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GOLDEN EAGLES, Firkins, Peter, St. George Books, 1980, f/f see photo, stories of 15 Australian airmen, 8 from WW I and 7 from WW 2, photos, 242 pgs. $26.50
GRAF ZEPPELIN, Vaeth, J.Gordon, Harper & Brothers, 1958, vg/vg (minor chipping) see photo, biography of Hugo Eckener, and the 10 years of air voyages of the Graf Zeppelin, 1928 to 1937, photos, 235 pgs. $27.50
GUNTHER PLUSCHOW, Rippon, Anton, Pen & Sword, 2009, new, see photo, Gunther Pluschow was a one-man air force against the British & Japanese at Tsingtao, China, he was captured, sent to Donington Hall, escaped. After the war, he was involve in aerial exploration of South America, photos, 194 pgs. $34.95
HAWKER, Blackmore, L.K. Orion, 1991, as new, see photo, joined Sopwith,1913, attempted Atlantic flight, 1919, formed Hawker Aircraft Ltd., 1920, fatal crash, 1921, photos, 232 pgs. $7.50
HOWARD HUGHES, AVIATOR, Marrett, George, Naval Institute, 2004, as new with dj, see photo, biography of the elusive Hughes, he personally tested every plane that he built, details of the top-secret airport he owned in Culver City, photos, 255 pgs. $19.95
HUGO JUNKERS AND HIS AIRCRAFT, Schmitt, Gunter, Transpress, 1988, f/f, see photo, biography of, and the aircraft he designed up to the year of his death, 1935, photos, 224 pgs. $46.00
I COULD NEVER BE SO LUCKY AGAIN, Doolittle & Glines, Schiffer, 1995, new, see photo, biography of General "Jimmy" Doolittle, photos, 574 pgs. $29.95
IGOR SIKORSKY, THE RUSSIAN YEARS, Finne K.N., Smitsonian, 1987, f/f, see photo, achievements in Russia before the revolution, details of the design & operational record of the world's first large four engine aircraft, photos, 223 pgs. $20.00
JACK NORTHROP AND THE FLYING WING, Coleman, Ted, Paragon, 1988, vg/vg, see photo, first hand report of the pioneering design of the Stealth Bomber, photos, 284 pgs. $13.50
JEAN NAVARRE - FRANCE'S SENTINEL OF VERDUN and the FIRST FRENCH FIGHTER PILOTS Wilberg, Jim, Aeronaut, 2010, new, soft cover, see photo, biography of Jean Navarre, first French ace, 12 biographies of Pegoud, Garros, 133 period photos & drawings, example of color plates, 16 color profiles of aircraft, 7 with plan views, 5 paintings of early air combat, 100 pgs. $24.95
JUNGLE PILOT, Hitt, Russell, Harper & Brothers, 1959, vg (donation notation on fly page)/vg (minor chipping), see photo, Nate Saint was a missionary bush pilot in Ecuador, slain by locals in 1956, photos, 303 pgs. $6.50
KNIGHT OF THE AIR, Smith, Maxwell, Pageant Press, 1956, vg (ex-library)/vg,, see photo, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, fighter pilot, genius as a writer, who believed in the destiny of man, 265 pgs. $12.50
LAST EXPLORER, Hoyt, Edwin, John Day, 1968, vg/vg, see photo, biography of Admiral Byrd, photos, 380 pgs.
$7.50
LEGACY OF WINGS, Smith, Frank K., T-D Assoc., 1981, vg/vg, see photo, Harold Pitcairn, builder of the Mailwings & autogiros, photos, 371 pgs. $15.00
LOG BOOK, Lane, Foster, Prop Press, 1977, vg/vg, see photo, 50 years of his flying experience, over 120 photographs, 168 pgs. $12.00

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