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Affleck, Arthur H. THE WANDERING YEARS - £14.00
Longmans 1st, 1964; 211pp, 29 photos, ep maps; fine, vg d/w.Mainly a personal account of the early development of commercial aviation in Australia and the Flying Doctor Service.  
BN: 24893  

Armstrong,William  PIONEER PILOT -  Blandford 1st, 1952; 267pp, 19 photos; vg except cloth faded. 

£18.00
Story of author's flying career (RFC to BOAC), including long distance survey & mail flights etc - many personal anecdotes & some important history relating to his pioneering work on training.  
BN: 22248  
Arnold, Gen H.H. (Chief of USAF, 1938-46) GLOBAL MISSION - £18.00
Hutchinson 1st UK, 1951 (from 1949 original); 276pp, 34 photos; near fine.autobiography inc the WW 2 period. The author learned to fly with the Wright Brothers in 1911, served, reluctantly, in staff jobs in WW 1 & became c-in-c of the USAF in WW 2.Also - TAB Books edn, 1989 (now 626pp; fine, vg d/w - £16; Also - Arno Books reprint, 1972; vg+ inc d/w - £16.  
BN: 23416  
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 Bach,Richard  A GIFT OF WINGS - Heinemann 1st (UK) 1975; 337pp, many excellent drgs in text by Eckland; nr fine (owner's inscription), vg d/w; rather scarce  £17.50  
 BN: 20873
Baidukov, George OVER THE NORTH POLE - the "narrative" of the Russian non-stop flight from Moscow to the USA. £20.00
Harrap 1st (UK) 1938; 110pp, 18 photos, map; nr fine, sl torn d/w.Good, well-illustrated account of the supposed polar-route pioneer flight by ANT-25 (which Morrison has claimed was faked - see Morrison's "Short Cut to Fame"). Also - the card-cover "Russian Lindbergh" - see soft-back section.  
BN: 25873

Baker, Anne  FROM BIPLANE TO SPITFIRE - The life of A c-M Sir Geoffrey Salmond   Leo Cooper 1st, 2003; 236pp, 35 photos, maps; fine inc d/w

£17.50
Most of the book is about his experiences in WW 1.
BN: 31385
Baldwin, A.W A FLYING START - £12.00
Peter Davies, 1967; 218pp; vg inc d/w (damp marks at bottom corner, not affecting text). Biography of Etonian, son of a Prime Minister, in the RAF ranks.  
BN: 22251

Balfour,Harold, Lord of Inchrye  WINGS OVER WESTMINSTER -  Hutchinson 1st, 1973; 224pp, 21 illus; g-vg (top of front pages sl damp-marked); vg d/w

£14.00
Life story of famous RFC pilot in WW 1, Under-Sec.of State for Air in 1938, involved in RAF expansion & senior diplomat thereafter; author of WW 1 classic "An Airman Marches".  
BN: 22067
Batten, Jean ALONE IN THE SKY - £16.00
Airlife 1st 1979; 190pp, photos, drgs in text; fine inc d/w; .Up-dating & lengthening of the text of "My Life", with nice added drgs by L.R.Williams.  Also - card cover rev'd edn, 1979; 190pp, 21 photosnice drgs in text; fine - £7.  
BN: 23429
 Beamish, Richard J.  THE BOY'S STORY OF LINDBERGH, THE LONE EAGLE -  Winston (USA) 1st, 1928; 320pp, 32 photos, maps, diags;  vg  (cover picture sl rubbed but intact, title page sl foxed)  £18.00
 Rather scarce book describing Lindbergh's Atlantic flight.
 BN: 29474
Beinhorn, Elly EIN MAEDCHEN FLIEGT UM DIE WELT - £18.00
Reimar Hobbing 1st, 1932; 148pp plus photo section of 42pp; vg except cloth has no titling & small piece cut from title page.German language story of E.B.'s world flight of 1931 (later translated as "Flying Girl").  
BN: 30029
 Bennett, Benjamin  DOWN AFRICA'S SKYWAYS -  Hutchinson, 1932; 288pp, 24 photos; vg.  £45.00
 Scarce account of some of the pioneers of flying across Africa inc van Ryneveld, Cobham, Murdoch, the Dutchess of Bedford, Glen Kidston & Mollison.  
 BN: 25872
Berg, A. Scott LINDBERGH - £19.50
Macmillan UK, 1998 (from Putnam USA 1st of 1998); 628pp, 82 photos; fine inc d/w.Biography..  
BN: 29319
Bergius C.C. SOEHNE DES IKARUS - die abemteuerlichsten fliegergeschichten der welt. £8.00
Bertelsmann, 1979; 19 x 13cm, 320pp; fine inc d/w.German lang. anthology of flying stories, including accounts by famous pilots.  
BN: 29861
Bertram, Hans FLUG IN DIE HOELLE - Bericht von der "Bertram-Atlantis-Expedition". £25.00
Drei Masken 1933 25 x 18cm, 204pp plus fold-out map, 177 photos; German Gothic; vg.Original German account of "Flight to Hell" (53 days of travel by Junkers seaplane from the Rhein to the Timor Sea and back).Also Kaiser 1951 edn (8vo, 232pp, 20 photos; nr fine inc d/w - £12.  
BN: 29810

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