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FOKKER Dr.I,
Kowalski & Ry's, Katero LEGENDS OF AVIATION IN 3D, 2011, new (soft cover), extensive visual examination of the 'dreidecker' - external features, interior framework, engine, instrumentation, cockpit arrangement, rigging, propeller, machine guns, magazines - a complete virtual reconstruction. Amply illustrated with 90 b/w photos, 6 color profiles, 180 computer generated images and 9 anaglyph images (includes 3D glasses), 140 pgs.
$21.00

NORTHROP BT-1,
Naval Fighters #90, a two seat, single engine, monoplane, dive bomber built by the Northrop, many photos, line drawings, 88 pgs.
$22.95

CURTISS SOC SEAGULL,
Naval Fighters #89, single-engine scout observation biplane aircraft, designed by Alexander Solla of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for the USN, many photos, line drawings, 128 pgs.
$29.95

DOUGLAS TBD-1 DEVASTATOR ,
Ginter, Steve, Naval Fighter #71, new (soft cover), detailed drawings, cut-aways, photos, 96 pgs.
$19.95

MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER,
Warbird Tech Series #29, originally nicknamed the Widow Maker and The Flying Prostitute (no visible means of support – short, small wings), contains tech manual excerpts, factory photos & drawings, combat photos and combat accounts, 102 pgs.
$19.95

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BITTER MONSOON

LAST MONSOON

AFTER THE MONSOON

3 VOLUME SET - BITTER MONSOON (1955); LAST MONSOON (1957); AFTER THE MONSOON (1958),
Moxon, Oliver, Robert Hale, 3 volume set based on the writings of Stefan James (pseudnym), a Hurricane pilot of No. 5 Sqdn., based in the Imphal Valley, East India, in early 1944, photos.
$50.00

WINGS OF GOLD - CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS,
Mahler, Gwen, Jostens, 1998, new (embossed cover), Photo history (over 700) of Continental Airlines in-flight service, includes airlines merged with or acquired by Continental. 216 pgs.
$47.50

AMPHIBIAN: THE STORY OF THE LOENING BIPLANE,
Loening, Grover, New York Graphic Society, 1973, vg/vg, Boxed copy No. 125 of 250 (Special Edition), Signed by Loening), complete story of the Loening Amphibian, first flown in 1924 & produced for 10 years, photos, 196 pgs.
$110.00

REQUEST FOR AND HOMOLOGATION OF TWO WORLD RECORDS,
National Aeronautical Assoc, 1961, fine (soft cover), letters and forms describing flight by Alan Shepard, aboard Mercury 7 (May, 1961), claiming records of altitude & greatest weight lifted in a sub-orbital flight, included are copies of letters from McDonnell Aircraft Corp, FAI, NASA & NAA. This was put together in book form by NAA and signed by Jacqueline Cochrane, who was president of the NAA at the time.
$65.00

GOLDEN EAGLE CHIEF - 1929,
Brochure that folds out to 16" x 16 1/2". prices, performance.
$35.00

DE HAVILLAND GYPSY MOTH - 1929,
Brochure published by Moth Aircraft Corp, Lowell, MA, unfolds to 9" x 23", performance, weights, dimensions.
$30.00

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	FOKKER Dr.I, Kowalski & Ry's, Katero LEGENDS OF AVIATION IN 3D, 2011, new (soft cover), extensive visual examination of the 'dreidecker' - external features, interior framework, engine, instrumentation, cockpit arrangement, rigging, propeller, machine guns, magazines - a complete virtual reconstruction. Amply illustrated with 90 b/w photos, 6 color profiles, 180 computer generated images and 9 anaglyph images (includes 3D glasses), 140 pgs. $21.00
	NORTHROP BT-1, Naval Fighters #90, a two seat, single engine, monoplane, dive bomber built by the Northrop, many photos, line drawings, 88 pgs. $22.95
	CURTISS SOC SEAGULL, Naval Fighters #89, single-engine scout observation biplane aircraft, designed by Alexander Solla of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for the USN, many photos, line drawings, 128 pgs. $29.95
	DOUGLAS TBD-1 DEVASTATOR , Ginter, Steve, Naval Fighter #71, new (soft cover), detailed drawings, cut-aways, photos, 96 pgs. $19.95
	MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER, Warbird Tech Series #29, originally nicknamed the Widow Maker and The Flying Prostitute (no visible means of support – short, small wings), contains tech manual excerpts, factory photos & drawings, combat photos and combat accounts, 102 pgs. $19.95

BITTER MONSOON LAST MONSOON AFTER THE MONSOON	3 VOLUME SET - BITTER MONSOON (1955); LAST MONSOON (1957); AFTER THE MONSOON (1958), Moxon, Oliver, Robert Hale, 3 volume set based on the writings of Stefan James (pseudnym), a Hurricane pilot of No. 5 Sqdn., based in the Imphal Valley, East India, in early 1944, photos. $50.00
	WINGS OF GOLD - CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, Mahler, Gwen, Jostens, 1998, new (embossed cover), Photo history (over 700) of Continental Airlines in-flight service, includes airlines merged with or acquired by Continental. 216 pgs. $47.50
	AMPHIBIAN: THE STORY OF THE LOENING BIPLANE, Loening, Grover, New York Graphic Society, 1973, vg/vg, Boxed copy No. 125 of 250 (Special Edition), Signed by Loening), complete story of the Loening Amphibian, first flown in 1924 & produced for 10 years, photos, 196 pgs. $110.00
	REQUEST FOR AND HOMOLOGATION OF TWO WORLD RECORDS, National Aeronautical Assoc, 1961, fine (soft cover), letters and forms describing flight by Alan Shepard, aboard Mercury 7 (May, 1961), claiming records of altitude & greatest weight lifted in a sub-orbital flight, included are copies of letters from McDonnell Aircraft Corp, FAI, NASA & NAA. This was put together in book form by NAA and signed by Jacqueline Cochrane, who was president of the NAA at the time. $65.00
	GOLDEN EAGLE CHIEF - 1929, Brochure that folds out to 16" x 16 1/2". prices, performance. $35.00
	DE HAVILLAND GYPSY MOTH - 1929, Brochure published by Moth Aircraft Corp, Lowell, MA, unfolds to 9" x 23", performance, weights, dimensions. $30.00