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McVicar, Don  A CHANGE OF WINGS -  Airlife 1st, 1984; 178pp, sketches in text by L.R.Williams; vg inc d/w 

£13.50  
author's post-war adventures with British West Indian Airways & fur-trading in Canada.     
BN: 23433    
 McVicar, Don  MORE THAN A PILOT -   £13.50  
 Airlife 1st, 1986; 205pp, drgs in text by Williams;  fine inc d/w;  more post-war flying adventures in Canada & the USA.    
BN:  23435    
Mead,Peter SOLDIERS IN THE AIR - the development of army flying. £14.50
Ian Allan 1st, 1967; 224pp, f.illus; near fine inc d/w.Personal memoirs of training & service by the C.O. of 652 Air O.P. Squadron (1951-53), war office Colonel (1958-61) & Brigadier (Army Air Corps) i/c Middle Wallop (1961-64).  
BN: 21764  

Middleton, Donald  TESTS OF CHARACTER -  epic flights by legendary test pilots.  Airlife 1st, 1995; 26 x 20cm, 224pp, f.illus, biblio; fine inc d/w.

 £15.00
BN: 30549  
Miller, H.C EARLY BIRDS - £12
Rigby, Australia, 1968; 166pp, 29 photos; fine, sl faded d/w (spine lettering).Describes the first days of flying in Australia, WW 1 experiences and the start of civil air services after the war.  
BN: 22276  

Milton, Joyce  LOSS OF EDEN -  a biography of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.  

£18.00
Harper Collins USA 1st, 1993; 520pp, 36 photos, notes; fine inc d/w.  A new "intimate portrait" of the famous couple.
BN: 29754
Mittelholzer, Walter ALPENFLUG - £15.00
Fussli 1st, 1928; 156pp, f.illus; vg int,lacks front endpaper, cloth soiled. Description of alpine flying and a selection of fine photos of the alps taken from the air.Also card cover edn, vg int, covers & spinepaper torn & binding loose; picture f cover partly torn away (but the mountain photos are fine!) - £8.  
BN: 29814  
 Mole, Gp Capt Edward  HAPPY LANDINGS -  The recollections of a light-hearted airman.  Airlife 1st, 1984; 222pp, 48 photos; fine inc d/w.  £12.50
 Story of 50 years of flying; author was a pioneer of British gliding, served in the RAF through the '30s, developed military gliders in WW 2, BOAC route development & airfield management in Nassau post-war.  
BN: 23735  

Mollison, J.A    DEATH COMETH SOON OR LATE -  Hutchinson 1st, 1932; 283pp, 16 photos, ep maps; vg.

 £55.00
Story of author's pioneer flights;   v scarce.   
BN: 22097  

Montague, Lord, of Beaulieu  ROLLS OF ROLLS-ROYCE -  a biography of the Hon.C.S.Rolls.

 £16.00
Cassell 1st, 1966; 250pp, 60 photos; fine, sl torn d/w.  Covers Rolls' motoring, ballooning & flying activities.
BN: 27562
Moran, Peter A SPECK IN THE SKY - £9.50
Blandford 1st, 1987; 20 x 16cms, 96pp, sketches in text; fine inc d/w.Description of a parachuting & gliding career - very descriptive writing.  
BN: 22278

Morpurgo J.E.  BARNES WALLIS -  A biography. 

£30.00
Longmans 1st, 1972; 400pp, 37 photos, fine inc d/w   Author used Barnes Wallis's large collection of papers covering airship design, geodetic structures, bouncing bombs, swing-wing aircraft etc.  
BN: 23737  

Mosley, Leonard  LINDBERGH -  A biography:  

£17.50
H & S 1976 from 1976 USA 1st; 24 x 16cm, 446pp, photos; fine inc d/w.
BN: 22279

Murray, Jennifer  NOW SOLO -  One woman's record-breaking flight around the world -  Mainstream 1st, 2002; 240pp, 44 col photos, maps; fine inc d/w.

 £13.50
First woman to make a round-the-world helicopter flight.   
BN: 31528  
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O'Brien P.J.  THE LINDBERGHS -  story of a distinguished family.  

£16.00
Long (UK edn) 1936 (from USA 1st of 1935); 285pp, 39 illus; vg (sl foxing, mainly to page                                                                  edges).  Lindbergh's early career & much about the famous kidnap of his son.
BN: 21908

Olley, Capt G.P.  A MILLION MILES IN THE AIR -  H & S 1st, 1934; 320pp, 17 illus; near fine, ; fair (inract but faded) original d/w  

£40.00  
Describes the early British air transport scene with personal anecdotes.
BN: 21074
Ormes, Ian & Ralph THE SKY MASTERS - £14.00
Kimber 1st, 1976; large 8vo, 224pp, 20 photos, biblio; fine, nr fine d/w.stories of five aviation personalities, less renowned than some but typical of many great contributors; Donald Clappen, Walter Rogers, Lionel Ashburner, Frederick Rice & Ralph White. Good aircraft photos.  
BN: 23314

Owen,Roderic  TEDDER -  Collins 1st, 1952; 320pp; vg inc d/w.

 £15.00
Career from RFC to Chief of Air Staff.
BN: 21487
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 Penrose, Harald   AIRYMOUSE - £16.00
  
 Vernon & Yates 1st, 1967; 162pp, sketches in text by P. Trevor; fine inc d/w. Story of Penrose's Currie Wot, written in his usual very readable style. Also Airlife 1982 edn, fine inc d/w - £14    
BN:  22281    
Penrose, Harald CLOUD CUCKOOLAND - £13.50
Airlife 1st, 1981; 155pp, sketches in text by D. Gibbings; owner's plate, o/w fine inc d/w.Memoirs, including his Tipsy and Currie Wot, hang-gliding etc.  
BN: 22282  
 Penrose, Harald  ADVENTURE WITH FATE -  an autobiography .  Airlife 1st, 1984; 394pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.     £16.00
 Complete story of author's long career as Westland's chief test pilot; over four hundred types of aircraft flown including all the Westland prototypes.   
BN:  22283  
Penrose, Harald  ARCHITECT OF WINGS -  a biography of Roy Chadwick - Designer of the Lancaster Bomber.   Airlife 1st, 1985; 25 x 19cm, 246pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w. £15.00
well illus. life story.  
BN: 21998  
Phelan, James HOWARD HUGHES - THE HIDDEN YEARS - £15.00
Collins 1st, 1977; 201pp; fine, nr fine d/w.The final years in the life of the eccentric billionaire.  
BN: 28187  

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