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....$24

2-7-B-O-8.........WINGS SUMMER 1940....Vol. VIII No. 5......SOLD

3-2-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..

4-54-B-O-8...... ACES UP AND MYSTERY FLIGHT OF THE Q2......1929 First Edition written by Covington Clarke, hardbound 8.5 by 5.5" by almost 2" thick fictional work of two novels in one......I suspect Clarke was a pilot himself, he wrote these two stories for an adult audience and included 4 interesting schematics of aerobatic maneuvers... good condition orignal ......$12

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......$9.50

7-7-B-O-8....... BATTLE ACES, OCT. 1932......Vol. 7, No.1.......Printed in Chicago, includes fiction and non fiction.........Lt. Carr and the De H-5, The Yank ace who couldn't get killed!.....measures 10" by 7" about 3/8" thick.......wear to cover, about good condition.......SOLD

8-7-B-O-8......... DARE-DEVIL ACES OCT. 1933 ......Vol. 5, No. 4.......Published in Chicago, they brag 'Every Story New! and Every Story Complete!'....includes 'Woould You Believe It?...Amazing true story of what happened when a Yank got lost- and bombed his own drome! (turns out he was really bad aim, and only made some holes in the sod strip!)........7" by 10" and 1/2" thick, in good condition.....SOLD

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......$7

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