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Canada: Environment Canada. Fair. 1998. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 0660175177 . "A marine weather manual for the Strait of Georgia, the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, Juan de Fuca Strait, and surrounding area." - front cover. 122 pages. Maps, graphs, tables. Recommended reading list. Unmarked with above-average wear. Binding intact. … Saber más sobre este artículo

USA: The Curtis Publishing Company. Good. 1940. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The Red Army - Was it made in Germany?; When Will the Bombing Start? - Don't bet on the war till you read this; Air Safety Isn't Luck - How the Air Safety Board works for airline safety; Courage is a Business - Gene… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Department of National Defence. Good. 1983. First Edition. Paperback. 0660114437 . "The BCATP produced more than 130,000 trained aircrew for the Allies during the Second World War. The training took place in Canada, and the Royal Canadian Air Force was the controlling authority. It is a subject of considerable importance because, in aerial warfare,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550545191 . "The colourful story of the bush plane designed and built in Canada that has served around the world, and is still in demand fifty years after it first flew." - dust jacket. 186 pages. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Vanwell Publishing Limited. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1551250136 . "From national insignia, squadron markings and number/letter combinations nose art evolved into more personalized artwork, and individual pilots began sporting colourful, even outrageous schemes. Stephen Fochuk has devoted himself to a study of Canadian Air Force history, and has in this… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chico, CA: MACH 1, Inc.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0929823133 . Signed and generically inscribed by author/photographer upon front free endpaper. "Each summer, millions of air show spectators across America and around the world are thrilled to the aerial artistry of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. Here, fighter-pilot/author… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Canav Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969070322 . "A story of people and airplanes. Charts the progress of the company through good times and bad - it came close to shutting down as sales dwindled during the depression - and through changes of ownerhhip from de Havilland to Hawker Siddeley… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: The Boston Mills Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919822231 . "At a time when man was fighting man on the Continent of Europe, a fledgling group of fliers was forming in Canada under the guidance of officers of the Royal Flying Corps. This history follows the corps from its inception… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ontario, Canada: The Boston Mills Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919783961 . "Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Aerospace Maintenance Development Unit (AMDU). The first book which details aircraft maintenance activities within the RCAF and CF. Describes the origins of the AMDU and relates the contribution the Unit… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Clark Publishing Company. Good. 1948. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Rare premiere issue of this publication which hit the ground running with early UFO coverage. Front cover artwork depicts two gold flying disks in clouds above private plane. Lead article by Kenneth Arnold entitled "I Did See The Flying Disks" includes four photos and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited. Fair. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Honours Canada's most successful fighter pilots of World War I, including: Bishop; Collishaw; Barker; MacLaren; McLeod; Rogers; McElroy; Claxton; McCall; Quigley; Carter and McKeever. 305 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Former library copy with usual markings. Front free endpaper mostly… Saber más sobre este artículo

St. John's, NL: DRC Publishing. Good. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 1926689054 . "A collection of true incidents and bizarre stories of aircraft and people encountered while trying to develop a small airline business in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1960-2000, from the recollections and log books of Gene Manion." - title page. 365 pages. Black and white… Saber más sobre este artículo

British Columbia: Minister of Environment, Canada. Good. 1996. First Edition. Spiral Bound. 0662247949 . "Describes, in as much detail as is practical, local aviation weather hazards along the major VFR flying routes in Britihs Columbia and the Yukon. The detailed local weather is presented graphically, using maps wherever possible and forms the final chapter. Commences… Saber más sobre este artículo

British Columbia: Country Light Publishing. Good. 2012. First Edition. Paperback. 0986581836 . Signed, without inscription, by Chris Harris upon title page. Presents "stories of the colourful and intrepid aviators who have been, and still are, central to the unfolding story of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Region of British Columbia. Photographer Chris Harris has taken to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ontario, Canada: Inkerman House. Good. 1987. First Edition. Paperback. 096926710X . "Author was an original Demon captain and one of the few survivors who flew on operations throughout the period he describes. A carefully researched book based upon what really happened from a German, as well as an Allied point of view." - inside back cover.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ottawa: Information Canada. Good. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. "In May of 1937, the Air section of the R.C.M.P. began operations with four deHavilland Dragonfly aircraft and eight members. Today after 36 years continous service, the force operates 22 modern aircraft and employs over 80 personnel. Now, as the Force embarks on its second century of… Saber más sobre este artículo

USA: Street and Smith. Good. 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Born Gambler; Fortress in the Sky - Establishing a Moon Base; Let's Look Ahead; Germany's Giant Wind Tunnel - Hidden in Austria - article with super photo; History of the Seaplane; Scale Model, Early Type; NACA Engine Research; Curtiss XF-15C-1 in Color; A-Planes; The C.A.A.; The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Buschekbooks. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 1894543033 . In WWII "Canadians took to the skies young, fit and whole. Some of them burned and were mangled. In another war they would have been hushed up, shut away in institutions or homes. But they were about to encounter the best piece of luck they… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canada: Self-Published. Good. 1984. Second Edition. Paperback. Clinton Howard Squires (1916-1983) was born and raised in Saskatchewan. He joined the R.C.A.F. in 1940, became a pilot and was posted overseas, attached to the R.A.F. as an instructor in aircraft and gliders. In 1945 he returned to Saskatchewan with his English wife Jean. This book… Saber más sobre este artículo

Winnipeg: Watson and Dwyer. Good in Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920486665 . [8], 294 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "For five decades, beginning in 1933, Duncan McLaren has been dedicated to planes. He serviced them, flew them, tested them and later in his career, he… Saber más sobre este artículo