| Baidukov, Georgiy RUSSIAN LINDBERGH - the life of Valery Chkalov. | £12.00 | |
| Smithsonian card cover, 1991; revised & expanded edn of the English translation of 1978, from Russian original of 1975; 330pp, 27 photos, biblio; near fine.Includes description of the controversial flight to USA over the pole, which others claim to have been fictitious. | ||
| BN: 28803 | ||
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Bellis H. AMY JOHNSON - Newnes "Women of Renown" Series; card covers, 18 x 12cm, 48pp, 13 photos, map; some pages sl damp-marked, o/w vg. |
£7.50 | |
| BN: 31162 | ||
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Brett, Maurice - A SUNDAY FLYER - Some flights and frights of a private pilot. Cirrus Associates, 2000; card covers, 270pp, photos, maps, sketches. Fine. |
£7.50 | |
| UK private flying, 1960s & '70s. | ||
| BN: 31062 | ||
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Cobham,Sir Alan A TIME TO FLY - Shepheard-Walwyn card-cover edn, 1986; 23 x 15cm, 214pp, 23 photos; fine. |
£10.00 | |
| Biography, including lists of towns visited by the Berkshire Aviation Co, & the National Aviation Day displays of 1932 to 1935. | ||
| BN: 27819 | ||
| Frisbee, John L. MAKERS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE - | £7.50 | |
| "Office of Air Force History USAF, 01987; card covers, 347pp, many photos in text; vg except ""perfect binding"" weak. Biographical chapters on a variety of executives & commanding generals. " | ||
| BN: 28361 | ||
| Hurley, Alfred F. BILLY MITCHELL - Crusader for air power. | £8.00 | |
| Indiana Univ. Press, card cover edn, 1975 (from 1964 original); 190pp, 17 photos; near fine. | ||
| BN: 28992 | ||
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Koehl, Hermann BREMSKLOETZE WEG! - Das lebensbuch eines deutschen Fliegers. Deutsches Leben, Berlin, 1932; paper covers, 228pp, German lang, many photos,maps; bd'g loose, home-covers attached over originals, o/w vg; AUTHOR-SIGNED. |
£18.00 | |
| The author's original German language account if his adventurous flying life, including the flight of the Junkers W 33 "Bremen" on the first East-Weat trip across the Atlantic in 1928, later translated into English as part of "The Three Musketeers of the Air" | ||
| BN: 31542 | ||
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Levett, Gordon FLYING UNDER TWO FLAGS - an ex-RAF pilot in Israel's War of Independence. Fnank Cass, 1994; card covers, 284pp, 33 photos; fine. |
£7.50 | |
| A flying instructor during WW 2, the
author was dismissed freom the RAF after a "misjudgement" and later
flew Me 109s for Israel against the Egyptian Spitfires. Interesting sidelights on the politics of the war and its effects on the nearby RAF units! |
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| BN: 31365 | ||
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Seabrook, William B. AVENTURE AERIENNE - Paris-Sahara-Tombouctou Grasset card cover 6th edn, from 1933 original; 261pp, 12 photos; French lang; vg |
£5.00 | |
| Story of flying across the Sahara and other adventures; trip by Seabrook with Capt Wauthier, pilot and a young American novelist, in Capt Wauthier's Farman-Lorraine. | ||
| BN: 31362 | ||
| Sleight, John SMALL ENOUGH TO CONQUER THE SKY - Jim Denyer, "Nr Newcastle Airport" City of Newcastle City Libraries, 1993; card covers, 152pp, many photos, (some col); near fine. | £9.00 | |
| After a WW 2 career as a night-fighter pilot, in No 29 Mosquito Squadron, Denyer became Director of Newcastle Airport. This is the story of that airport (including some pre-war history) and Jim Denyer's career there. | ||
| BN: 30659 | ||
| Travers, J.L., H.G. & C.T. CROSS COUNTRY - | £14.00 | |
| Hothersall & Travers, 1990; card covers, 25 x 17cm, 602pp, photos in text; fine.Description, from family letters & log books of WW 1, 1920s & 1930s flying experiences; a super view of the period. | ||
| BN: 24905 |
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