Technical Aviation from Andrew Barnes Booksellers

Milwaukee: Aviation Publications, 1973. reprint. Nice Copy. octavo. card covers 118pp., text ills., diags., or the designer or individual whose aim is to design & build his own helicopter.

Bristol: Bristol Siddeley Aero Engine School, c.1962. 1st edition. Nice Copy. oblong quarto. card covers c.200pp., b/w plates, text ills., colour diags., index, Account of the design of this famous engine series. Much technical detail. Covers Fuel Systems (Aircraft & Engines); Combustion, Air, Lubrication, Electrical, & Fire systems. Also Performance Data, Starting & Handling, Routine Servicing, &… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brooklands: Vickers-Armstrong, c.1962. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. large oblong quarto. card covers (48)pp., b/w plates, text ills., diags., Account of the design & construction of this famous airliner. Inc. photos & diagrams of the aircraft in prototype & of the Rolls-Royce Conway Engines. Also much technical detail. A fascinating & very scarce item

Derby: Rolls Royce, 1969. 3rd edition. Nice Copy. quarto. stiff wrappers 229pp., b/w plates, diags., text ills., A simple & self-contained description of the working principles of the aero gas jet engine. Inc. many fine colour schematics

New York: Viking Press, 1952. 4th printing. Very Good. 8vo.. orig. cloth xii + 436pp., b/w pls., text ills., appends., bibliog., index, Willy Ley was an early member of the German Rocket Society & worked with von Braun. This is a complete history of rocket development. Appendices inc. characteristics of German rockets in WW2. This is the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Isaac Pitman, 1937. revised edition. Very Good. 8vo.. orig. cloth 101pp., text ills., Handbook of Aeronautical series. State library stamps & worn boards o/w a very good reading / reference copy

Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket xii + 202pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Smithsonian Aviation History series. von Karman pioneered the use of applied mathematics in aeronautics & astronautics; he used his theoretical knowledge to design aircraft, dirigibles, rockets, & missiles. He also demonstrated the first solid-propellant rocket engine

New York: Ronald Press, 1930. 1st edition. Good. 8vo.. orig. cloth 170pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., index, State library stamps & labels, broken hinges & badly worn boards. A reading / reference copy only

Derby: Rolls Royce, 1996. 5th edition. As New. lge. octavo. stiff wrappers 278pp., b/w plates, text ills., diagrams, appends., A Simple and Self Contained Description of the Aero Gas Turbine Engine. Substantially enlarged from the fourth edition

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2001. 1st edition. As New. lge. octavo. dust jacket xxiii + 718pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Covers all of the many variations & inc. several nice coloured diagrams & exploded views

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2003. 1st ed. thus. As New. folio. dust jacket 322pp., b/w plates, diags., appends., bibliog., index, Definitive history of the British Piston Aero-Engine. Inc. historical notes, Individual engines & the aircraft they powered. Every engine illustrated and many diagrams & exploded views

New York: Ronald Press Company, 1941. 5th edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth xix + 510pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., diags., appends., index, No dust jacket & small neat ownership details o/w a nice copy of the wartime edition

London: Illiffe, 1938. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 318pp., b/w plates, text ills., diags., index, No dust jacket & small neat ownership details, Front hinge broken o/w a very good copy of a pre-war edition

London: Illiffe, 1944. 3rd edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth 122pp., frontis., b/w plates, diags., fldg. plans, appendix, index, Originally published in 1942 & generally recognised as the standard work in its field.

New York: Pitman, 1950. 1st edition. Nice Copy. tall octavo.. orig. cloth xi + 184pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., diags., appendix, index, No dust jacket & small neat signature o/w a lovely copy of the scarce first edition

Melbourne: R. A. A. F., 1943. Very Good. folio. orig. binder c.450pp., b/w plates, diags., fldg. diags., drwgs., RAAF Publication 296, August 1943. Covers Browning Guns; Vickers Guns; Lewis Guns; 20mm Cannon; Gun Firing Mechanisms; Camera Guns; Gun Sights; Gun sights; Theory of Air Firing; Turrets; Bombs & Comps; Bomb Carriers; Bomb sights; Pyrotechnics; Bombing-up...etc. Inc. many… Saber más sobre este artículo

Loughton: Sapphire Productions, c.1970. 1st ed. thus. Nice Copy. small octavo. card covers 42pp., b/w plates, diags., Facsimile Edition of 1946 manual

Washington: Dept. of the Air Force, 1951. 1st edition. Nice Copy. Quarto. orig. binder c.400pp., text ills., drwgs., diags., index, Air Force Manual No. 52-8. Nice copy of an uncommon manual

London: Jane's, 1980. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. dust jacket xv + 277pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., diags., appendix, bibliog., index, Ed Heinemann was the guiding force behind a remarkably successful series of combat aircraft from the Dauntless Dive Bomber to the A-4 Skyhawk. Brian HillÕs copy with his ownership stamp

London: George Newnes, 1953. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth xii + 795pp., text ills., diags., bibliog., index, Assembles & co-ordinates the principles upon which radar systems have been developed