| 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.
| $30.00 |
| FARTHER AND FASTER, Gwynn-Jones, Terry, Smithsonian, 1991, f/f, see photo,
1909 to 1939, chronicles the golden age of aviation from the perspective of the duel goals of speed
& distance describing the airplane's practicle advances, photos, 333 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| FIGHTERS 1914-19, ATTACK AND TRAINING AIRCRAFT, Munson, Kenneth, Macmillan, 1976, vg/vg , see photo,
descriptions, color plates & drawings, 188 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| 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. | $10.00 |
| FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT, Wiggin, Charles, Bookmailer, 1961, vg, card cover, see photo, Cal Rogers flight from Long Island to Long Beach in 1911, he flew 4,321 miles in 3 days, 10 hrs & 3 min. However, his
total traveling time was 49 days during 25 he was unable to fly because of weather or repairs, a photograhic essay on
this flight, unpaged.
| $35.00 |
| FIRST WORLD FLIGHT, Thomas, Lowell, Houghton Mifflin, 1925, fine, (no dj, embossed cover),
see photo, the personal narratives of Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden and John Harding,
maps on end papers, photos, 328 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| 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.
| $30.00 |
| FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, Kinsford-Smith & Ulm, Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929,
g (yellowing of paper, inked name, cover wear & rubbed),
first trans-Pacific flight in 1928, flew from Oakland, California to Honolulu,
then on to Fiji and Brisbane, map & photos, 295 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| FLY, Fascimile reproduction of the first 10 issues of Fly magazine (Nov., 1908, though Aug., 1909). Each issue approx. 20 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| 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 |
| FLYING, AN EPITOME AND A FORECAST ,
Grahame-White, Claude, Chatto and Windus, 1930, cover spotting (no dust jacket), has been professionally reinforced, two stamps from
University of California, Santa Cruz library, see photo, chapters on early attempts to fly, first balloons &
airships, war in its aerial aspects, review of aeroplane design & the problem of the giant airship.
Twelve chapters, 40 b/w illustrations. Author urges more generous government spending to develop long-distance
airways, is a firm believer in the future of the German type of large flying-boat, 263 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| FLYING FLEA, Mignet, Henri, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1935, vg , How to build and fly the Pou-de-Ciel light aircraft, photos & illustrations, 269 pgs.
| $90.00 |
| 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.
| $15.00 |
| FLYING MACHINE, THE, Andrews, Allen, G.P. Putnam, 1977, vg/vg,
evolution of flight, many illustrations & photographs, 168 pgs.
| $3.50 |
| FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS, Brown, Arthur Whitten, Frederick Stokes Co., 1920, vg (cover wear), see photo,
first flight across the Atlantic by heavier than air aircraft in 1919, written by a co-pilot, photos, 178 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| 14,000 MILES THROUGH THE AIR, Smith, Sir Ross, Macmillian Co., 1922, vg (cover wear),
story of two brothers who succesfully won a prize of £10, 000 for the first flight by Australians in an
aircraft of British Empire manufacture from Hounslow or Calshot in England to Australia within 30 days
in a Vickers Vimy bomber, photos, 137 pgs. | $85.00 |
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.
| $59.95 |
| 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 |
