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Anderson, James "Andy" as told to Jim Rearden. ARCTIC BUSH PILOT - from Navy Combat to flying Alaska's northern wilderness. Epicenter Press, Alaska, 2000; card covers, 256pp, many photos; fine. |
£12.00 | |
| BN: 31071 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Bird, Nancy MY GOD! IT'S A WOMAN - the autobiography of Nancy Bird. | £9.50 | |
| Angus & Robertson (Australia) 1991 (card cover) edn, from 1990 1st; 216pp, 40 photos, map; vg.The author learned to fly in 1933 (first lesson was with Kingsford-Smith!); she pioneered charter flying in Australia and is still a great supporter of lady aviators throughout the world. ALSO - fine, AUTHOR-SIGNED - £20. | ||
| BN: 28394 | ||
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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 | ||
| Fokker, Anthony & Bruce Gould FLYING DUTCHMAN - | £6.00 | |
| Penguin Books paperback, 1938; 246pp; vg (pages sl browned). | ||
| BN: 27103 | ||
| Fraissinet, Roland LA VIE A TIRE-D'AILES - | £7.50 | |
| Editions France-Empire, 1987; card covers, 312pp, 101 photos (some col); near fine.The author's flying training in WW 2, his post-war flying (inc Mach 2 in Mirage IIIc) and air mountain rescue. | ||
| BN: 30155 | ||
| 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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Kingston-upon-Hull Council SILVERED WINGS - a commemorative brochure' Pub 1980 ; stiff covers, 24 x 20cm, l'scape; 32pp, pictorial; fine. |
£8.50 | |
| Published to commemorate Amy Johnson's aviation career. | ||
| BN: 31101 | ||
| Lewis,Cecil GEMINI TO JOBURG - true story of a flight over Africa: | £4.50 | |
| Penguin 1985 (card covers), from Viking 1st of 1984; 128pp, map; fine 1947 flight in Miles Gemini by famous author of "Sagittarius Rising". | ||
| BN: 22272 | ||
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Livock G.E. TO THE ENDS OF THE AIR - |
£5.00 | |
| HMSO p/back, 1973; 204pp, 35 illus inc maps; near fine. RNAS & RAF, 1914-1930 memoirs; much on flying boats inc the 1927 Far East Flight to Australia. | ||
| BN: 22017 | ||
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MacNutt, Alan ALTIMETER RISING - my 50 years in the cockpit. |
£7.50 | |
| Author-published, 2000; card covers, 214pp, many photos; fine. 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 of Nelson & Saunders 1st, 1986;(up-dated 1997) 25 x 19cms, 350pp, many illus; near fine; AUTHOR-SIGNED. |
£20.00 | |
| Edited and part-written by R.J.Mitchell's son, with contributions by Sir George Edwards, Quill, Henshaw, Johnson, Deere, Lettice Curtis & others; Foreword by Lord Balfour. | ||
| BN: 24094 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Snoad, Phil EYE IN THE SKY - |
£10.00 | |
| Author-published, 2003; card covers, 352pp, photo, glossary; fine. The career of a helicopter observer in the Police Air Support Unit ; fine; author-signed.. | ||
| BN: 30959 | ||
| 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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