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 about THE WILD BLUE: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B24s Over Germany
Huntington Park, California: Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Beck, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 200 p. 14 photographs. First edition, with a holographic cancel to the publisher's address on the title page. Posthumously published autobiography of an... More about FIGHTER PILOT
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 about BOEDY'S ALBUM (CROSS SECTION OF AVIATION PERSONNEL
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 about PURE LUCK: The Authorised Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1988-1989
London: Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1917. Hardcover. Ninth Edition, with 76 illustrations, including 5 folding plates. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles. Period bookseller's label to the rear pastedown, with... More about AERO ENGINES: With a General Introductory Account of the Theory of the Internal-Combustion Engine
Stroud, Gloucestershire: Chalford, 1997. Soft cover. 128 p. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A very good copy. More about Cobham: The Flying Years
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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 about WINGED MARS: The German Air Weapon, 1870-1914 [and] The Air Weapon, 1914-1916
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 442 p. Foreword by L. Douglas Wilder. 24 pp. photographs and illustrations. Memoirs of Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912-2002), the pioneering African American military officer who... More about BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR., AMERICAN: An Autobiography
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Hardcover. Second printing, with the square 78 rpm record of Amelia's Earhart's International Broadcast on May 22, 1932 housed in the rear pocket. An assortment of autobiographical reminiscences... More about THE FUN OF IT: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation
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 about THROUGH THE OVERCAST: The Art of Instrument Flying
New York and Chicago: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. An early guidebook to the amateur flying, with chapters devoted to the economics, safety, etc. The author was a research pilot for the Kollsman... More about LIGHTPLANE FLYING
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Laudatory biography of the United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. Includes a foreword by J.H. Doolittle and sixteen textual... More about ACROSS THE HIGH FRONTIER: The Story of a Test Pilot - Major Charles E. Yeager, USAF
Santa Clara, California: Osborne Publisher, Incorporated, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 312 p. Profusely illustrated. A clear and factual picture of Amelia Earhart's life, career, and the circumstances surrounding her final flight, incorporating many family pictures... More about AMELIA, MY COURAGEOUS SISTER: Biography of Amelia Earhart - True Facts About Her Disappearance
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 about THE FORGOTTEN BARNSTORMER: The Story of the Standard J-1 in War and in Peace
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military History, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "This new biography of Edouard Nieuport, written by his grandson Gerard Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft... More about NIEUPORT, 1875-1911: A Biography of Edouard Nieuport
New York: Vantage Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 169 p. Numerous textual photographs. Memoirs of the pioneering aviator whose considerable list of achievements include being the first woman aviator in Iowa, the first woman accepted... More about I TAUGHT AMELIA TO FLY
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 about JOHN JOSEPH MONTGOMERY, FATHER OF BASIC FLYING, 1858-1911
El Segundo, California: Hughes Aircraft Company, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Exhaustively illustrated, largely in color. This comprehensive survey explores the development of airborne and spaceborne radar applications, and presents the fundamentals of virtually all airborne... More about INTRODUCTION TO AIRBORNE RADAR
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 about NORTH AMERICAN: An Aircraft Album
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 about COMBAT FLYING CLOTHING: Army Air Forces Clothing During World War II
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 about COMBAT FLYING EQUIPMENT: U.S. Army Aviators' Personal Equipment, 1917-1945
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 about THE STORY OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE: Told by Its Commander, Captain Georges Thenault