MCDONALD, STEVE

First and Foremost : In Celebration of Fifty Years of Manchester Airport

Manchester, Manchester Airport Plc. 1988, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8.5 x 12 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very minor mark to gilt-embossed white boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A very well illustrated history of Ringway Airport, as Manchester Airport was originally known, from around its opening in 1938. It includes the Airport's military years from 1939 to 1957. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 027704

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Manchester, Social History, Airplanes, Ringway Social History

MORGAN, ADRIAN

Gliding in 8 Days (eight)

London, Osprey Publishing Ltd. 1990. (ISBN: 0850459753) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Appears unread. Inscription on front end paper. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 127pp. A unique introduction to one of the world's most exhilarating leisure pursuits by a freelance journalist who followed this routine when he began as a complete novice. Near Fine.

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Book number: 012373

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Flying, Flight, Pilot, Air Travel, Gliders, 0850459753

BRUCE ROBERTSON

Aviation Enthusiasts Reference Book

Wellingborough, Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1989. (ISBN: 1852601620) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with general signs of storage. 160pp. With almost everything an enthusiast should know about the language, theory and history of aviation. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 022094

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Aircraft, Flying, Airplanes 1852601620

ROBSON, GRAHAM

Propliner Renaissance

Shrewsbury, Airlife. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840372745) Soft Cover, 10.75 x 9 inches. Book in mint condition. 112pp. This book celebrates the classic airliners that have been lovingly restored in order that the joy of early air travel can be recreated and celebrated once more.Very well illustrated in colour. As New.

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Book number: 006429

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Aeronautics_history Propellers, Aerial 1840372745

ROBBIE SHAW

McDonnell Douglas Jetliners (Osprey Civil Aircraft)

Oxford, Osprey Publishing Ltd. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 185532752X) Soft Cover, 10.5 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to lower front corner. 127pp. Extremely well illustrated in colour, this is the story of McDonnell Douglas airliners stretching back to before World War 2 with their immortal DC-3. Near Fine.

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Book number: 018819

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Airplanes, Air Travel, United States, 185532752x

TAYLOR, MICHAEL JOHN HADDRICK

The Aerospace Chronology

London, Tri-Service Press. 1989. (ISBN: 1854880039) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a trace of storage dustiness to upper page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with signs of storage and slight fading to spine. 330pp. A serious reference work of virtually every significant event in the history of flight, with over 500 photographs. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 006903

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Transportation, Flight, Space Travel, Airplanes, 1854880039

TAYLOR, JOHN WR (EDITOR)

Aircraft 'Sixty Nine

Shepperton, Middlesex, Ian Allan. 1969. Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, price clipped title page and very minor bumping to spine ends. 96pp. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010563

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Airplanes, Flying, Flight,

TAYLOR, JOHN WR (EDITOR)

Aircraft Annual 1961

Surrey, Ian Allan. 1961. Hardback, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Inscription on front end paper. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with nicks/slight creasing to edges. 96pp. The world of flying and aircraft in 1961. Very Good (+)/Very Good (-).

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Book number: 021971

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Airplanes, Flying, History

TAYLOR, JOHN WR (EDITOR)

Aircraft Annual 1960

Surrey, Ian Allan. 1960. Hardback, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Name stamp inside front board. No other text marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly diusty top of page edges, small mark inside rear board and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with nick to top of spine and slight creasing/rubbing to edges. 96pp. The world of flying and aircraft in 1960. Very Good/Very Good (-).

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Book number: 021972

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Airplanes, Flying, History

THOMPSON, MILTON O.

At the Edge of Space : The X-15 Flight Program

Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1560981075) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with tiny nick to spine top, minor creasing to lower rear edge and traces of storage. 375pp. This is the story of the aircraft development and testing regime which began in the 1950s by NASA to achieve hypersonic speeds as the prelude to space flight. With a Foreword by Neil Armstrong. Illustrated. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 027400

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Nasa, Space Flight, Neil Armstrong, 1560981075

VINES, MIKE

Wind in the Wires : A Golden Era of Flight 1909-1939

Shrewsbury, Airlife. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 1853102296) Hard Cover, 10.75 x 9 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket protected in plastic not price clipped or creased with tiny nick to top of spine. 128pp. This is a journey in photographs from the pioneering years of aviation beginning in 1909 when Bleriot flew the Channel, through the hectic development of fighting aircraft for World War I, taking the story up to the outbreak of World War II. The majority of the pictures were taken at three major historic aircraft collections, being Old Rhinebeck, New York, USA, the Salis Collection in France and the Shuttleworth Collection in the UK. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004040

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Aircraft, Flying, History, Bleriot, Old Rhinebeck, Salis Collection, Shuttleworth Collection, 1853102296

WEBSTER, JACK & MCNICOL, D CAMERON (INTRODUCTION) & AIR VICE-MARSHAL SANDY JOHNSTONE (FOREWORD)

Flying Scots : Century of Scottish Aviation (SIGNED By CONTRIBUTORS)

Glasgow, Scotland, The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 1994. (ISBN: 0952217422) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Signed inside front cover by D Cameron McNicol and by Sandy Johnstone on Foreword page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Tipped-in Presentation Plate to commemorate the 1994 opening of Glasgow Airport's New International Pier. The story of how aviation developed in Scotland. With photographs and colour paintings. Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 005965

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Airplanes, Raf, Prestwick 0952217422

NICK WOTHERSPOON

North-West Aircraft Wrecks: New Insights into Dramatic Last Flights (Aviation Heritage Trail)

Barnsley, Pen & Sword Aviation. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 1844154785) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.25 inches. Book in mint unread condition. 252pp. Stories of aircraft crashes in the North-West of England and the exploration of the sites and detailed research by the author and his fellow enthusiasts. As New.

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Book number: 020409

Catalogue: Transport - Air

Keywords: Aircraft, Crashes, North West England 1844154785