ALLEN, HUGH

The Story of the Airship (Non-Rigid) a Study of One of America's Lesser Known Defense Weapons

Akron, OH: Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley, 1943. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing nicking and several medium sized chips missing. "Non-Rigid airships (Blimps) have become a familiar part of the sky line in many cities. But their assignment to a place in the national defense arouses questions...." "A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships (e. G. Zeppelins) , blimps rely on the pressure of the lifting gas (usually helium, rather than hydrogen) inside the envelope and the strength of the envelope itself to maintain its shape. The term is sometimes also used to refer to the tethered craft properly known as moored balloons. While often very similar in shape, moored balloons have no propulsion and are tethered to the ground." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 42667

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Astronautics / Aeronautics / Aviation Aeronatics Blimps Airships Dirigibles Non-rigid Airships Aviation

ALLWARD, MAURICE

An Illustrated History of Seaplanes and Flying Boats

New York: Dorset Press, 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. "A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are in a subclass called amphibious aircraft. Seaplanes and amphibians are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteristics: floatplanes and flying boats; the latter are generally far larger and can carry far more. These aircraft were sometimes called hydroplanes, but currently this term applies instead to motor-powered watercraft that use the technique of hydrodynamic lift to skim the surface of water when running at speed. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 39470

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Maurice Allward Seaplanes Flying Boats History Of Seaplanes Aeronautics / Astronautics

AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Air Transport Facts and Figures 19th Edition 1958

Washington D. C.: Air Transport Association of America, 1958. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light edge wear and bumping to the spine ends. There is business card stapled to the top front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40276

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Air Transport Association Of America Air Transport Reference Statistics Aeronautics / Astronautics

BOEING HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Flightlines Boeing Products Since 1916

Seattle, WA: Boeing Historical Archives, N.D.. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some very light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Boeing Company was started in 1916, when American lumber industrialist William E. Boeing founded Aero Products Company in Seattle, Washington. Shortly before doing so, he and Conrad Westervelt created the "B&W" seaplane. [14][15] In 1917, the organization was renamed Boeing Airplane Company, with William Boeing forming Boeing Airplane & Transport Corporation in 1928. [14] In 1929, the company was renamed United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, followed by the acquisition of several aircraft makers such as Avion, Chance Vought, Sikorsky Aviation, Stearman Aircraft, Pratt & Whitney, and Hamilton Metalplane. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine .

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Book number: 42919

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Boeing Historical Archives Boeing Products History Of Aviation History Of Aeronautics

UNITED STATES ARMY

Study and Exploitation of Aerial Photographs I : Text , II: Plates

Washington D. C.: United States Army, 1918. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with flexible cloth covers and a glued spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is an inked number on the top edge of the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There are two folded plates at the rear of the book. "By this time, sophisticated aerial photography from kites, balloons and even pigeons had already developed significantly thanks to a century of experiments by scientists and militaries. In “The Balloon Prospect, ” Caren Kaplan writes that balloons were used for military reconnaissance as early as June 26th, 1794, when the French Revolutionary Army floated balloons over their engagement with the Austrian-Dutch coalition in Fleurus, Belgium. Aerial reconnaissance from balloons also saw use in the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and in the Boer War. Balloons and other methods of aerial photography began to give way to airplanes in the Italo-Turkish War, in which aircraft were used for the first time for military reconnaissance, directing naval gunfire. At the 1913 Paris Aero Salon, French engineers revealed the first airplane to be equipped with a specially configured aerial camera. By 1914, each of Europe’s major powers had developed dedicated aircraft corps for aerial intelligence. “The single use in war for which the machines of the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps were designed and the men trained was (let it be repeated) reconnaissance… [I]t was designed to operate with an expeditionary force and to furnish that force with eyes, ” wrote Walter Raleigh in The War in the Air: In Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force (1922). "(Bard College). Near Fine .

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Book number: 38678

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics United States Army Military Aeronautics Aerial Photography Aerial Observation Balloons United States Balloon Corps Aeronautics / Astronautics

ASHLEY, GLENN & JOE SEWELL & PERRY MANLEY & DON GREER

Panavia Tornado in Action - Aircraft No. 111

Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 0897472349. Illustrated by Joe Sewell. B&W & Color Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is one light crease to the bottom front corner of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 47227

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: 0897472349 Aeronautics / Astronautics Joe Sewell Perry Manley Don Greer Glenn Ashley Airplanes Aircraft Fighter Jets

PROFESSIONAL RACE PILOTS ASSN.

Prpa Pictorial 2nd Edition

Van Vuys, CA: Professional Race Pilots Assn, 1970. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized magazine with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have some light bumping and rubbing along with some light ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "Air racing is a highly specialised type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or outcome closest to a previously estimated time." "The first 'heavier-than-air' air race was held on 23 May 1909 - the Prix de Lagatinerie, at the Port-Aviation airport south of Paris, France. Four pilots entered the race, two started, but nobody completed the full race distance; though this was not unexpected, as the rules specified that whoever travelled furthest would be the winner if no-one completed the race. Léon Delagrange, who covered slightly more than half of the ten 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi; 0.65 nmi) laps was declared the winner. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 37390

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Professional Race Pilots Association Air Races Aviation PRPA Journals

AIRSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT / AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION

Nopa Noise Report

Washington D. C.: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. Color Illustrations; This is an oversized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover of the pamphlet has a patch of foxing. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 34070

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Airspace Technology Aircraft Owners And Pilots Association AOPA Noise Reduction Aviation Noise Aeronautics / Astronautics

FLIGHT ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Saftey in the Jet Age

Washington D. C.: Flight Engineers International Association, 0. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a strong vertical crease to the entire book. The text pages are clean and bright. This pamphlet, published by the FEIA (Flight Engineers International Association) discusses the responsibilities of Flight Engineers before, during and after a flight. "It started as an insignificant wildcat walkout of a few flight engineers on overseas airliners in New York. Before it ended in an inconclusive truce six days later, it had staggered U. S. Airlines with the most crippling strike in their history. It was not a strike against employers, but against a ruling by an agency of the U. S. Government—and all because the 3,500 members of the Flight Engineers' International Association feared that through that ruling they might lose their jobs in the cockpits to pilots. " (from Time Magazine). Very Good .

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Book number: 40273

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Flight Engineers International Association FEIA Jet Age Aviation Safety Aviation Safety Aeronautics / Astronautics

BARBER, H. (A. F. AE. S. ) (CAPTAIN HORATIO CLAUDE BARBER)

The Aeroplane Speaks with Frontispiece, 36 Full Pages of Types of Aeroplanes and 87 Sketches and Diagrams

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1917. 4th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and fraying. There are some spots of light discoloration to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inks name and address on both the front endpaper and on the front pastedown page. The bottom edge block has the previous owner's inked name and book number. The text pages are clean and bright. "Captain Horatio Claude Barber (1875–1964) was an early British aviation pioneer and First World War flight instructor. In 1911 he flew the first cargo flight in Britain, transporting electric light bulbs from Shoreham to Hove. He was also the first person in Great Britain to gain an aeronautical degree." "Barber was one of the first aviation pioneers and within a few years of the first powered flight he leased a railway arch in Battersea to design and produce aircraft. In 1909 he moved to Lark Hill on Salisbury Plain and formed the Aeronautical Syndicate Limited to produce his designs. In early 1910 he began to fly his designs and in late September 1910 he became the first occupant of Hendon Aerodrome, newly established by the London Aerodrome Co, where he leased three hangars. His ASL Valkyrie design started test flying from there in October 1910, Barber using the aircraft to gain his Aero Club Certificate (No. 30) in November of that year. The company gave four Valkyries to the government and one aircraft and military pilot were lost in an accident in September 1911. Barber carried on with some experimental work, producing a tractor biplane called the ASL Viking early in 1912, but in April 1912 he dissolved the Syndicate, having failed to achieve any commercial success.". Very Good .

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Book number: 36755

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics H. Barber Horatio Barber Aviation Sketches Aviation Types History Of Aviation Aeronautics / Astronautics

MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE

Sacramento Air Materiel Area Year Book 1967

Sacramento, CA: McClellan Air Force Base, 1967. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and a bit of beginning ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "During World War II, numerous planes arrived at McClellan from all over the U. S. To be armed and otherwise prepared for shipment overseas to combat areas. After the war McClellan became a storage center of several types of aircraft including B-29 bombers. The base was renamed McClellan Air Force Base in 1948 and its repair and overhaul mission continued throughout the Cold War as an installation of the Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and later the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) , with the overhaul facility being known as the Sacramento Air Logistics Center. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, McClellan functioned as the main depot for overhauling the Air Force's F-111, FB-111 and EF-111 aircraft, as well as the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. It also hosted a tenant WC-135 unit and supported the sophisticated electronic Operation Red Flag at Nellis AFB Nevada. A small contingent of F-111D and F-111F aircraft of the 431 Test & Evaluation Squadron, 57 Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis AFB Nevada was also detached to McClellan. Previous names." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 40787

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Mcclellan Air Force Base Air Materiel Sacramento, CA Air Force United States Air Force

BAUGHMAN, HAROLD, E.

Baughman's Aviation Dictionary and Reference Guide (Aero-Thesaurus)

Los Angeles, CA: Aero Publishers, 1942. 2nd Edition; 3rd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. There are two small tears to the cloth at the front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear pastedown pages have strips of clear tape residue where a previous owner had adhered something. "Aviation speaks a language of its own. Students, specialists and aviation enthusiasts are constantly being confronted with new words and terms which are often confusing due to the lack of properly coordinated information. It is felt that this Aero-Thesaurus will be helpful in bringing about a better understanding of aeronautical terms and consequently a more complete standarization of these terms.". Very Good .

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Book number: 36662

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Harold E. Baughman Aviation Aviation Thesaurus Dictionaries References Aeronautics / Astronautics

BEATY, DAVID

The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents

London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0436039052. B&W Illustrations & Charts; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near FInedust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with some very beginning bumping to the bottom spine end.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 45412

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: 0436039052 Aeronautics / Astronautics David Beaty Aircraft Accidents Airplane Accidents Human Error Disasters Aeronautics / Astronautics

BELEW, LELAND F. (EDITOR)

Skylab: Our First Space Station (Nasa Sp - 400)

Washington, D. C.: NASA, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good .

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Book number: 46399

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics NASA Space Station Skylab

BILSTEIN, ROGER E.

Orders of Magnitude a History of the Naca and Nasa, 1915-1990

Washington D. C.: NASA, 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0160042593. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book has illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. ""An Act to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes." With this simple preamble, the Congress and the President of the United States created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 1, 1958. NASA's birth was directly related to the pressures of national defense. After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War, a broad contest over the ideologies and allegiances of the nonaligned nations. During this period, space exploration emerged as a major area of contest and became known as the space race. During the late 1940s, the Department of Defense pursued research and rocketry and upper atmospheric sciences as a means of assuring American leadership in technology. A major step forward came when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a plan to orbit a scientific satellite as part of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) for the period, July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958, a cooperative effort to gather scientific data about the Earth. The Soviet Union quickly followed suit, announcing plans to orbit its own satellite. " (from NASA's website). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 37551

Catalogue: Aeronautics / Astronautics

Keywords: 0160042593 Aeronautics / Astronautics Roger E. Bilstein NASA NACA History Of NASA United States Aeronautics And Astronautics History