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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
Features. Grumman X-29A; Cook Island Hopping; "Mallet Blow"; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 1; Captured Argentine aircraft in the UK; Slingsby T67M Firefly; Schneider Trophy 1929; Air Malawi; Blackburn's Buccaneer - 2; R. Norwegian A.F.; Starfighter Twilight; 'Ocean Safari 85'; German Cargo Services; Where have all the Tridents gone?; ARV Super 2; Chinese 'Coke' with a western flavour; 'Frogfoot'; Back to Barbados; R.A.F. Finningley; Orions provide ASW network around the world; Coat of many colours; Aeronautical Research in WWI; South African DC-3 Anniversary; Republic of Singapore A.F.; EAP - Britain's fighter demonstrator; Bell AH-1W SuperCobra; First TriStar K.1 for No. 216 Squadron; Final Top-up with No. 57 Squadron; Zeppelin-Staaken E.4/20; Sun'n Fun; R.A.F. Fighter Command 50 years on; British Caledonian Airways - part 1; Electronic Warfare - part 1; R. Moroccan A.F.; Hanover Report; Tiger Club Air Show; Outback Medic; British Caledonian Airways - part 2; What to see at Farnborough; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; British Aerospace 146; British Caledonian Airways - part 3; Lynx Speed Record; British Aerospace ATP; Chile's Air Force; Sea Harrier Training; Freighters at Birmingham; Tactical Fighter Meet '86; Eastern Air Lines - part 1; Farnborough postscript; Beverleys in Aden; Visit to China; R.A.F. Support Helicopters; EW Training in the R.A.F.; Oshkosh Highlights; Eastern Air Lines - part 2; Westland Lysander; Index laid in. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality 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
186 pages. Features: U.S. Route to Ottawa Favoured; The Final Frontier - first report on new route via Churchill; First Military Aviatrix - Helen Harrison is licensed to fly in four countries; Rescue, Northern Style - Captain Russ Baker of Canadian Pacific Air Lines; B-29 Armament Revealed; If Good Will Prevails; What's a Morrow Board?; Iso-Rev Propeller; Avro York Design; Reports from Ottawa; London Report; Trends in Washington; Packing for Export; British Helicopters Were Three Years Ahead; Modernized Blackfish for Royal Navy Carriers; Fairey Barracuda; Gliding Club Meets - Gatineau Gliding Club; Human Limits in Flight; Requires Small Planes; and more. Many pages of excellent WWII advertisements by a wealth of prominent companies. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
244 pages. Features: Nice color photo Miller beer ad inside front cover; Dewar's Whisky ad features Barbary Waterston; James Deakin looks forward to the 1972 election with emphasis on Harold Hughes; Times Change, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - reflections from the class of '40; Too Bad - reflections on high-school students from the Class of now; Six Jobs looking for women applicants - hockey goalie, forest ranger, university president, construction worker, ladies' shoe salesman, locker room attendant; Son and Hair, by Thomas Berger; If Hitler asked you to execute a stranger, would you?; Helen Burley Brown only wants to help; Personal Helicopters; The War Machine vs. the Peace Machinist; Otto and Bruno, by Jonathan Strong; Phone Lovers take heart - new telephone products; Kirk Douglas at Large... and getting larger, by Roger Ebert; Three Harvard travelers tell you how to travel the world on the cheap - Franklin Chu, Larry Gage, and Dan Ardrey; Photo Series - how to take your pants off while wearing chains; The Murder of Jeremy Harlowe; Doing it the Hard Way - New York sculptor Harvey Citron; European fashion report with photos. Many great vintage photo ads. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
84 pages. Features. Cover illustration of outport village, Port de Grave, Newfoundland; Nice colour ad for International heavy trucks inside front cover; The Fabulous Shoemaker - Tom Bata, probably Canada's richest man, controls a million-a-day shoe output - part 1; Whirlaway to Work - interesting photo-illustrated article on using helicopters for urban transportation; The Lovers - story by Mona Williams - illustrated by Allen Richardson; Labor Cleans House - Stalin's stooges boss some of our key unions - it's a tough, nasty fight to unseat them but labour is doing it - article with photos; The Man with the Mail from Minsk - Samuel Hoffman has been delivering the mail along route 103 in Toronto for 25 years - article with photos; They Pay as They Sway - Arthur Murray Dance Lessons - article with photos; Wrestler Whipper Billy Watson (nee Potts) - article with colour photo; So You're Buying a Used Car; 10,000 Men for Dinner - Crawley and McCracken are the continent's biggest bush-camp caterers -article with photos; A Place for Children - story by Alec Rackowe - illustrated by W. Book; Young Man of the World - Garry Davis has renounced his US citizenship and declared himself a citizen of the world - article with photos; Now They Get Medicine From Blood - Attractive centerfold ad for the new custom Dodge car; Attractive two-page colour ad for the great new Plymouth; Sweet two-page colour ad for the Elegant new Chrysler; Nice two-page colour ad for the new Dodge; Handsome two-page colour ad for the distinctive DeSoto car; Ad for Austin 3 and 5 ton trucks; Full-page colour ad for Stokely's tomato juice. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
54 pages. Features include: Tenures around the world - Part 2; Asia - the new frontier; Logging down under; Palm Pilots, Calm Pilots and Helicopters; Close Calls; Necessity - the father of invention; New helicopter repari facility in Duncan; Morgan Skidder - homegrown success; Remember the Tugboatmen; River Dance - working on the river. Cover features photo of the world's largest self-loading, self-dumping barge, the Seaspan Forester, dumping its load into Howe Sound. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Solid copy. Book
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
Oblong 4to., First Edition, text in German, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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
170 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A gift-quality copy of this handsomely produced volume. Book
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
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
94 pages. Articles: How Truman Did It; The Barbizon Hotel - For Women Only - article with nice photos; Dogs are Big Business; I Saw the Reds Taste Freedom - Col. Robert Bishop's dramatic recollection of Bucharest, Rumania's brief taste of liberty in 1944, with great photo; How to Give Money Away; My Life in a Cooking School. Fiction: You Can't Win 'em All!; Girl With a Horse for Sale; The Miracle of Tepayac; Make Something Happen; Passage to Panama (part 6 of 7). Aviation Features: My Story of the Wright Brothers; Cavalcade of Trnasportation; The Collier Trophy - for flight beyond the speed of sound - won by John Stack, Lawrence D. Bell and Captain Charles "Chuck" E. Yeager, USAF; Diary of the First Flight; Our Aerial Arsenal - great compilation of color illustrations of US military aircraft; ; The World the Kitty Hawk Made; Super color aerial photo of Niagara Falls with Rainbow Bridge in backbround. Illustration of basketball player George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers; Ads include: Nice color Canada Dry ad inside front cover; Martin 2-0-2 Airliner; Pan American World Airlines; American Airlines;; B.F. Goodrich; Plymouth cars; International Trucks; Douglas Aircraft - attractive military theme; Good Year's Cross -Wind Landing Wheel; TWA Airlines; Nice two-page color-photo ad for Hiram Walker's liquor; The 1949 Frazer car; Pabst beer features color photo of Mrs. Winston Guest; "Enchantment" movie starring David Niven; Bell Aircraft ad features illustrations of their helicopters and X-1 jet; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows Santa reaching into a fridge for a quick drink. Covers pulling from staples. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
185 pages including notes, bibliography, index and black and white illustrations. The perilous 600-mile flight of the eight helicopters to Desert One, the secret rendezvous in the Iranian desert, is retraced, along with the disastrous events that followed, which stamped the endeavor with tragedy. Until all records are declassified, this book will stand as the most useful source available on the subject. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Attractive maroon cloth boards. Moderate wear to dust jacket with closed one inch tear to bottom edge of front panel. 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
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
68 pages. Features: One-page illustrated ad for the FMC LCA (Landing Craft Assault) in action; Fantastic two-page photo-illustrated ad for The Technical Materiel Corpration illustrates their production line communication stations in modular concept - on wheels and ready to move; Viet Cong - a threat to peace; Photos and specs of Soviet Vehicle-Mounted Rocket Launchers; One-page illustrated ad for Avco's gas turbine-powered hydrofoil landing craft; One-page photo ad for the Sikorsky S-62 shows it afloat on search and rescue mission; Vo Nguyen Giap on Guerilla War - major article with photos and map (part 1 of 5); Lets Streamline Our Helicopter Assault Planning Papers; The Legacy of John A. Lejeune; John A. Lejeune - True Soldier - feature article with photos; Strategy in the Spectrum of War; Helicopter Assault - British Style; Take Cover in the Air - those helicopters need protection; Nuclear Weapons and Tactical Objectives; Promotions and Transfers; Back cover photo ad for the Kaman Seasprite HU2K-1 performing search and rescue; and more. Average wear. Center page loose but present. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. 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
Various Paginations. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations. Features include: Meeting des Nations - NATO display at Liege; Computers for Simulators - A.C. or D.C. - experience with both methods; World Gliding Championships; Valiant - Last of the Vickers Bombers? - with cutaway diagram; Britain's Foreign Air Traffic; Avro's Mach 3.5 Tunnel; The R.A.F. and Heavy Transports; Proteus Progress; Hot from the States - Lockheed F-104B and McDonnell F-101C; Viscounts for the World - dozens of photos; Bomex by Vulcan - a Bomber Exercise from Waddington; Agricultural Chipmunk; The Anti-bomber Missile; Fully Aerobatic Four-seater; What is a powered flight?; The National Air Races; Silver City Decade - Ten Years of Vehicle Ferry Operations; Breguet 940 Integral; The Bomb; The Lords Debate the industry; Civil Aviation; Special Feature - Commercial Aircraft of the World - with cutaway drawings; Service Aviation; The Industry; Thousand-hour jet - Rolls Royce Avon RA.29; All agricultural helicopters; Electrical Systems; Cabin Blower Development; The Routing Process; Training the Naval Fighter Pilot - methods at R.N.A.S. Lossiemouth; Reverse and Obverse; Bristol 192 - Europe's largest military helicopter, with cutaway diagram; "All There Were Honoured..."; Turbojet Run-up Stand; Bigger Payload Vanguard; A New Gyron Junior; Thunderbird's Nest - a preview of the English Electric Anti-Aircraft system; The Vanguard's Propellers - absorbing the 5,000 s.h.p.; Underwater Ejection - investigating methods of escape from submerged aircraft; Veteran Constellations; Saunders-Roe P.531Helicopter - with cutaway diagram; A Highway and a Helicopter - the new London-to-Yorkshire motorway; B.O.A.C. 1957-58; In the year of the fighters - a visit to Edwards Air Force Base; World Parachute Championships; Law of Space - what next?; All-weather amphibian - some thoughts on the aerodynamic characteristics of the Fulmar (non-Fairey type); V-bombers as intercepters? - seeking a solution to the problem of obtaining long range in defensive aircraft; Finding a Path; Navaho - WS-104 (SM-64A Navaho) - ancestor of the Hound Dog missile, F-108 Interceptor and B-70 Valkyrie Bomber; Westland Westminster - a 16-ton twin-engined transport helicopter - with cutaway drawing; Gnome - a 1,000 h.p. turboshaft unit by de Havilland Engine; The Case for the Comet; Commonwealth Aviation 1958 (opens with a large photo of an Avro Arrow in action); Aircraft vs. Forest Fire; The Canadian Industry (photos and more information about the Avro Arrow); Airline Competition in Canada; Cold Lake Warms Up - and prepares for the Avro Arrow; Canadian Ancillary Companies; Commonwealth Air Transport; The Australian Industry; Australian Ancillary Companies; India and New Zealand; First air-to-air photo of the USN's F8U-3 Crusader; British Aircraft 1958; British Aero Engines 1958; British Missiles 1958; Ancillary Industry 1958; Victor B.1; The 19th S.B.A.C. Display; Skyport High School; Handling the Piaggio P.166; Argentine Awakening; Astronautics in Amsterdam; Nagpur Junction - Speeding India's night mail; Popular Flying in the U.S.A.; The 707 comes to London; DHC.4 Caribou; The Scimitars of '803' - pictorial; Farnborough; High Altitude-High Temperature Chamber; Discussing Space Law; Pioneering In Africa; Lessons of Madrid; C-133 Cargomaster - Greatest load carrier in the western world - with cutaway drawing; The Bristol Scout. Minor lean to spine. Light wear. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Bumped rear corner, otherwise edges sharp and clean. 144 pages. 7 3/4"w x 10 1/2"h. Pictorial glossy cover. History of fantastic flying machines, such as airplanes, helicopters, sailplanes, spacecraft, ornithopter, flying wings, interceptors, home-built aircraft, and more, with many b&w and color photos and illustrations.
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
