B&W Illustrations; Revised edition (to Nov. 1955) This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and bumping. The bottom spine end has a bit of beginning tearing and a tiny chip missing. The covers have some light ground-in dirt as well. The text pages clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the rear endpaper. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light edge wear and bumping to the spine ends. There is business card stapled to the top front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized instruction book for the ARC Navigational Receiving Equipment Cockpit Instruments and Control Unit. The booklet is in Very Good condition and wsa issued without a dust jacket. The rear cover includes several lightly pencilled airplane diagrams. The text pages are clean and bright. "Aircraft Radio Corporation (ARC) -- not to be confused with Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) -- was a principal pioneer and major manufacturer of avionics for military and commercial aircraft, and later general aviation (light) aircraft, from the 1920s to the 1950s?subsequentl... View More...
Color Illustrations; This is an oversized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover of the pamphlet has a patch of foxing. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; NASA publication SP-432 / EP-156. This is an oversized paperback. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The covers of the book have noticeable strips of sunning to the spine and rear cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "With the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle, the curtain rises on an era that will shape U. S. Space exploration for the next decade, and perhaps for the remainder of the century. Columbia and her sister ships will be far more than odd-looki... View More...
B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing nicking and several medium sized chips missing. "Non-Rigid airships (Blimps) have become a familiar part of the sky line in many cities. But their assignment to a place in the national defense arouses questions...." "A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an inte... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There are a couple of tiny spots of fraying / wear to the front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. Chapters include: The Airship and the Airplane, The Beginning of Flight, Classes of Airships, Story of the Zeppelins, Goodyeawr in Aeronautics, The Free Balloon, Blimps or Air Yachts, Planning for the Naval Ship, Building the Airship Dock, Improvements in Airshp... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. "A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are in a subclass called amphibious aircraft. Seaplanes and amphibians are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteristics: floatplanes and flying boats; the latter are generally far l... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This timetable has a stapled spine. The timetable has been folded in half, as part of the publication. The timetable is in Very Good+ condition and was published without a dust jacket. The covers have some very beginning edge wear and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "American had a direct role in the development of the DC-3, which resulted from a marathon telephone call from American Airlines CEO C. R. Smith to Donald Douglas, when Smith persuaded a reluctant Douglas to design a sleeper aircraft based on the DC-2 to replace American's Curtiss Condor II biplanes... View More...
Color Illustrations; This brochure has a stapled spine and the pages are folded vertically to be the size of a tri-fold. The brochure is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. The text pages describe, in easily understood language and lots of illustrations, what a jet engine is, what it does, and how American Airlines is now using them to help speed flights, and give access to longer flights. "American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas?Fort Worth metroplex. It is the ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. "The American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) is a non-profit organization that primarily publishes a quarterly aviation journal. The society also maintains an extensive library of aviation-related photographs and documents. AAHS has had an educational program in promoting American aviation through its journal and a periodic newsletter. The Society was founded in 1956, and it is located in Santa Ana, C... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This magazine is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. "The American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS) is a non-profit organization that primarily publishes a quarterly aviation journal. The society also maintains an extensive library of aviation-related photographs and documents. AAHS has had an educational program in promoting American aviation through its journal and a periodic newsletter. The Society was founded in 1956, and it is located in Santa Ana, C... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This group of sixteen 8" x 10" black and white photographs from the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory all have the NACA logo and photograph identification inside the photo and an identifier notation at the bottom edge of the white outer border. The photos themselves mostly cover the the use of Schlieren photography at supersonic or subsonic speeds or the wind tunnels in which the photography was produced. The photographs are all in Very Good+ condition. Two of the photographs have ink stamped designation from NACA which has been crossed out with blue pen. Unfortunately the p... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a commemorative booklet / program for the 50th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking of the Ames Research Center. The program includes the original mailing envelope and a certificate. All three items are in Very Good+ or better condition. "Ames Research Center (ARC) , also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley. It was founded as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory. That agency was dissolved and its assets and personnel transferred to the newly created National Ae... View More...
This is a small format booklet with self covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is one tear to the front cover of the book. The front and rear covers have some finger wrinkling. The text pages are clean and bright. "The E6B flight computer is a form of circular slide rule used in aviation and one of the very few analog calculating devices in widespread use in the 21st century. They are mostly used in flight training, because these flight computers have been replaced with electronic planning tools or software and websites t... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and fraying. There are some spots of light discoloration to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inks name and address on both the front endpaper and on the front pastedown page. The bottom edge block has the previous owner's inked name and book number. The text pages are clean and bright. "Captain Horatio Claude Ba... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. There are two small tears to the cloth at the front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear pastedown pages have strips of clear tape residue where a previous owner had adhered something. "Aviation speaks a language of its own. Students, specialists and aviation enthusiasts are constantly being confronted with new words and terms which are ofte... View More...
B&W Illustrations & Charts; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near FInedust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with some very beginning bumping to the bottom spine end. View More...
This is a price list / brochure - one small sheet folded once. The price list is in Very Good condition. There is some light creasing and wrinkling to the brochure and a airplane sales company ink stamped name and address on the front cover." The Twin Bonanza was first flown on November 15, 1949 after rapid development, begun only in April of that year. The Model 50's type certificate was awarded in 1951, and production began the same year. The United States Army adopted the Twin Bonanza as the L-23 Seminole utility transport, making it the largest fixed-wing aircraft in its inventory at that ... View More...
Color and B&W illustrations; This is an oblong brochure in landscape format. The brochure is in Very Good condition with stapled wraps. The spine ends and corners of the brochure ahve some beginning rubbing and edge wear. The interior pages are clean and bright. "The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza is a small twin-engined aircraft designed by Beechcraft as an executive transport for the business market. It was developed to fill a gap in Beechcraft's product line between the single-engined Model 35 Bonanza and the larger Model 18. The Twin Bonanza is about 50% larger than the Bonanza, has more... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book has illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. ""An Act to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes." With this simple preamble, the Congress and the President of the United States created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 1, 1958. NASA's birth was directly related to... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is a three ring binder with individual unbound pages, and dividers for separate sections, including: Manuals, General Description & Structures, Digital / Micro Porcessor System & Haley. The text pages are in clean, bright condition. "The manuals have been prepared by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company in accordance with the Air Transport Association of American Specification Number 100...The subject matter in the manuals is divided into chapters and groups of chapters to facilitate the location of information e using personnel . " (from the introduction) View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
Color Illustrations; This item is one sheet folded into thirds making a brochure. The brochure is in Very Good+ condition and also includes two illustratedplates of artists renderings - one of the 747 and one of the 767. The brochure gives an overview of the new facilities in Everett, WA where the two airplanes would be assembled, some information on the specifics of the two airplanes, and a potted biography of the company itself. "The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide. The comp... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some very light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Boeing Company was started in 1916, when American lumber industrialist William E. Boeing founded Aero Products Company in Seattle, Washington. Shortly before doing so, he and Conrad Westervelt created the "B&W" seaplane. [14][15] In 1917, the organization was renamed Boeing Airplane Company, with William Boeing forming Boeing Ai... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oblong spiral bound manual of Systems Design for the Boeing 727 D-8537 (April 1965) . It includes information on each separate system for the 727. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Boeing 727 is an American midsized, narrow-body three-engined jet aircraft built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the early 1960s to 1984. It can carry 149 to 189 passengers and later models can fly up to 2,700 nautical miles (5,000 km) nonstop. Intended for short and medium-length flights, the 727 can u... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some edge wear, bumping, rubbing and spots of discoloration There is an inch long, spot where the color has been removed from the front dust jacket when a price sticker was removed. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. It was one of the largest aircraft operational during World War II and featured state-of-the-art technology. Including d... View More...
