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1-3-B-O-8...."LAST FLIGHT" AMELIA EARHART, 1937......Earharts last book written partly by her as she sent home reports from her around the world flight in her Lockheed to husband and publisher, Geo Putnam...published in 1937 after Earhart was lost over the Pacific, this 226 page hardbound book contains several photos sent back by Earhart during the flight and details of the flight up to the last takeoff....now a rather rare Amelia Earhart item...her final book....$30
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| 3-29-B-0-8..........DOUGLAS CORRIGAN 'THATS MY STORY'.....On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan filed a flight plan for California and took off from a Brooklyn airfield in his Curtiss Robin..... 29 hours later he arrived in Ireland, claiming his compasses had failed......upon return Douglas was an instant celebrity and played himself in the 1939 movie THE FLYING IRISHMAN........ hardcover, 221 pages in good condition...copyright 1938..signed by Douglas Corrigan in 1939........... rare dustjacket ......not a first edition, but valuable in that Corrigan signed this book during the heyday of his fame and the same year that his movie opened, prior to his shunning the limelight and becoming a recluse....$125
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5-1-B-O-8.........WEATHER FOR AIRCREW TRAINEES...Dept. of the Air Force (manual 105-5) first printed 1951, revised through 1961......inked L/Col Fritz on cover.....157 pages 8" by 11".......topics include: weather hazards, weather services, tropical, artic, and high altitude weather, etc......quite well written book with many illustrations...it is so good that I recognize many of the pictures in more current FAA weather guides......included with book is Lt. Col Fritz's Langley AFB Instrument School Weather Lecture booklet presented by Detachment 2 of the 2d Weather Group.....great condition......$12
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7-32-B-O-8................SILVER WINGS......True Action Stories of the United States Air Force (WWII) by Wilber and Schoenholtz, authrorized by the USAF...1948....sixteen chapters, each from different different arm such as Fifth Air Force (SW Pacific), Seventh AF(Central Pacific), Eight AF (UK), etc.....great fast paced reading told in the first person....numerous patriotic stories of courage, heroism, and grit, makes me remember why I am proud to be an AMERICAN...........books is 8x5.5"....281 pages....old style rough cut paper edges in great condition.....still smells new ......$19
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8-7-B-O-8..... 1961 CESSNA 210 OWNERS MANUAL .......Hard to think of a Cessna 210 as an old plane, these 'babies' have been around for a long time now!......dated 11/22/(19)60, this manual appears in new old stock condition with only a single scratch on the back cover to show its age........fairly thick manual (well, OK, thick compared to many Cessna manuals!) it measures about 5.5" by 7.5".......graphs, tables, and all the usual information on these surprisingly able machines original .........$20
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10-4-B-O-8.......FLIGHT FACTS FOR PRIVATE PILOTS, 1960..........212 pages of still useful information covering all the important aspects of flight......instruments, aerodynamics, weather, powerplants, flight planning, etc... most information still good today......Aero Publishers, 1960, measures 7.5 by 11" in good condition with tear at top of dustjacket......has many photos of "then new" aircraft such as Ce-210, Aero Commander, Piper Aztec, etc......$9
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