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Carrolton, Texas, U.S.A.: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1977. 49pp. Colour art illustrations, b/white photographs and line-drawings, diagrams. Book clean. Saddle-stitch, staplebound format. Staples firm, minor rust. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated card wrapper has a tiny spot to bottom edge of front panel, else mild rubbing. Aircraft No. 30 in the Squadron/Signal Publications series. Book weight approx. 185g. (This book will post as a small parcel and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Softcover (Staplebound). Very Good. Illus. by Don Greer. 8vo - (approx. 21cm x 29cm).

Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia: (Author), 1974. Sectional pagination. Perfect-bound softcover format. Spine firm, mildly cocked. Illustrated throughout with line-drawn diagrams. Stylized, art-illustrated ripple card wrapper lightly soiled, and faded on spine. A variety of coloured papers used for sectional and revision purposes, with several random, but relevant, annotations throughout, else leaves clean. Additionally, loosely inserted is a folded A4 sheet, printed one side, in table form, headed 'Aviation Messages'. For aviation students, contents include: Prelims., Glossary of Terminology, 9 'sections', Revision Answers, Trial Examinations 1 & 2 (plus Answers). Item weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Aviation Theory Centre, 1998. v, plus chapter pagination (17 chapters in total). Colour and b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated card wrapper softly corner-creased, minor edgewear, tiny mark. "Volume 2 of Trevor Thom's set of manuals for the Private and Commercial Pilot addresses the topics of meteorology and navigation . . . The manual is easy to follow and logically assembled. It is ideal for both the instructor offering tuition and for the student studying alone . . . provides the theoretical basis for understanding and interpreting the weather, and for calculating the aircraft's position and track time and fuel to chosen destinations . . . " Numerous contents include: Introduction. 17 chapters (all sub-chaptered). Appendices 1 to 5. Index. Book weight approx. 1.19KG. (Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote)..… Leer más

United Kingdom: Granada Publishing No publication date (post 1982). Sectional pagination (Eight sections=400+ pages). Illustrated throughout: one colour plate, plus intext, full-colour maps, b/white halftone, line-drawn illustrations, graphs and diagrams. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, text-block edges minimally flecked. Bumps on foredge corners, and heel of spine. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped, creased and edgeworn. "This manual has been specifically written to cover the knowledge required for all microlight pilots . . . Of great value to microlight students and qualified pilots, contents include: 1/ Air Legislation, 2/ Traffic Rules and Services, 3/ Pilot Navigation, 4/ Aviation Meteorology, 5/ Principles of Flight, 6/ Microlight Engines & Instruments, 7/ Flying Training, 8/ Progress Tests. Book weight approx. 820g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over… Leer más

New York: Orion Books, 1990. x, + 178pp., b/white photographic illustrations, and line-drawings, throughout. Book clean. Quarter-cloth spine firm, but canted, silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a short closed tear near upper spine fold at front panel, minor edgewear and indentations. "From flying wings to polar exploration, from air racers and air liners to the Chinese Air Force, here is the complete story of the single-engined airplanes designed and built by Jack Northrop during aviation's golden age . . . includes a unique series of appendixes - including the complete individual histories of all the Northrop single-engined aircraft - and a superb collection of photographs and scale drawings . . . " Book weight approx. 860g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall First Edition (Stated), First Impression.. 1st… Leer más

Williamstown, Victoria: Aviation Theory Centre, 1995. x, & chapter pagination [approx. total 170 pages], b/w diagrams, graphs, charts throughout. A number and name on rear fep, else clean and tight. Illustrated stiff card wrap has minor bumps to foredge corners and some mild general scuffing. 9 chapters including: Aviation Documents, Flight Crew Licences, Flight Rules and Conditions of Flight, Air Service Operations, Aerodromes, Airspace/Air Traffic Services, Operational Procedure for Controlled/Uncontrolled Airspace, Emergencies, Appendices, more. Weight approx. 520g. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4th. Softcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995. xviii, + 174pp., intext tables and figures throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Duo-tone, pictorially-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, with a faint sticker ghost on upper front cover. Textblock (including 18 leaves of grey stock) unmarked. This report is a first report conducted by a committee/sub-committee of members of the House of Representatives, 37th Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, into aviation safety in Australia. Contents include: Prelims., Members of Committee, Introduction, 12 chapters, References, Appendices. Book weight approx. 375g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.

Hornsby, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group, 1992. Unpaginated [approx. 120 pages]. Some b/w [historical], mostly colour pics throughout. No dustjacket, as issued. Pages clean, tight, unmarked. Action photo stiff card wrap has very minor bumps to foredge corners. A photographic history of the Royal Australian Air Force, illustrated with some great action photography. Weight approx. 580g.. First Edition. Stiff Card Paperback. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2008. vii, + 180pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section, plus intext maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally bumped and edgeworn only. This book offers a rare insight into the tanker squadrons of the Royal Air Force via the experience of Tony Gold, one of the tanker fleet's longest serving navigator/plotters - a service career spanning four decades, involving dozens of different aircraft, many thousands of flying hours, and millions of miles . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. 14 chapters. Appendices (4). Index. Book weight approx. 525g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16cm).

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1998. xv, + 416pp. Illustrated (Trans-Pacific Flight route map) endpapers, plus an unpaginated, b/white halftone plate photographic section, and intext line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with two creased, closed tears on head of rear panel. This illuminating and authoritative biography tells the story of one of the world's great pioneering aviators, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, born Brisbane, Australia in 1897. In primitive aircraft, with basic navigation aids, he crossed the Pacific in both directions, traversed the Tasman Sea, and completed a west-bound crossing of the Atlantic. His exploits came to a sudden end when, in November 1935, his aircraft 'Lady Southern Cross' disappeared off the coast of Burma . . . He was just thirty-eight years old . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface. Author's Note. 29 chapters.… Leer más

London: Ian Allan Ltd., 1983. 63pp., b/white photographic illustrations, and several b/white maps throughout, plus 4 page colour art-illustrated section (M. Roffe). Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Gloss illustrated boards are mildly bumped on foredge corners, with a very small area of laminate abrasion/loss to lower corner at front, and upper edge near spine. Light indentations. "New light on an historic fighter . . . " Contents include: Performance and Versatility - The Hallmark of the Spitfire, 1934-1941 - Design, Early Development and Into Battle, Spitfires at Dispersal, Development of the Breed, Development of the High Altitude Spitfire, Defence of the Orkney and Shetland Islands, Allied Squadrons of the RAF, Canadian Spitfires, 'Bits of Spits', 'Wheels Up', The Desert Spitfires, Italy 1943, The Spitfire VIII in Italy and Burma, Photo-Reconnaissance Developments, Allies and Friends . . . , 1945 to 1957 - The Swan Song, Demobbed Spitfires. Book weight approx.… Leer más

Washington, D.C.: National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1998. viii, + 104pp., intext, archivally-illustrated, b/white halftone plates, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Subject portrait-illustrated gloss wrapper splayed, nominally edgeworn, with a bumped crease on foot. Supported and enhanced by photographic illustrations held mostly by the Smithsonian Institution, this is the story of one of America's first civil air mail pilots, pioneers who flew 'by the seat of their pants'. Required by the Post Office Department to 'fly or be fired', no matter what the weather, many daring pilots perished. Eddie Gardner, pilot extraordinaire, died following a crash during an aerobatics competition at Holdrege, Nebraska, in May, 1921 . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 14 chapters, Epilogue. Bibliography included on a loosely inserted slip. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. .… Leer más

London: Anthony Blond, 1970. xiv, + 176pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped, metallic blue title there-on. Plain grey boards very good. Textblock clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket edgeworn with jagged closed tears, and title colour loss on spine. "Unsafe at Any Height" looks into the causes of 'avoidable' crashes - e.g. negligence in construction and maintenance, use of out-of-date aircraft and cheap, dangerous fuel . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 8 chapters, Conclusions, Appendix. Book weight approx. 390g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U.K. Edition, 2nd Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Good.

Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.: Iowa State University Press, 1991. x, + 175pp., b/white halftone plate frontispiece, plus small, intext illustrations, graphs and maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Security sticker affixed to inside rear cover. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. " 'Weather For The New Pilot' is a compendium of information about the workings of the sky and how they affect both the light aircraft's performance and the pilot's ability to see." Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Nature of the problem, Temperature, Wind, Day-Night-Seasons and Terrain: Performance effects, Disorientation, Ceiling/Visibility, Water in atmosphere, Precipitation, Stability, Pressure systems, Obtaing/Using information, Aircraft and pilot, What about instrument rating, Conclusion, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 450g.. First Edition. Original Blue Cloth HB & DJ. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Aerospace Publishing, 1999. 160pp., spectacular, intext colour illustrations, including several fold-outs, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Published quarterly, feature articles in this volume include: Mitsubishi F-2, Sukhoi SU-24 'Fencer', and an Air Power analysis of Italy. Additional contents include: Military Aviation Review, Air Force update-Bangladesh and Austria, Briefing, IRIAF: 75th Anniversary, Fuerzo Aerea de El Salvador, Allied Force Part 2, Westland Lynx Variant Briefing, and Index. Book weight approx. 720g.. Softcover. Near Fine. Large 4to.

London: Aerospace Publishing, 1999. 160pp., spectacular, intext colour illustrations, including fold-outs, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Published quarterly, feature articles in this volume include: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Boeing CH-47 Chinook Variant Briefing, and an analysis of Australian Air Power. Additional contents include: Military Aviation Review, Allied Force, Desert Fox, Kawasaki OH-1, CEAM, Spain, Gordon State Guard, and Index. Book weight approx. 700g.. Softcover. Near Fine. Large 4to.

London: Aerospace Publishing, 1999. 160pp., spectacular, intext colour illustrations throughout, including fold-outs. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn with small areas of laminate lifting on foredges. Published quarterly, feature articles in this volume include: Boeing B-52H, Antonov AN-12 'Cub' Variant Briefing, Kuwait Air Force and United States Army Aviation: Part 1. Additional contents include: Military Aviation Review, Briefing, Hong King-Last chance to see?, Atlas Cheetah, and Index. Book weight approx. 700g.. Softcover. Very Good. Large 4to.

Isle of Anglesey, U.K.: S.Webb & Son, 2001. 445pp., OBLONG FORMAT,gloss pictorial boards, colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout, mostly in colour, with small b/w line drawings accompanying each description. Pages clean, unmarked. Illustrated [identical to boards] dustjacket has small closed tear to top rear foredge, and top of spine, some general bumps and scuffs. Contents include: Early Fighters, Role of the Fighter and Bomber, Military Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Specialised Aircraft, Chronology of Flight, c.843 B.C.-2001. Weight approx. 1.25KG. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good/Fair +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.