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GETTING OFF THE GROUND, Vecsey & Dade, E.P. Dutton, 1979, vg/vg, see photo, bio's of 31 pioneer aviators including, Newell, Stadlman, Ryan, Wysong, Girney, Bruno, Northrop, Merril and others, photos, 304 pgs. $14.95
HENRI MIGNET AND HIS FLYING FLEAS, Ellis & Jones, Haynes,1990, f/f, see photo, biography of Mignet, how he came to build the flea and modern variations of the aircraft, history of "Pou de Ciel" and modern versions, many photos, 224 pgs. $50.00
HEROES OF THE AIR, Fraser, Chelsea, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1927, vg (embossed cover, ex-library) biographies of early aviators, photos & maps, 487 pgs. $10.00
JANE'S HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT FROM 1902 TO 1916, Grey, C.G. (editor), Arco, 1969, vg/ vg-, Reprint, see photo, book consists of part of the 1917 edition of 'Jane's All The World's Aircraft' and offers a pictorial record of the early days of aviation. Includes 180 black and white photographs, historical prefaces on war balloons & parachutes, 93 pgs. $20.00
KNIGHTS OF THE AIR, Maitland, Lester Lt., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929, vg (minor cover wear), history of early flying with an emphasis on the first flights across continents, and trans-Pacific, photos, 338 pgs. $35.00
KOSCIUSKO SQUADRON 1919-1921, Kopanski & Kzok, Mushroom, 2005, new (soft cover), many photos & color plates, 80 pgs. $21.00
LAST TRAIN OVER ROSTOV BRIDGE, Aten & Orrmont, Julian Messner, 1961, vg/vg (chipping & repaired), see photo, Americans that flew with White Russian Army during the Russian Civil War, maps on end pages, 340 pgs. $30.00
MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES, Duffy & Crane, Sound Heritage Series, 1980, vg (soft cover), early aviation in British Columbia, 1910-1940, photos, 78 pgs. $13.50
MARINE FIGHTING SQUADRON NINE, Barrow, Jess, TAB, 1981, f, soft cover, see photo, VF-9M, 1925 to 1938, photos, 239 pgs. $10.00
MAVERICKS OF THE SKY, Rosenberg & Macaulay, William Morrow, new with dj, see photo, recouns the crucial first three years of the U.S. Air Mail Service, a collection of former World War I ace pilots, pushing the limits of flight to the extreme to deliver mail, famously known as "the Suicide Club", photos, 341 pgs. $14.95
MEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD - AVIATION PIONEERS, Cooksley, Peter, Sutton, 2003, as new with dj, see photo, examination of the steps that led the Wright brothers to build & fly the worldÕs first powered aircraft exploring the development of flight by other aviation pioneers of the time & comparing the achievements of men like Cayley, Lilienthal, Cody and Berliot with the Wrights and with one another, photos, 179 pgs. $35.00
MERCY PILOT, Tordoff, Epicenter Press, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo, bio of Joe Crosson, a national hero between the world wars flying mercy missions in the North, including a dangerous search in a dark Siberian winter for a lost pilot, Carl Ben Eielson, & a bitterly cold winter flight in an open cockpit carrying serum through uncharted mountains to Barrow, Alaska the first pilot to land on a glacier, photos, 254 pgs. $17.95
MICKEY, vg (soft cover, comb binding), 1994, see photo, 57 magazine articles republished by Col Myron (Mickey) Roth, USAF retired. The majority of the articles are about people & events in early aviation history, such as the Moisants, "Pewt" Arnold, Paul Mantz, the Dole Racers & flight of the NC-4, photos, 119 pgs. $25.00
MONOPLANES AND BIPLANES, Loening, Grover, Munn & Co., 1911, vg, inked names, see photo,current state of aerodynamics, the work of Langley, lilienthal and Chanute, various contemporary aircraft are detailed and described, 278 illustrations, 331 pgs. $165.00
MONTANA & THE SKY, Wiley, Frank, Montana Aeronautics Comm., 1966, vg/vg (rubbed), see photo, history of aviation in Montana, 1885 to 1930, featuring prominent Montana aviators, photos, 343 pgs. $50.00

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