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1569vas5247Montreal Que.: International Civil Aviation Organization 1976. Doc 9156-AN/900. Quarto stiff printed wrappers viii 30 179 25 3 36 12 1 pp. Very Good. International Civil Aviation Organization, 1976. Doc 9156-AN/900. unknown books
199331589.1Carrollton Texas: Squadron / Signal Publications 1993. Color pictorial stiff-stock paper wrappers stapled. A Fine copy. 49 1 pp. Profusely illustrated by Joe Sewell mainly from b/w photographs. Color by Don Greer & Tom Tullis. Oblong format: 8-1/4" x 11" <br/><br/> Squadron / Signal Publications unknown books
198131591Carrollton Texas: Squadron / Signal Publications 1981. Color pictorial stiff-stock paper wrappers stapled. A bit of age toning. Original price sticker to front wrapper. A Nr Fine copy. 49 1 pp. Profusely illustrated mainly from b/w photographs. Oblong format: 8-1/4" x 11" <br/><br/> Squadron / Signal Publications unknown books
19737015.1Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1973. 1st edition. Dark blue cloth spine with light blue cloth boards. Blue dust jacket. NF/VG. 324 pp including index illustrated from photographs 8vo. <br/><br/>The building of the New York Rio & Buenos Aires Airlines as related by the man who conceived and built it. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
192432836Dayton: The Otterbein Press 1924. 1st printing. Gold embossed blue wrappers stapled. Cover title: "International Air Races. Dayton - Ohio. October 2-3-4-1924. Some edgewear to wrappers. Faint vertical fold line. A VG copy. 63 1 pp. At front tipped-in coupon to receive after September 26 "one copy of 'Score Card of the Races' which will also give Complete List of Entries for Each Event." Practically every page with one illustration; many with multiple. Most from photographs. 11-1/8" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>At the time of this 1924 event the series beginning in 1920 at Roosevelt Field NY Dayton "birth place of the flying machine & home of the Wright Brothers" viewed itself as the "Air City of America" who herein welcomes the world's best aviators for the 5th Race. As well as a souvenir of the Air Races the brochure also used as a promotional vehicle for the city & provides general history of aviation. The program now somewhat scarce with OCLC recording just 6 holdings. The Otterbein Press unknown books
198423823Calverton Long Island NY: Not Published 1984. Album with 29 color & black and white photographs printed on glossy Kodak paper; images of the visit of NY House Speaker Stanley Fink 1936 - 1997 and Paul E. Harenberg 1931- 2010 also a NY politician to the Calverton Grumman Aviation plant to inspect the Grumman X-29 - an experimental aircraft built primarily for the use of DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program testing - from the NASA site ". X-29 aircraft featuring one of the more unusual designs in aviation history were flown at NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility The demonstrators investigated advanced concepts and technologies during a multi-phased program conducted from 1984 to 1992 provided an engineering database that is available for the design and development of future aircraft."; photographs include the jet on the tarmac official handshakes with company representatives the X-29 in the hangar workers Mr. Fink & Mr. Harenberg taking turns sitting in the cockpit the assembly line plant photographs and an impressive aerial view of the Grumman manufacturing and testing grounds; photographs not credited presumably by a company photographer and dated via internal evidence; 8" x 10" size approx. size photographs; all in the original imprinted official Grumman blue plastic hardcover three-ring binder; each photograph loosely inserted two to a protective sleeve; a few of the sleeves chipped and worn; the photographs clean clearly-taken and in very good condition; an interesting visual record of this experimental jet aircraft at its inception and the involvement of politicians in promoting the aerospace and military. Photography. Three Ring Binder . Very Good. Not Published Hardcover books
1939106338<p>Program 4to 13" x 10" original colored wrappers illustrated 64 pp. Wrappers lightly worn small ad clipped from last leaf slight aging; otherwise very good. Rare program from the 19th annual National Air Races held in Cleveland Ohio September 2-5 1939. Contains some wonderful early aviation ads including those for United Airlines Lochheed Aircraft Corporation Firestone Airplane Tires and American Steel/ Another ad shows past winners of the Bendix Trophy Race for the past eight years. The 1938 winner was a woman named Jacqueline Cochrane who flew from Burbank California to Cleveland in 8 hours and 10 minutes. Program also includes a daily program of events. A great piece of aviation history. </p> 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
191726377Mineola New York: Not Published 1917. Two pieces of related correspondence: A typed letter on Headquarters Signal Corps Aviation School Hazelhurst Field Mineola New York letterhead dated January 2 1917 signed by Lieut. Col. Rockwell replying affirmatively to the invitation of Mrs. Alfred J. Eno Chairman of the Progress and Current Events committee of the Woman's Press Club of NY to her request for an address on "Progress in Aeronautics"; with a carbon copy of the original typed invitation note sent to the Col. dated Dec. 18th from Mrs. Eno. Letter approx. 8" x 10 1/2" size; note about 5 1/2" x 8". Couple of old pin-holes in both; slight wear; old fold lines; in very good condition. The aeronautical division of the U.S. Army remained within the Signal Corps until 1918 when it became the Army Air Service and later the U.S. Air Force. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
191726546Easton PA: The Northampton County Aero Club 1917. Invitation card printed black on cream cardstock in a gothic font with a small U.S. flag color illustration at top. "Compliments of." name at bottom right; not dated; an article in the Aerial Age Weekly of June 11 1917 notes that year as the formation of this club decided on May 31 1917; the "Flying" magazine of July 1917 has a short note of reportage on this dinner and other club business. Approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" size; light wear; in very good condition. Invitation. Not Bound. Very Good. The Northampton County Aero Club paperback books
198135967Harlingen: The Confederate Air Force 1981. Black paper wrappers stapled with blue and white title lettering printed to front wrapper. A VG copy. 32 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic images in b/w and color. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> The Confederate Air Force unknown books
193336764Oakland California: Published by The Board of Port Commissioners 1933. 1st printing. White paper wrappers printed in orange & black. A VG copy. 40 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. 8vo. <br/><br/>A wealth of material on aviation between the wars as practiced in the San Francisco East Bay. Published by The Board of Port Commissioners unknown books
