| 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 |
| ACROSS THE HIGH FRONTIER,
Lundgren, William, William Morrow & Co., 1955, vg/vg see photo, signed by Chuck Yeager, biography of Major Charles Yeager, first man to break the sound barrier, photos, 288 pgs.
| $85.00 |
| 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 |
| AIR COMMAND
Collishaw with R. V. Dodds, Kimber, 1973, vg/vg (some wear), see photo,
Canadian aviator who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and later the Royal Air Force. He was the highest scoring RNAS flying ace and the second highest scoring Canadian pilot of the First World War. As a member of the RAF during the Second World War, he commanded No. 204 Group (which later became the Desert Air Force) in North Africa,
photos, 256 pgs.
| $125.00 |
| 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 |
| ALWAYS ANOTHER DAWN
, Crossfield, Scott, Hodder & Stoughton, 1961, f/f, see photo, Crossfield was most noted for his flights in the X-15, photos,
421 pgs. | $85.00 |
| 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 |
| ANOTHER ICARUS Jarrett, Philip, Smithsonian, 1987, vg/vg (rubbed), see photo,
Percy Pilche's quest for flight, 4 years before the Wright brothers' first flight, he designed & built a triplane glider which was intended to fit
with an engine, unfortunately before he got a chance to test out his machine he died in a glider demonstration in 1899, photos & drawings, 226 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY, Cate, Curtis, G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1970, vg/vg,
see photo,
biography of Saint-Exupery includes details of his early flying days as well
as his experiences during WWII which include getting himself sent to Morroco
in June 1940 to try and carry on the struggle in North Africa, being received
by Petain at Vichy, crossing swords with the Gaullists in New York, and attempting to get
the OSS to parachute him into France in order to limit the fratricidal feuds of his compatriots,
photos, 608 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| 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 |
| BERNT BALCHEN POLAR AVIATOR Glines, Carroll V., Smithsonian, 1999, new, see photo,
biography, photo section, 310 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| BILLY BISHOP, VC, Mathieson, W.D., Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 1989,
f, soft cover, see photo, bio of Bishop with many photos, 63 pgs. | $14.95 |
| 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.
| $24.95 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
