1-30-B-D-M-3....PILOTS MANUAL NAVY R4Y, 1950'S....The fast twin engine Convair R4Y carried USN personell around at a fast clip in the '50s...powered with twin R-2800 engines she could cruise over 200 MPH...this illustrated original pilots manual used to belong to Fleet Tac Squadron 1, their stamp is on the endpapers...approx 200+ pages...photo and drawing illustrated...original, not a crummy copy......dated Dec 1957......$50

2-31-D-M-3......... NORTH AMERICAN T-28 ENGINE DATA PLATE...........This plate was affixed to the Wright R-1300-1B seven cylinder engine that powered North American's follow on trainer to the AT-6, the T-28A Trojan........ this engine was said to sound like a 'John Deere tractor' due to its only having 7 cyl. to produce 800 hp!..........quite a rare engine today, the R-1300 never seemed very popular with aircraft manufacturers, even though it is really just 1/2 of the popular WWII Wright R-2600 that powered the B-25......plate shows the engine ##, Mfrs. ##, Airforce contract #, acceptance date (9.24.53) etc.manufactured by Kaiser-Frazer Corp. engine division in Detroit Michigan for Willys Motors Inc. under license from Curtiss Wright Aero Div-get all that??!....... heavy stainless steel, measures 3" by 5" in good shape...SOLD

6-1-D-M-3.......... GROUND OBSERVERS' GUIDE USAF .......DATED 1951, with a forward by Hoyt Vandenburg (like the AFB!) this book is meant for Civilian Observers of the Air Defense System....(my grandma 'Babe' did this in WWII)....contains about 60 pages of aircraft, photos, three-views, specifications, instuctions on how to identify and report aircraft as well as some terminolgy and drawings on various aircraft configurations......all meant to simplify and standardize procedures for reporting ' the bad guy'........8.5 by 11" softbound guide shows some light soiling to covers and first page, but otherwise good used condition.......only have this one ........$16

7-2-D-M-3......ANDERSON AFB 'TOUR BOOK' JAN-APRIL 1957...........Softcover 8" by 12" picture book of the 'happenings' around the 96th Bombardment Wing (M) (SAC) on the tiny island of Guam (South Pacific)......about 14 pages of captioned snapshots of the base, commanders, aircraft (B-47's),Hickman's restaurent, and The Pink Elephant ......11th Air Refooling (Refueling) included......looks like they were flying KC-97's.....some stains to front cover but otherwise good shape.......$15