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| Polunin, Nicholas ARCTIC UNFOLDING - | £16.00 | |
| Hutchinson 1st, 1949; 348pp, 32 plates, 3 maps; vg.Exploration in the Hudson Bay & Northwest Territories areas including some flying. | ||
| BN: 26898 | ||
| Post,Wiley & Harold Gatty AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS - the flight of the Winnie Mae. | £18 | |
| Hamilton 1st , 1932; 301pp plus facsimile pages from log-book, 16photos, 1 map; vg int, spinecloth faded. .Also - Aviation Book Club edn, sl foxing, o/w vg inc d/w - £16; Also - Orion USA card cover edn, 1989; near fine - £9. Also - Aviation B.S. version, sl foxing, o/w vg inc d/w - £16 | ||
| BN: 22284 | ||
| Powell, Sandy (Wing-Cdr H.P. Powell) MEN WITH WINGS - | £13.50 | |
| Wingate 1st, 1957; 169pp, 33 photos; vg. Collection of short biographies of 8 test pilots. | ||
| BN: 22285 | ||
| Powell, Wg Cdr "Sandy" TEST FLIGHT - | £10.00 | |
| Wingate 1st, 1956; 212pp, 26 photos;.vg; Test flying in the 1950's, partly the author's experiences & partly descriptive of the testing function and other test pilots' roles. | ||
| BN: 22635 | ||
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Powers, Francis Gary & Curt Gentry OPERATION OVERFLIGHT - the U-2 spy pilot tells his story for the first time. H & S 1st UK edn, 1971; 24 photos, diags; vg, fair d/w. |
£14.00 | |
| BN: 30289 | ||
| Putnam, George Palmer SOARING WINGS - a biography of Amelia Earhart. Harrap Harcourt Brace USA 1st,1939; 271pp, 26 photos; near fine. Also UK 1st, nr fine - £30 Rather scarce. | £36.00 | |
| BN: 23438 |
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Quill, Jeffrey SPITFIRE - A Test Pilot's Story. Air Data rev'd edn, 1996, from Murray 1st of 1983; 335pp, photos in text, diags; near fine, fine d/w. |
£16.00 |
| Career story inc RAF 1930s, test flying, Battle of Britain & aircraft carrier experience & much on the detailed development of the various versions of the Spitfire. | |
| BN: 25877 |
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Rashke, Richard STORMY GENIUS - the life of Aviation's maverick Bill Lear. |
£17.50 | |
| Houghton Mifflin USA 1st, 1985; 401pp, 14 photos, extensive notes; near fine, good d/w. Story of the creator of the famous business jets. | ||
| BN: 28486 | ||
| Reid P.R. WINGED DIPLOMAT - life story of Air Comm. "Freddie" West VC. | £14.00 | |
| Chatto 1st, 1962; 219pp, 34 illus; vg, good d/w; West won the VC flying FK 8s of No 8 Sqdn in 1918 & was head of British Air Intelligence in Switzerland in WW 2; also - nr fine, sl torn d/w; signed dedication by Freddie West VC - £38 | ||
| BN: 22048 | ||
| Richardson, Anthony THE CROWDED HOURS - The story of "SOS" Cohen. | £15.00 | |
| Parrish 1st, 1952; 247pp, photo, 4 maps; near fine, vg inc d/w.After an already adventurous career Cohen won the DFC at 69 years of age as a liaison officer with Coastal Command - going on Operations to investigate crew training. | ||
| BN: 21601 | ||
| Richardson, Gp Capt "Dickie" MAN IS NOT LOST - the log of a pioneer RAF pilot/navigator, 1933-1946. | £16.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1997; 272pp, 33 photos; fine, near fine d/w.The author of AP 1234 describes his service career & colleagues, with a particular navational slant. | ||
| BN: 27707 | ||
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Rickenbacker, Edward V. RICKENBACKER - an autobiography: |
£25.00 | |
| Prentice-Hall USA 1st, , 1967; 458pp, 108 photos; near ine inc d/w. This life story covers mainly the authors famous exploits in WW 1 & WW 2, with some motor racing content. | ||
| BN: 22288 | ||
| Riddell,James FLIGHT OF FANCY - | £15.00 | |
| Robert Hale 1st, 1950; 256pp, 69 photos, 11 maps; vg plus.Well illustrated account of Far East travel in a Percival Proctor. | ||
| BN: 22289 | ||
| Robertson, Don THOSE MAGNIFICENT FLYING MACHINES - A pilot's autobiography. | £12.00 | |
| Blandford 1st, 1984; 28 x 22cm, 160pp, f.illus; fine, vg d/w. In 42 years of active flying the author flew over 100 types, from the Avro 548 at Brooklands in 1928 to to the early RAF jet aircraft; mostly military flying but including early commercial flying in Northern Canada. | ||
| BN: 25373 | ||
| Robertson, Don THE URGE TO FLY - from stick and string to Jet Age. | £14.00 | |
| Quiller Press, 1996; 204pp, 55 photos; fine inc d/w .Autobiography of a lifelong enthusiast for aviation and especially engines; from early days of Canadian flying to WW 2 test piloting - and many experiences on the way. | ||
| BN: 30044 | ||
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Ross, Walter S. THE LAST HERO - CHARLES A LINDBERGH - |
£15.00 | |
| Harper & Row, USA, revised & enlarged edn, 1976 (from 1964 1st); 403pp, 27 photos; fine inc d/w | ||
| BN: 30823 | ||
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Rowe, Basil L. UNDER MY WINGS - The adventurous autobiography: Allen 1st, 1957; 223pp; vg, fair d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| Humourous story of the author's life, flying everywhere and everything, till his retirement at 60 as Chief pilot for Pan-Am. | ||
| BN: 22290 |