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PASSION FOR WINGS, Wohl, Robert, Yale University, 1994, vg, soft cover, see photo, The impact of aviation on western civilization, 1908-1918, photos & illustrations, 320 pgs. $10.00
PERSONAL FILES IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE HISTORICAL COLLECTION, Atkinson, G., Air Force Historical Research, 1975, Soft cover, VG,see scan, Personal files of retired general officers, 29 pgs. $5.00
PIONEERING AVIATION IN THE WEST, Bungey, Lloyd (Editor), Hancock House, 1992, fine (soft cover), see scan, Canadian Museum of Flight interviewed these aviators, who pioneered flight in British Columbia from 1910 to the Martain Mars, photos, 328 pgs. $10.00
R101 - AIRSHIP DISASTER - 1930, Stationery Office, 1999, f (soft cover.as new) see scan, Pocket book size reprint of the 1931 book. In Oct, 1930, the R-101, on a flight to India, crashed into Northern France killing 54 passenges, 162 pgs. $10.00
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR IN THE AIR, McConnell, James, Pen & Sword, 2013, new (soft cover), see photo, author enlisted as a US volunteer in the French Flying Corps, he was part of the Lafayette Escadrille. This memoir is based on his account, photos, 96 pgs. $10.00
RED AIR FIGHTER, von Richthofen, Manfred, Arno, 1972, f/f, reprint, see photo, autobiography, shot down 80 allied aircraft, photos, 140 pgs. $10.00
SIKORSKY VS-44 FLYING BOAT, Pember, Harry, Flying Machines Press, 1998, as new, soft cover, see photo, design , constuction & operation of the Sikorsky VS -44 4 - engine flying boat in the late 1930's , their use includes in Antilles Air boats, under Charles & Maureen O ' Hara - Blaid , the restoration of the surviving example, photos, line drawings & color plates, 71 pgs. $6.00
SKY BATTLE: 1914-1918, Cooke, David, Norton, 1970, vg/vg.see scan, The development of air combat in WW I. Includes a victory list & technical data on the aircraft, many photos 304 pgs. $8.50
SKY ON FIRE, Fredette, Raymond, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966, f/vg (chipped), see photo, front battle of Britain 1917-1918 and the birth of the Royal Air Force, photos, 289 pgs. $10.00
STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING, Lovell, Mary, St. Martin's Press, 1987, vg/vg, see photo, biogrophy of Beryl Markham, in 1936 - she was the first person to fly the Atlantic solo, married 3 times & had many lovers, based on interviews & her own papers, photos & illustrations, 408 pgs. $10.00
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT SINCE 1935, Smith, Richard, self-published, 1985, vg spiral boud, inscribed by author,illustrations, 26 pgs. $10.00
TAKING FLIGHT, Hallion, Richard, Oxford Press, 2003, new, see photo, a ground-breaking & comprehensive new history of flight, stressing its global roots, follows its pre-history, early attempts by pioneers to invent the aeroplane, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I & finally considers the effects of flight on world affairs, both military and civil, photos & diagrams, 531 pgs. $10.00
20 Hrs, 40 Min. , Earhart, Ameilia, National Geographic, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, reprint of her early autobiography published in 1928, her flight across the Atlantic in the "Friendship", photos, 182 pgs. $10.00


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