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1-1-A-M-1......JANES FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WWI.......Janes reproduced there own hardcover encyclopedia of WWI military aircraft, complete with specifications, photos, three vies, advertisements, etc...... weighs over 3 pounds....... 12" by 10" and 1" thick.......hardcover with dustjacket, brand new in the plastic.......just have this one....$28SOLD |
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2-2-A-M-1.......THE SERVICE OF INFORMATION (SIGNAL CORPS).....By Brig. Gen. George Scriven, Chief Signal Officer of the Army.....1915...printed in Washington at the Gov't Printing Office........Circular No. 8, Office of the Chief Signal Officer........most fascinating book regarding early century US Army Signal Corps ...... while outlining the entire corps, Scriven includes chapter soley on Air Craft.........he wisely comments ' The signal corps is intrusted with the air service of the army, undoubtably the most important, as it is the most recent, auxiliary in the collection and transmission of military information' .....specific information included throughout book, division size, officer alotment, detachment specs. such as number of horses(!), telephones, etc ....... the first official US Military use of airplanes.......pre-WWI manuals such as this are difficult to find..... early style cloth weave hardbound, 6" by 8" in very good condition, with 179 pages and dated 1915............$80
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3-7-A-M-1.........SIGNAL CORPS TRAINING MANUAL, PART 1 AVIATION SECTION OF SIGNAL CORPS 1917.......6" by 9" softcover manual contains 70 pages divided into 13 Chapters including 'Assembling, Erecting and Aligning of Airplanes', Instruments, Compasses, Care of Airplane Hangars, Care of Airplanes,Internal Combsution Engines, Repair of Airplanes and organization of Workshops'........some diagrams in book too, along with and Appendix of Aeronautical Nomenclature with terms I have never heard of before.........who knows what a 'Vol-Pique' is? ..this manual was apparently one in series for US Army Signal Corps, this one being the entire Aviation Section of the series......90 year old original in excellent condition......$145
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4-36-A-M-1.........WWI FIGHTER PLANE...... French Parasol design with large in-line liquid cooled engine......take a look at some of the fuel/oil cans, and step-ladder near the plane, all look about the same age, I am estimating 1918 or so.......appears a personal photo, printed on weave paper with no writing or markings, and measures 3' by 4.5" in very good condition ......obscure......$9 |
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5-36-A-M-1....BRISTOL SCOUT AND PORTE 'BABY' FLYING BOAT MID AIR LAUNCHING TEST......Fascinating photo was in fact used in the March 5, 1938 Illustrated London News........ luckily, this photo was retrieved from archives destined for the trash bin!.......reverse of photo is stamped with 1938 dates, pencil marked information, and the orgininal story byline is glued on.......Photo was captioned 'A War-Time precursor of the mayo composite aircraft' ...'made a successful seperation flight in 1916 but was not used for military purposes........detailed byline contains specifics of the test flight including the location and name of the pilots........they also go on to explain how the airplanes were attached........ original photo in excellent condition measures 6.5" by 8"..........$35
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6-36-A-M-1.......SPAD S-7 PHOTO........ From a very old collection, reverse of photo is marked 'Neg #21, Spad S-7'.........measures 3.5" by 5" in very good condition.......fair definition, I forgot the Spad had a quire unique looking windscreen.......$25SOLD |
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7-36-A-M-1......... LORRAINE SEA IV PHOTO............ French WWI 2 seat fighter as powered with Lorraine's own liquid cooled design of 350 HP........ from private collection, measures 3.5" by 5" with no markings on the reverse and small stain at upper left corner......medium resolution, markings on the tail spell out this airplane's designation and powerplant, while the big stain below the pilot's cockpit is a mystery.........$25SOLD |
8-36-A-M-1.........'MYSTERY WWI FRENCH FIGHTER' PHOTO......From a private collection, photo measures 3.5" by 5" in excellent condition with no markings on reverse.......2 seat French fighter has partially obscured markings on the tail " D3 C2, No 1001 " .......no other markings on the photo, what kind of plane is it?.........$20SOLD |
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9-36-A-M-1...... VERY OLD FOKKER EINDECKER PHOTO...... Top of photo is marked in German , and reverse is handwritten: "A (1915) type Fokker mono. Oberursel 100 h.p. This photo is rare and is the only 3rd. print from the original neg. in the U.S. It came from a German lieutenant that gave it to his cousin, he marked 'with rotary engine' in German on the right upper corner. (Reproduction Prohibited) J. Mieto" photo measures 3.5" by 4.5" with stain in upper right hand corner.....originated from collection we received in the early 1970's.......$45SOLD |
Curtiss and Jon Aldrich
Pine Mountain Lake Airport
P.O. Box 9
Big Oak Flat, CA 95305
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