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FAIREY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1915, Taylor, H.A., Putnam, 1974, vg/vg, see photo, one of the pioneers of British Naval aviation, Fairey is best known for providing the RNAS & the Fleet Air Arm with aircraft, fully described & ilustrated with photographs & 3-views, 450 pgs. $25.00
FAMOUS AMERICAN FLYERS, Fraser, Chelsea, Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1941, vg (no dj), exploits of 13 American air pioneers, incuding Glenn Curtiss, Frank Hawks, Edwin Musick & Wiley Post, photos, 352 pgs. $16.00
FIRST CROYDON AIRPORT 1915-1928, Learmonth, Nash & Clvetti, Sutton Libraries, 1977, fine copy, airport established in 1915 for aerial defence of London, it later became a major commercial airport, photos, 87 pgs. $17.50
FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD, Glines & Cohen, Historic Aviation, 2000, new, soft cover, see photo, two Douglas World Cruisers made the first round the world flight April 6 to Sept. 28, 1924, many photos, 170 pgs. $17.95
FIRST TO FLY, AVIATION'S PIONEER DAYS, Harris, Sherwood, McGraw-Hill, 1991, new (issued w/o dj) see photo, the mechanical ingenuity & perseverance that turned the dreams of the early aviators into reality, Wright brothers; Bleriot's cross-Channel flight; Samuel Langley & the first attempt at a carrier-based flight; Cal Rodgers; Blanche Scott, early female aviator & many more, based on diaries, letters, old newspaper stories & long-forgotten interviews, Harris provides a fascinating account of aviation's infancy, photos, 231 pgs. $8.00
FLIGHT FEVER, Hamlen, John, Doubleday, 1971, vg (no dj), signed by Harry Jones, who had a repair facility at the airport at Old Orchard Beach, ME, where several of the transatlantic flights staged through, 1927 successes & failures on trans-Atlantic flights, photos, 372 pgs. $15.00
FLIGHT OF EAGLES, Karolevitz & Fenn, Brevet Press, 1974, vg/vg, see photo, Kosciuszko Squadron of American volunteers who flew for Poland against Russia 1919-20, photos, 281 pgs. $20.00
FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, Kinsford-Smith & Ulm, Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929, vg/vg (lazer copy dj), see photo, first trans-Pacific flight in 1928, flew from Oakland, California to Honolulu, then on to Fiji and Brisbane, map & photos, 295 pgs. $36.50
FLY, Fascimile reproduction of the first 10 issues of Fly magazine (Nov., 1908, though Aug., 1909). Each issue approx. 20 pgs. $30.00
FLYING AND GLIDER MANUALS - Complete Set of EAA Reprints (6), all in fine condition (soft cover), originally published 1929 to 1933. $45.00 for the set
FLYERS IN SEARCH OF WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT, Adams, Noah, Crown, 2003, new, see photo, Adams, cohost of NPR's All Things Considered, sets out to learn about the Wright Brothers, their family & why they loved to fly so much, he visits all the spots important to the brothers, from the Outer Banks, where they flew gliders, to France, Dayton, & New York, a personable guide into the Wright Brothers' world, offering a refreshing look at these aviation pioneers, photos, 221 pgs. $10.00
FLYING MACHINE, THE, Andrews, Allen, G.P. Putnam, 1977, vg/vg, evolution of flight, many illustrations & photographs, 168 pgs. $3.50
FRENCH AEROPLANES BEFORE THE GREAT WAR, Opdycke, Leonard, Schiffer, 1999, new,
see photo, log of nearly 700 French builders, many rare photos from Musee de l'Air, 288 pgs.
$44.00
FROM BLERIOT TO SPITFIRE, Ogilvy, David (editor), Airlife, 1991, vg, soft cover, see photo, flying the aircraft in the Shuttleworth collection, photos, 192 pgs., $12.95

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