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BLACK CATS AND OUTSIDE LOOPS, Bohrer, Walt, Plere Publishing, 1989, fine (pictorial cover), see scan, Inscribed by author, see scan, Biography of Tex Rankin, barn stormer, air racer & flight instructor. Includes 2 brochures from the Oregon Aviation Museum, photos, 225 pgs. $30.00 (sold)
CANADA'S AVIATION PIONEERS - 50 YEARS OF McKEE TROPHY WINNERS, Sutherland, Alice, McGraw- Hill, 1978, f/f (as new), see scan, signed by author, The winners of the McKee Trophy 1927 to 1977, photos, 304 pages. $27.50
FIREBIRDS, West, Bruce, illustrated by James Lumbers, Ministry of Natural Resources, 1974, vg/vg, see photo, bush flying, account of the first 50 years of Ontario Provincial Air Service, photos & drawings, 258 pgs. $7.50
GEE BEE RACERS, Mendenhall, Charles, Specialty Press, 1994, new, soft cover, see photo, photos & line drawings, 179 pgs.$16.00
GREAT ATLANTIC AIR RACE, Rowe, Percy, McClelland & Stewart, 1977, f/f, se scan, Early attempts to cross the Atlantic, climaxed by the Alcock & Brown flight in 1919, 40 photos, 224 pgs. $10.00
MYSTERY SHIP, Phillips, Edward, Flying Books, 1999, new, soft cover, see photo, Travel Air Type R, won the 1929 Thompson at over 200 mph, many photos, 93 pgs. $12.00
SCHNEIDER TROPHY RTORY, Eves, Edward, MBI, 2001, f/f (as new), see scan, Attracting entries from the U.S., Great Britain, France, and Italy, the Schneider Trophy fostered a rapid advance in aviation technology. This book devotes an entire chapter to each of the 12 races, with details of pre-race planning, navigation and seaworthiness trials, the race itself, and, of course, aircraft designs and engines. photos, drawings, maps, 253 pgs. $20.00
SEASON OF EAGLES, A,
Hull, Robert, Bob Hull Books, 1984, f/f, see scan. the author continues ro seaarch for personal stories of air racing peronnel from the 1930s, but continues into the 1940s, photos 297 pgs.
$15.00(sold)
SPEED, Allard, Noel, Burgess-Beckwith, 1976, vg/vg (has a scratch mark), see photo, signed by author, see scan, Biography of Charles Holman, Speed" Holman won the 1930 Thompson Trophy, 1st pilot for Northwest Airways, many photos, 87 pgs. $18.50
SKYRACERS, THE, Hood, Joseph, Grosset & Dunlap, 1969, vg/vg, see scan, From the air racing beginnings in 1909 through the highights of the 1920s & 1930s, photos, 160 pgs. $22.50
VAGABONDS OF THE SKY McAllister, Bruce, Roundup Press, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo, photographic history of America's barnstorming pilots & daredevils, 151 pgs. $6.00


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