pp. Large octavo. Cloth. Photographs drawings folding chart. Cloth a bit sunned otherwise very good. First edition. The author was a ranking officer in the Army Air Corps and Aerial Surveyor for the Byrd Expedition. Includes a chapter on Oblique Aerial Surveys by A.M. Narraway. Wiley / Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1919M8116Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated with photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed inner hinge cracked. Very good. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
1919M8115Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed. Very good. This extensively illustrated manual for the medical personnel of the United States Air Service contains numerous figures and plates including photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
199822164Hopewell: Ecco Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0880016361 . Illustrated. First American printing. Fine in a very near fine light scratch on front panel dust jacket. . Ecco Press hardcover books
1930500910<p>In broken English Ocean Grove NJ February 10 1930; to Marvin Popkin: " - I haffe to go to - camp in Newark Aire Squadron I having 380 men - to lern the Bay to aperste the Plain - ". 7" x 10 1/2" 1 page. with a signed/inscribed photograph of Wiegand and 2 companions and related newspaper. Very good.</p><p>Wiegand member of the Richthofen air circus; credited with shooting down 22 enemy planes.</p> unknown books
199739862Chicago:: Chicago Review Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1556523106 . Black and white photographs. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Chicago Review Press, hardcover books
1918000220U.S. Army 1918. Owner's name in ink top of front cover. Contains entries from 8/6/18 to 9/18/18 at Post Field Ft. Sill Oklahoma. While at Ft. Sill this 2nd Lieutenant from Kansas worked on reconnaissance infantry contact puff target sketching railroad yards machine gun proficiency. He then transferred to the School of Aerial Gunnery at Selfride Field Michigan from 9/30/18 to 10/19/18. All courses are listed with hours spent grading signed by instructors. Laid-in are orders to report to Selfride Field and a letter dated October 19 1918 naming the log's owner as being now rated as an Aerial Observer. A fine piece of aviation ephemera from the Great War. We find only one other similar pilot's log for sale at this time. Tan Cloth. Minor Edge Wear and Soiling. Square Octavo. U.S. Army Hardcover books
SKU1036496Chief of Naval Operations Washington DC. PAPERBACK. Good. B001J4UXCG Minor wear to the covers. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 263 pages. Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, DC paperback books
20172307593New York: Skyhorse Publishing 2017. Soft Cover. Very Good. Lightly rubbed. 2017 Soft Cover. The Federal Aviation Administration Skyhorse Publishing paperback books
194049443Burbank California: Compiled and Published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1940. 1st Printing. Comb-bound with light blue paper covers lettered in dark blue. General wear & soiling to covers. Ownership stamps primarily to cover & prelims. A VG copy. Part I: Major Breakdowns Wings Controls Fuselage etc: Part II: Complete Aircraft Single Engine Twin Engine Multi-Engine; Part III: Miscellaneous comprised by 12 sections all together with divers paginations in each section. Profusely illustrated with drawings and from b/w photographs. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>From the preface regarding the publication of this book ". there has been but one purpose in view - to give the designer a collection of ideas in sketch form that will stimulate his own creative and inventive mind. It must be remembered that the ideas as sketched in this book should not be bodily lifted because by so doing the purpose of the book is defeated." Compiled and Published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation unknown books
1954vas5264Valletta Malta: International Aviation Development Company 1982. The flight manual for the DC-3 bearing the Registration N 480F originally dated 1954 and revised to 1982. The Manual is accompanied by a Certificate of Insurance issued by Lloyd’s bearing the appropriate signatures covering the aircraft’s uses worldwide excluding the USSR and China. Quarto flexible boards approximately 125 pp. complete. Illustrations graphs. Very Good. International Aviation Development Company, 1982. The flight manual for the DC-3 bearing the Registration N 480F, originally d hardcover books
196448694Fort Worth: General Dynamics 1964. 1st Printing. Black flexible plastic spiral-bound binder gold lettering to front cover. Modest wear Very Good Plus. 3 preliminary pages of typescript text including a page written time-line of the aircraft's development printed recto only. After 16 photographs one typescript page inserted "News Conference Personnel" followed by 3 photographs of the news conference. Laid-in a xerox extract of a column by Fred H. De Jong supporting the aircraft's development & use original publication source not identified. 19 glossy b/w still photographs 8-1/2" x 11" <br/><br/>The F-111 Aardvark was an "American supersonic medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic nuclear bomber aerial reconnaissance and electronic-warfare aircraft in its various versions. The word 'aardvark' is Afrikaan for 'earthpig' and reflects the look of the long nose of the aircraft that might remind one of the nose of the aardvark. Developed in the 1960s by General Dynamics it entered service in 1967 with the United States Air Force. <br /> <br />The F-111 pioneered several technologies for production aircraft including variable-sweep wings afterburning turbofan engines and automated terrain-following radar for low-level high-speed flight. Its design influenced later variable-sweep wing aircraft and some of its advanced features have since become commonplace." Wiki <br /> <br />While the US transitioned to other aircraft in the late '90s the F-111 continued in service with the RAAF until December 2010. <br /> <br />As Mr. Cosby's introductory note states "These photographs portray the sequence of events of 21 December 1964." No doubt only a limited number of these binders were made mostly likely for visiting dignitaries which makes this a rare promotional photodocumentary of the F-111A's first flight. <br /> <br />At the time of cataloguing we find no copies elsewhere in the market nor listed on OCLC. General Dynamics unknown books
200023304Annapolis:: Naval Institute Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1557502870 . First American edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Naval Institute Press, hardcover books
191349234Boston: James Means 1913. 12mo 18cm. Staple-bound printed wrappers; 10pp. Trivial external soil else Near Fine. James Means 1855-1920 is best remember as the publisher and editor of the influential Aeronautics Annuals that appeared in 1895-7 providing a clearing-house for the latest trends in aviation engineering and providing a basis for the innovations of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The current publication advertises refinements to Means' simplified control column for which he originally won a patent in 1911. James Means unknown books
199326003Washington: Brassey's. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 002881021X . Second printing. Fine in a very near fine tiny closed edge tear at the top of the front panel dust jacket. . Brassey's hardcover books
194420346San Antonio Texas: EKC 1944. Real-photo mages nice clear photographs glossy photographic paper finish; identified in the cards; unused postally with undivided backs 'EKC' publisher's device; light wear; very good condition; interesting United States military aviation World War II history ephemera; the base had a brief life under this designation during the great need for training flyers for the Second World War before becoming part of the larger Lackland Air Force training facilities for the field. Very Good. EKC unknown books
4651bd2Department of Trade and Industry 1967. Reprinted in 1970 incorporating amendments one to three. Octavo gray wrappers stapled ii 22 pp. Fine. Notes written on stationary from The Excelsior Hong Kong laid-in. unknown books
19874651bdKhartoum: Civil Aviation Authority Republic of the Sudan 1987. Octavo typewritten wrappers stapled iv 23 leaves. Near-Fine. Civil Aviation Authority, Republic of the Sudan, 1987. unknown books
16473Alicia Patterson. Vintage original Gelatin silver print press photo. January 7 1931. 8 x 7 in. Black/white photograph of a Alicia Patterson in her flight suit. Original press caption on back in part: "Sydney Australia. Alicia Patterson well known American Aviatrix who accompanied by Elizabeth Chase of Chicago left here yesterday January 6th to fly to Darwin North Australia 1960 miles away. Most of the route will take the daring girls over the practically uninhabited desert of the interior. They will pause for several days in a Central Australian Oasis for the Kangaroo Hunting. From Darwin the girls will proceed to Java Singapore China and the United States. After this historic flight Patterson went on to found the Pulitzler-Prize winning publication Newsday. Dated on back "R-1-7-31" January 7 1931. Very good. unknown books
1943291754Inglewood.: North American Aviation Inc. No date but circa 1943. Green leatherette 6-ring binder numbered index tabs. Very good scattered ink notes covers soiled binding holes pulled on title page. 20.5x15.5 cm. Scarce manual for the WWII era twin-engine bombers. weight: 1.4 lb. North American Aviation, Inc. hardcover books
16475Vintage original Gelatin silver print press photo. Richarda Morrow-Tait first woman pilot to circumnavigate the globe. August 19 1949. 7 x 8½ in. Black/white photo of Morrow-Tait in the cockpit of her plane Next Thursday's Child. Original press caption printed next to image: "British round-the-world flyer returned home 8/19 to Britain which she left just a year and a day ago. Her flight to London's Croydon Airport ended the 1st single-engine round-the-world flight by a woman at point where she started it." Pencil inscriptions and stamp on back. Very good. unknown books
1948335436glLondon: His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1948. Octavo paperbound stapled blue wrappers 24 pp. Very Good with pilot’s bookplate and wear to covers. His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1948. unknown books
