New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. The poignant story of one of America's forgotten workhorse weapons of World War II, the B-24 bomber. Carrying a heavier payload than the glamorous B-17 Flying..... More
An archive of research and writing materials gathered for a biography of Ormer Locklear, the daredevil aerial stuntman who was the first to change planes mid-air and died while filming the silent movie The Skywayman..... More
New York: Kenneth J. Boedecker, 1938. First edition. Soft cover. 87 pp. photographic portraits. A remarkable glimpse of the American aviation industry in the mid-1930s, comprised of hundreds of portraits of pilots, executives, stewardesses, mechanics..... More
Manchester: Crecy Publishing Limited, 2005. Revised Edition. Hardcover. "...narrates the moments of triumph and tragedy during Thomas Sopwith's early life and describes the events leading to his 80-year involvement in aeronautics." Foreword by HRH The..... More
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1942 and 1947. Hardcover. The first volume is a second printing, while the second volume is a first edition. This much-respected work traces the history of German military..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 308 p. with numerous textual photographs, drawings, and diagrams. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with blue stamping. Ink date to the verso of the front flyleaf, with..... More
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1938. Hardcover. 356 p. Frontispiece portrait, with illustrations by Frank L. Carlson and Fred L. Meagher. Sixth edition. Considered to be the founder of aeronautical engineering in..... More
Minneapolis: T.S. Denison & Company, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by William P. Lear on the front flyleaf. Laudatory biography of the American electrical engineer and industrialist whose Lear Jet Corporation was the first..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Tells the story of the author's and her husband Charles Lindbergh's 1933 flight from Africa to South America acorss the Atlantic Ocean. Includes a foreword..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: Three Peaks Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Trade paperback. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Quarto. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
Santa Clara, California: University of Santa Clara, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 241 p. Profusely illustrated. Though little known today, Montgomery performed the first manned, controlled, heavier-than-air flights in the United States in 1883 - roughly..... More
London: Ian Allen, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. An illustrated survey of the diverse range of North American Rockwell aircraft types, from the P-51 Mustang to the B-1 Lancer. This copy on the front flyleaf by..... More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. "The first book devoted to the development, manufacture, and use of American flying clothing before and during the war. Virtually every garment and accessory..... More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. "The first book to describe the development and characteristics of virtually every item of personal equipment used by the Army's air arm from the..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. A record of the exploits and sacrifices of the American volunteer pilots who served under Thenault's command during the First World War. Formed in 1916, the..... More