| DEAR BERT - AN AMERICAN PILOT FLYING IN WORLD WAR I ITALY,
Lewis, Edward Davis, LoGisma, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
George M.D. Lewis was one of 400 American pilots trained at Foggia, Italy in 1917-18,
under Capt. Fiorello H. LaGuardia. July 1918 he copiloted the first American flight over
the Alps, during his service & travels in Italy and France he encountered important
personalities of the time, including Gianni Caproni, Luigi Rizzo & Ernest Hemingway.
Lewis' photographs, dated journal entries & excerpts from his letters to his sweetheart
Bertha ('Bert') Harsch shed new light on this area of World War I aviation history,
more than 475 photos. 192 pgs.
| $24.00 |
| DE SHAZER, Watson, C. Hoyt, Light & Life Press, 1952, vg (no dust jacket), Jacob DeShazer was a bombardier with the Doolittle Raid, bailed out over
Japan, captured, survived and returned to Japan as a missionary after the war, photos, 181 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| DREAMERS, DOERS & DAREDEVILS, Marshall & Harris, Five Mile Press, as new with dust jacket (oversized), see photo,
short biographies of 58 aviation pioneers from about 1890 to 2003, accompanied by color illustrations of the aircraft they were associated with, photos & color illustrations, 232 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| EIGHTH SEA, THE, Courtney, Frank, Doubleday, 1972,
vg/vg, author began flying in WW I, flew for deHavilland,
Instone & later Consolidated, photos, 297 pgs.
| $7.95 |
| FASTEST MAN ALIVE, Everest, Frank, E. P. Dutton, 1958, vg /vg , see photo,
After WW II (P-40s, P-51s) set world speed record in Bell X-2, 1900 mph., 253 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| FIRST BLUE, Wilcox, Robert, St. Martin's Press, 2004, new,
see photo, Butch Voris, WW II Navy ace, may be best know for his efforts in the creation of the Blue Angels.
Also instrumental in the development of the F-14 Tomcat and NASA"s Lunar Excursion Module for Grumman, photos,
337 pgs.
| $25.95 |
| F. J. CAMM, THE PRACTICAL MAN, Cullingham, Gordon, Thameslink Ltd, 1996, signed by author, limited to 250 copies, fine, soft cover,
involved in airplane modelling, radio, telegraphy and automobiles, he was the brother of
Sydney Camm, designer of the hurricane, illustrations, photos, 104 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| FLYERS IN SEARCH OF WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT, Adams, Noah, Crown, 2003, new with dj,
author encounters the Wright brothers though the lens of his own experience as ell as orignal reporting, letters, diaries to help us understand the talent & intensity of the brothers, photos, 221 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| FLYING YEARS, Keith, C. H., John Hamilton, 1930, vg (cover wear & spine fade), his RAF
service in the Middle East, 1926-1930, photos, 315 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| FOKKER, Dierikx, Marc, Smithsonian, 1997, new, see photo,
biography of Anthony Fokker, whose biplanes and triplanes were
used extensively by Germany & World War I, he headed the world's
largest aircraft manufacturing company, photos, 250 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| FOKKER - THE MAN & HIS AIRCRAFT , Robertson, Bruce (editor),
Harleyford, 1961, f/vg (lazer copy),see photo, biography & history of his aircraft, many photos,
3-view tone drawings, 224 pgs. | $39.00 |
| FORGOTTEN EAGLE, Sterling & Sterling, Carroll & Graf Publisher, 2001, new, see photo,
Wiley Post,the pilot who circled the earth alone in a single-engine plane,
who flew at sub-stratospheric altitudes & discovered the jet stream, designed
the prototypes for astronauts' space suits, has been ignored in history,
based on thirty years of research, this biography reconstructs his adventurous life,
it was in the oil fields of Oklahoma that Post lost his left eye, a handicap
that he did not allow to impede his career as a parachute jumper, stunt pilot, barnstormer
& record-setting ace aviator, his career ended in 1935, with a fatal crash in Barrow, Alaska,
that also killed his passenger, Will Rogers, photos, 371 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| FOR VALOUR: THE AIR VCs, Bowyer, Chaz, Caxton, 2002, new, see photo,
biographies of 19 WW I pilots & 32 WW II airmen who won the Victoria Cross, photos, 250 pgs.
| $17.55 |
| FROM BIPLANE TO SPITFIRE, Baker, Anne, Pen & Sword, 2003, new, see photo,
Life of Air Chief Marsal Sir Geoffrey Salmond who fought in WWI, opened up new air-routes
to Australia & was instrumental in developing the Schneider Trophy-winning S-6B eventually
leading to the Spitfire, photos & maps, 236 pgs.
| $17.50 |
