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Anderson, James (as told to Jim Reardon) ARCTIC BUSH PILOT - from Navy Combat to flying Alaska's northern wilderness. Epicenter Press, 2000; card covers, 256pp, many photos; fine. |
£12.00 | |
| BN: 31161 | ||
| 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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Clegg, Peter V. AVRO TEST-PILOTS SINCE 1907 - Vol 1; Alliott Verdon-Roe to "Sam" Brown. GMS 1st, 1997; card covers, 30 x 21cm, 200pp, f.illus, chronology, lists of tests etc; fine. |
£15.00 | |
| BN: 30261 | ||
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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 | ||
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Curtis, Lettice WINGED ODYSSEY - Mary, Duchess of Bedford - a flying biography Air Research Pubs , 1993; card covers, 258pp, photos, maps; fine. |
£9.00 | |
| Biography of the famous pre-WW 2 pilot by the ATA pilot and author of "The Forgotten Pilots". | ||
| BN: 31828 | ||
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De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey SKY FEVER - The autobiography: Airlive card-cover edn (from Hamilton 1st, 1961); 260pp, 12 photos; nr fine. |
£9.00 | |
| BN: 21537 | ||
| 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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Jewell, John ENGINEERING FOR LIFE - the story of Martin-Baker. Martin-Baker, 1979; card covers, 24 x 17cm, 110pp, f.illus (some col); fine. |
£14.00 | |
| Describes the MB 1 to MB 5 series; also the work on jettisoning canopies & ejector seats. | ||
| BN: 29274 | ||
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Lewis,Cecil GEMINI TO JOBURG - true story of a flight over Africa: Penquin card cover edn, 1985; fine. |
£4.50 | |
| 1947 flight in Miles Gemini by famous author of "Sagittarius Rising". | ||
| BN: 22272 | ||
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MacNutt, Alan ALTIMETER RISING - my 50 years in the cockpit. Author-published, 2000; card covers, 214pp, many photos; fine. |
£7.50 | |
| RCAF, Royal Navy, running his own flying school, Canadair, air survey, forest fire bomber and testing airliners and their pilots. | ||
| BN: 30550 | ||
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Mitchell, Gordon R.J.MITCHELL - Schooldays to Spitfire Card-cover edn of Nelson & Saunders 1st, 1986; 25 x 19cms, 350pp, many illus; near fine inc d/w Author-signed dedication to Raymond Baxter; also signed by Lady Bader. |
£45.00 | |
| Edited and part-written by R.J.Mitchell's son, with contributions by Sir George Edwards, Quill, Henshaw, Johnson, Deere, Lettice Curtis & others. | ||
| BN: 24094 | ||
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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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