| AMPHIBIAN, THE STORY OF THE LOENING BIPLANE, Loening, Grover, New York Graphic, 1973, f/f,
see photo, one of the early US aircraft companies, which developed one of the
most innovative and useful aircraft, first flown in 1924, in production for 10 years, served world-wide with
US forces, airlines & private owners, photos, illustrations & line drawings, 196 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| BLACK CAT RAIDERS OF WW II, Knott, Richard, Nautical & Aviation,1981, vg/vg,
see photo, Catalina PBY forces in the Pacific, photos, drawings, 198 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| DORNIER WAL,
van der Mey, M. Michiel, LoGisma, 2007, new, softcover, see photo,
important flying boat design, of much interest for its technical innovations &
long distance flights, also for its production thanks to the first international
joint-venture of the Italian aviation industry, photos, maps, illustrations, 222 pgs.
| $27.00 |
| EXPLORER'S AIR YACHT, Capelotti, P. J., Pictorial Histories, 1995, as new, soft cover,
see photo, the S-38 was a twin engine amphibian used by the miltiary, airlines (including NYRBA &
Pan Am) and several prominent civilian owners (including Lindbergh, Martin & Osa Johnson, Howard Hughes & C.C. Johnson),
Firstflight in 1928. The author traces each of the 101 examples built with utimate fates, line drawings, photos, 82 pgs.
| $55.00 |
| FLYING BOAT, Spring, Ivan, Spring Air, 1995, as new, soft cover,
see photo, History of 262 Sqdn. (RAF) and origins os 35 Sqdn. SAAF), equippped with Catalinas, & later Sunderlands, photos, 173 pgs.
| $60.00 |
| FLYING BOAT, Poolman, Kenneth, William Kimber, 1962, vg/vg, see photo,
the Short Sunderland, world-wide use during WW 2 and after, photos, 208 pgs. | $50.00 |
| FLYING BOATS OF BERMUDA, Pomeroy, Colin, self-published, 2000, as new, soft cover,
see photo, from the first sea planes in 1919 to the last in the 1980s, many photos, 254 pgs.
| $38.50 |
| FLYING BOATS, THE J-CLASS YACHTS OF AVIATION,
Marshall, Ian, Howell Press, 2002, f/f as new, see photo,
A history of flying boats with emphasis on Imperial Airways and Panam. Illustrated by the author's color paintings of 52 types. From NC-4 (1919) to Virgin Islands' Mallards (1986), 136 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| GOLDEN AGE OF NEW ZEALAND FLYING BOATS, Harrison, Lockstone & Anderson, Random House, 1997, f/f (as new), see photo,
, since the first flight in 1915, seaplanes & flying boats have been important in New Zealand history, many photos, 320 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| GROSSFLUGSCHIFF DORNIER Do X Pletschacher, Peter, Aviatic Verlag, 1997, vg issued with pictorial cover,
see photo, German text, Germany's lluxurious 12 engine, 157 foot wing span, first flew in 1931, 3 were built but the plane was a victim of the Depression,
photos, 247 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| GRUMMAN GOOSE, Ginter, Steve, Naval Fighters No. 63, 2004, fine, soft cover,
see photo, description, many photos & drawings, 73 pgs.
| $17.95 |
| GRUMMAN HU-16 ALBATROSS, Ginter, Steve, Naval Fighters No. 11, new (soft cover)
see photo, history of, details & scale drawings, many photos, 74 pgs. | $14.95 |
| GRUMMAN JF/J2F DUCK, Ginter, Steve, Naval Fighters No. 84, new (soft cover)
see photo, history of, details & scale drawings, many photos, 128 pgs. | $29.95 |
| HOWARD HUGHES FLYING BOAT,
Schwartz & Maguglin, 1983, see photo, color brochure on the Spruce Goose which is now Evergreen Museum in Oregon,
many photos, 32 pgs.
| $8.50 |
| IN THE HANDS OF FATE, Messimer, Dwight, Naval Institute, 2002, f (soft cover), see photo,
Patrol Wing Ten was the only U.S. Navy aviation unit to fight the Japanese in the early weeks of WW II,
the men lost sixty-six percent of their aircraft in just eight weeks as they took on an enemy that outnumbered them nearly 1,000 to one,
the author argues that while attempts to bomb the Japanese fleet proved futile because the PBYs were unsuitable
for such a task, the wing’s rescue & evacuation missions saved many lives, photos, maps, 350 pgs.
| $12.00 |
| LAST OF THE FLYING CLIPPERS - BOEING B-314 STORY, Klaas, M.D., Schiffer, 1998, new, see photo, the last of the flying boat
"clipper" ships including wartime and post war service, photos, 11 pages of color, 320 pgs. | $49.95 |
| MARTIN MARS XPB2M-1R & JRM FLYING BOATS, Ginter, Steve, Naval Fighters No. 29, new (soft cover)
see photo, history of, details & scale drawings of the Mars, many photos, 73 pgs. | $14.95 |
| MARTIN P5M PATROL SEAPLANE, Hoffman, Richard, Naval Fighters No. 74, new (soft cover),
see photo, Navy's last fying boat in service, drawings, many photos, 168 pgs. | $34.95 |
| NORMAN THOMPSON FILE, THE, Goodall, Michael,
Air Britain,1995, new, issued w/o dj, see photo, British manufacturer of
flying boats, many photos, 103 pgs. | $39.95 |
| SEA WINGS, THE ROMANCE OF THE FLYING BOATS, Jablonski, Edward, Doubleday, 1972, vg/vg, see photo,
illustrated history of the flying boat, 259 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| SIKORSKY VS-44 FLYING BOAT, Pember, Harry, Flying Machines Press, 1998, as new, soft cover,
see photo, design , constuction & operation of the Sikorsky VS -44 4 - engine flying boat
in the late 1930's , their use includes in Antilles Air boats, under Charles & Maureen O ' Hara - Blaid ,
the restoration of the surviving example, photos, line drawings & color plates, 71 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| SUPERMARINE WALRUS, Nicholl, G.W.R., G.T. Foulis & Co., 1966, vg/vg, see photo,
complete history of the venerable amphibian in WWII, written by the RAF Commander of the 700 Squadron that flew them, photos & cut-away, 211 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| WINGS OVER WAKE, Kaucher, Dorothy, John Howell, 1947, f/f, see photo,
signed by author, author was a pioneer woman reporter of the skys since 1930 on National & International air routes, PanAm clippers and Wake Island before WW II, photos, 158 pgs
| $50.00 |
| WINGS OVER WATER, Oliver, David, Chartwell, 1999, f/f, as new, see photo,
chronical of flying boats & amphibians of 20th century, many photos, 128 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| WINGS TO THE ORIENT, Cohen, Stan, Pictorial Histories, 1999, new, soft cover, see photo, photographic coverage of Pan Am's far
east service on Martin and Boeing Clippers, 214 pgs. | $14.95 |
