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LFA-126725075Un ouvrage de 142 pages, format 235 x 310 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage sous jaquette couleurs, s.d., Ambre Bleu, bon état, peu courant
8vo., Second Edition thus, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Greatly expanded version of the first edition of 1958. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
pp. xiv, 161 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Signed by the author on title page. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, slightly faded. Nice copy. Mr. Morris was chief test pilot and service manager for the Sikorsky helicopters. AIR/1
Features: XF-90 - Part II of the Air Force's Postwar Long Range Fighter controversy; Sikorsky S-55 - First of the classic helicopters; Douglas XO2D-1 Scout/Observation Floatplane - 8 pages of complete plans. Art: Lockheed XF-90 in flight; Consolidated PBY-5 Catalinas on patrol Book
2002LFA-1267494922 volumes de 537 et 542 pages, format 190 x 250 mm, illustrés, reliés cartonnage couleurs, publiés en 2002, Editions Flohic, bon état
2005S112625Leiden, 2005 163pp., with bl/w illustrations in text, 25cm., Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands), illustrated softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, S112625
163pp., with bl/w illustrations in text, 25cm., Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands), illustrated softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, S112625
Features: Warships North - On Canada's roof a second year running; Arctic Fuel Cache - 450 Squadron's helicopters are harbingers; Surveillance of Soviet Force - watching Russians emerging as an ocean power; Summer of the Hard Look - Rembrance Day look at the Legion; Expanding roles and more servicewomen; Nursing in Europe; The Queen's Own Rifles - display at the Canadian Regimental Museum in Toronto at Casa Loma; Forces Band Inspiring; Air Show - Snow Birds and more; Whirlybird at Iroquois; This is a cycle - HMCS Yukon returns from 10 weeks in Japanese and Hawaiian waters; Cairns and Maxville - Pipe major's stirring school excursion; back cover features photo of Anne Murray in T-10 canopy harness at the PNE. Sound copy. Book
Features: Light Aviation Today; Egyptian Helicopters; EMERLEC-30 - shells ready for use; Helicostat (project); How the Frigates Age - they are evolving to assume ever more unorthodox forms (long article); The Battle of the North Atlantic - an irreversible re-orientation for commercial air traffic; The LUPO Class - illustrated article with great colour fold-out; Electronic Warfare (part II); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
93 pages. Bibliography. Index. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. "Helicopter flying in the high country brought fame and endless challenge to a small group of determined and innovative people in British Columbia and led the way to a world-renowned reputation in commercial helicopter operations. Beginning with Okanagan Helicopters in the late 1940s and Vancouver Island Helicopters in the early 1950s, British Columbia helicopter companies led the world in mountain flying." - back cover. Prior owner's address stamp atop half-title page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Features: The Press and Paddy Burke (Part One); Pat Renahan; Searching for missing flyers; Burke Dead, Two Saved; Kauzunoko - Herring Spawn near Denman Island; Omnidirectional Gzowski - a Canadian Odyssey - an Aero Commander "Shrike" Survey Plane; Prince George; Northern Thunderbird Air; YXS; Northern Mountain Helicopters; An Antinov (AN2) Afternoon; Rossland and the Flying Steam Shovel; Navair Charter; Air Cadets are the Grassroots. Nice copy. Magazine
221 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Progress over the past four decades has altered and improved living and working conditions throughout our northern frontier and this book gives a true and interesting look at one man's participation. Any reader with an adventurous spirit will appreciate the problems and excitement of growing with and being part of development in the northwest during this time. Whether he was running dogs, a river boat, aircraft or helicopter, Pat always completed his task, many times under adverse conditions." - Gordon Cameron. Above-average wear. Bit of writing upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Binding fragile but intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
Features: The Paddy Burke Story - Part 2; Ted Cressy's Great Mush, and other Recollections; Harbour Air's DHC3-T - Big on Floats; Sullivan Bay - 48 years of aviation service; Langley; Rotech Industries; Classic Ragwing; Tundra Helicopters; Rotary Wing vs. Fixed Wing Fire Suppression; Only Lockheed would put the kitchen in the basement - the Lockheed 10, 14 and L1011; Magazine
87922Service Historique de la Défense, 2006, 633 p., broché, un coin corné, bon état.
2090502113716483Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19849415Seattle WA: Jeppesen Sanderson Inc 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Includes Hughes Private Commercial Helicopter Manual Workbook Maneuvers Manual and Syllabus. Minor wear and handling to covers. Minor soiling to covers. Contains highlighting underlining. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc paperback
64 pages. Features: U.S. Ideals vs. Nuclear Concepts; Ten Best; Transfer the Unit; FMF Organization and Composition Board Report; Service Elements (part 4 of 4); How the Allies Let Victory Slip in 1944; Seaborne Striking Force - great photos; Operation Musketeer - the Royal Marine Commandos executed their first brigade-sized landing since WWII - unrehearsed; Nice photo-ad for Sikorsky helicopters - theS-56, S-58 and H-19; Planning Future Medical Support; Tito's Army - the strongest military force in the Balkans; The Brain Pickers of Barrett Hall; Bell Telephone ad features photos of award winners Walter H. Brattain, H.F. Dodge, H.T. Friis, Axel G. Jensen, R. Kompfner, Warren A. Marrison, W.G. Pfann and Claude E. Shannon; and more. Average wear. Bits of writing on front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Dr. John D. Strong; The Appalachian Trail; Detailed drawing of a newly designed lightship which will replace the ill-fated Nantucket; Surprising discoveries in the near east show that iron, glass, the arch, and bathrooms were in use far earlier than formerly supposed; Telepathy and Clairvoyance in a Trance Medium - an intensive series of tests conducted with a medium (Mrs. Eileen J. Garrett) and her spirit control showed the spirit to be no better as a telepathist than the medium; How bright is a lightning bug?; Various types of photographic exposure meters; Planets much larger than Jupiter are impossible; Copper and copper alloys are resisting corrosion; Back on the Land - The Subsistence Homestead movement is slowly reversing the urbanization trend - an experiment at Reedsville, West Virginia - article with photos; All-Wave Reception; Power from the Boulder Dam - two-pages of exceptional photos; Disordered glands can produce giants and dwarfs, fanatics and loafers; Rotating Wing Aircraft (helicopters) - intriguing possibilities; The Amateur Astronomer; photo of salvage bathysphere; Progress in Science - by Kermit Roosevelt; and more. Above-average external wear. Front cover nearly detached. Tape along backstrip. Not pretty but an informative vintage issue. Magazine
70 pages. Features: Boeing-Vertol two-page ad for their 107 helicopter; NATO & Strateegic Mobility; The Soviet Threat - a CNO Appraisal; Danger on the Flanks of NATO - Capt B.H. Liddell Hart claims we are weak on the exposed flanks leading to control of the Atlantic and Middle East - major article with maps and photos; The LPH - Teamwork in Action; Battalion Air Mount Out - some ways to shorten load-out time; Combat Helicopters in Algeria - how they were used by a French commander - article with 4 maps; Embarkation via MSTS; Fast Amphibious Force - PHIBRON 10; Photos and details of Soviet helicopters; Money & Marines; You Can Speak in Public; Baseplate McGurk; Transfers and Promotions; Color back cover ad for McDonnell's F4H Phantom II fighter aircraft; and more. Average wear. Center page loose but present. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
74 pages. Salute to the Skyraider - examing the color schemes and markings of the Navy's most famous attack aircraft; Air Intelligence - news from air forces around the world; Navy Accepts first operational Hornet - a new era in Naval air power; High Times - these two pilots have recorded more than 1,000 flying hours each in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - Lt. Col. Robert Powell, Lt.-Col. George T. Morgan; Falcons of Georgia - History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; Igloo White - how we listened to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; Angel of another color - a new paint scheme on a Blue Angels aircraft; Fighting Falcon for Export - re-engined F-16 is planned for sale to smaller countries; Marines' Fighting Helicopters - how the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: The Corps' 22d Commandant - David M. Shoup; Operation Inland Seas - celebrating the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway; Corps Album; Post of the Corps - Cinclant; West Pac Bound - Life on theUSS Lexington; Kansas City Reservists - there were no 'goldbricks' when Kansas City's Marine Reservists were called to active duty for the Korean War; Alibi on 24; ROK (Republic of Korea) Marines - The Korean Marine Corps has grown to a large combat force-in-readiness; Landlord to Royalty - Maj. Gaston Lauryssen, USMCR, is one of the world's best known hosts; If I Were a Commandant; We - The Marines; First Lady of SOPAC - Mrs. Alice Bowring ran a canteen in Noumea, New Caledonia; Rescue - Marine helicopters save Paul Polansky from Lake Michigan; Lengthy list of transfers; Rifle Award Winners - with photos of Lawrence N. Dubia, William V. Toy and Stanley S. Carr, Ernest O. Chilson, John R. Lewis, Harold B. West and Jesse G. Gradillas; Lovely one-page photo of Tuesday Weld in one-piece blue bathing suit; List of retirees, with photo of LtGen James P. Riseley; Nice color photo Budweiser ad on back cover features babe on sailboat; and more. Average wear. Bit of writong on back cover. Openings at each end of coverfold. A worthy vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
118 pages. Many great black and white photos. Features: Tons on Wings - large planes pushing the limits of runways; The Story of the GCA - part 1; Douglas Skystreak; The Martin 2 - 0 - 2; Plane Fishing; Bendix Helicopters in Full Color; Operation Helios; V-173 - The Flying Pancake; Air Progress; Honeymoon Isle in Florida - great photos; The Solution; Modelers - Get a Sponsor; The Pinnacle; Pity the Poor C-D; Twinster; White Comet, Jr.; Bullet 100; Piper Super Cruiser; 1947 Mirror Model Flying Fair; Many pages of great ads; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Some age-toning to pages. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Ad inside front cover for the Avco gas turbine-powered hydrofoil landing craft; One-page photo ad for the Boeing-Vertol HC-1B Chinook helicopter in flight; NATO & Guerillas - 3 questions and some expert answers; Guerrilla War and U.S. Military Policy - A Study; Street Without Joy - France's 8-year battle against Communist infiltration in Indochina; Mao's Primer on Guerrilla War; Guerrilla Warfare in Underdeveloped Areas; Guerrillas, Small Wars, and Marines; The Company Fights Guerrillas; Photo ad for Bell Helicopters features the HU-1B; 1-page photo ad for the Hiller TEN99 helicopter; Transfers and Promotions; McDonnell Phantom II ad on back cover; and more. Middle page holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: President Tito of Yugoslavia; the white funeral of Princess Wilhelmina the well-loved queen of the Netherlands for fifty years; Mr. W.H. Auden; Archaeological section no. 2115 - engineering devices used in the excavation of the lost city of Sybaris; Maxwell D. Taylor - Chairman of the United States' Joint Chiefs of Staff; Impressions of some of the most modern Russian bombers, fighters, airliners and helicopters; and more. Clean and unmarked, moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Pages 381-428.. Features: Guinness ad inside front cover features Jane Welsh Carlyle; Nice one-page Benson & Hedges ad features ritzy scene aboard trainr; One-page ad for the David Brown companies features welder at work; Nice half-page ad for Westland helicopters; One-page ad for Cossor shows auto assembly line at Morris Motors; One-page Fairey Aviation Company ad honours the H.M. S. Illustrious; Two pages of photos of Princess Margaret being welcomed in St. Kitts, Jamaica and the Bahamas; Turkey and Iraq sign mutual defence treaty; King Hussein of Jordan engaged to Princess Dina Abd-El-Hamid Aoun; Passing of M. Paul Claudel and Huseyin Ragip Baydur; Farewell photos of the Shaw of Iran and his wife as they leave London; Czech skater Miss Miroslava NNachodska seeks asylum in the U.S.; Amazing photos of the underground thermal power of Wairakei, New Zealand - which will supply heavy water for Britain's atomic power stations; M. Edgar Faure; Page of photos of the Royal Navy's most formidable fighting unit - H.M.S. Ark Royal and its commissioning; Photo of snow in Riviera town; Missing Belgian airliner found after eight days on Mt. Terminillo; One-page colour-photo portrait of Princess Margaret; Six colour photos describe the "Powder Keg of Asia" - Chinese Nationalist troops on Formosa; Excavating an important site inthe Malayan jungles at Gua Cha, in Kelantan; One page photo portrait of Dame Edith Evans; Two pages of photos of/in the first American hotel ever built in London - the Wesbury is the West End's first new hotel for over twenty years; Damage from fire at Shell refinery at Shell Haven, Essex - the three men who kep the fire from spreading - R.A. Jackson, T. Brookbank and H. Dobson; Storm and Explosion in Genoa Harbour - the Nordanland was carrying calcium carbide; Snow scenes in the Pennines and Cornwall; Launching of new British submarine "Excalibur" which uses hydrogen peroxide fuel; Huge wool fire dockside in New Zealand; Voting on the SAAR and Paris agreements; Photos of the amazing Ibex in the Alps;Toronto landmark destroyed by fire - Anglican Church of the Martyr;Nuclear device exploded at Yucca Flat; Nice colour photo ad for Dow-Mac (Products) Ltd.; Back cover colour ad for Johnnie Walker with billiards theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
