| ACE OF ACES - THE DICK BONG STORY, Bong & O'Connor, Champlin Fighter Museum, 1984, vg (soft cover, embossed name), see photo, biography of the US leading ace, 40 victories, Dick Bong, by his brother and O'Connor, photos, 152 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| ADOLF GALLAND, Baker, David, Windrow & Greene, 1996, vg (embossed name)/vg, see photo, authorised biography, Galland was a 104 vistory ace for the Luftwaffe, became general in charge of fighters, photos, 316 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| ADOLF GALLAND, Held, Werner, Champlin Museum, 1986, vg (soft cover), pictorial biography, 184 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| ALL-WEATHER MAC, McIntosh, W/Cmd R.H., Macdonald, 1963, vg/vg, see photo,
autobiograhy, his 45 year flying career began with the R.F.C. in WW I, commercial flying, air-sea
rescue work in WW II. He won the Daily Express Air Race in 1952, photos, 288 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| AL MOONEY STORY, THE
Mooney & Baxter, Shearer Publishing, 1985, f/f, see photo, signed by Baxter,
autobiography of aviation pioneer Albert W. Mooney (1906-86). An aeronautical gypsy for much of his younger years, he formed the Mooney Aircraft Corporation with his brother Al and in 1947, produced the Mooney M-18 Mite, a small, single-seat aircraft that was the first of its kind on the post-World War II market. In 1955, the M-18 gave way to the M-20, a family of high performance, piston-powered, propeller-driven general aviation aircraft that are still in production today,
photos, 223 pg.s
| $75.00 |
| ANCIENT AIR, AN, Penrose, Harald, Wrens Park, 2001, new,
bio of John Stringfellow of Chard - the first man in the world to demonstrate
that engine-powered flight was practicable, photos, 183 pgs.
| $9.95 |
| ART SMITH, Roberts, Rachel Sherwood, McFarland, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo,
By 1915, pioneer aviator Art Smith was as celebrated as any movie star might be today, barnstorming feats, doing “death spirals,” sky writing, “loop-the-loops,” and night flights using phosphorus fireworks, he popularized aviation while testing the boundaries of aeronautical principles, photos, 220 pgs. | $35.00 |
| AUSTRALIAN ACES, Newton, Dennis, Australian Fighter Pilots Assoc., 1998, fine, soft cover
see photo, brief biographies of Australian aces, 61 from WW I & 79 from WW II,
photos, 122 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF OLE BURT, Greshan, Robert, self published, 1944, vg,
see photo, book was dedicated to author's son who died in WW II, 2nd Lt., J. Donald Gresham. There is a tipped photo of the author's son. Main purpose of writing this book was to provide funds to get an organization under way dedicated to the task of improving the return of returning military personnel. 175 pgs
| $50.00 |
| BARNES WALLIS, Morpurgo, J.E., St. Martins Press, 1972, vg/vg,
see photo, biography, in the pre-World War I days, designed rigid airships
including the R-80 and R-100, also the Wellesley & Wellington Bombers in WW II and was the creator
of the Tallboy and Grand Slam and the dam-busting bouncing bombs, introduced into aircraft design geodetic
construction, the swing wing airplane, contributed to the development of radio telescopy & even planned nuclear
submarines, photos, 400 pgs. | $36.00 |
| BERNT BALCHEN POLAR AVIATOR Glines, Carroll V., Smithsonian, 1999, new, see photo,
biography, photo section, 310 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| BILLY MITCHELL, Jeffers, H. Paul, Zenith, 2004, new, see photo,
Billy" Mitchell began his romance with aviation in 1916 when, at the age of 38, he took private flying lessons graduating just in time
to undertake the mobilization of Americas air forces in World War I, a daring & tireless leader who rose to the rank of brigadier general,
commanding all of Americas aerial-combat units in France, chronicles the highs and lows of Mitchells career,
photos, 288 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| BISHOP'S BOYS, THE,
Crouch, Tom, W.W. Norton & Co., 1990, fine, soft cover, see photo, life of Wilbur and Orville Wright,
photos, 606 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| BLERIOT - HERALD OF AN AGE, Brian, Elliot, Tempus, 2000, new, see photo, bio. of Bleriot, his aeroplane manufacturing, flying across the English channel in 1911, photos,
253 pgs. | $39.99 |
| BOMBER HARRIS, Saward, Dudly, Doubleday & Co., 1984, f/f,
authorized biography of Sir Arthur Harris, Marsal of the Royal Air Force,
head of the Bomber Command, photos, 347 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| BORING A HOLE IN THE SKY, Scott, Robert, Random House, 1961, vg/vg (chipping & edge wear. see photo, author's memoir, from a hand built glider and a World War I era Jenny to air combat with Chennault and the Flying Tigers through piloting an F-100F Super Sabre jet, photos, 292 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| BURNING UP THE SKY,
Buck, Bob, Putnam, 1931, vg, see photo, signed by author,
Buck got his pilot's license in 1930 and in October of that year, he became the youngest pilot to fly coast to coast. His flying time wa 23 hours, 47 minutes in a Pitcairn Mail wing,
photos, 178 pgs.
| $50.00
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| BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS, Smith, Dean, Little, Brown & Co., 1961, vg (embossed name)/g (chipping, spine & edge fade), see photo, author learned to fly in 1917 and after leaving the US Army spent a period barnstorming before being accepted as a pilot with the Air Mail. In 1928 he was selected by Byrd as one of the pilots on his expedition to the South Pole, 245 pgs.
| $40.00 |
| CHARLES LINDBERGH AND THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, Pisano & van der Linden, Smithsonian, 2003, vg/vg, see photo, pictorial biography in both b/w & color, 142 pgs.
| $7.50 |
| CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE, Wallace, Graham, Putnam, 1960, vg/vg, see photo,
bio of Britain's all around aeronaut, organized their first air mail service, built & operated the world's first commercial airliner, flew in WW I, photos, 256 pgs.
| $38.00 |
| COLONEL CODY AND THE FLYING CIRCUS, Jenkins, Garry, Picador, 2000, vg/vg,
biography of Sam Cody, colorful life at the gambling tables in Doge City to building & flying kites & engine powered aircraft, killed in an airplane crash in 1913, photos, 276 pgs.
| $15.00 |
