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......JU-87 Stuka and Westland Lysander dogfighting on the cover here........features include LIVE BAIT FOR THE NAZI EAGLES, MESSERCHMITT MADNESS, ZERO FLIGHT and a few more.great non fiction story about 'litle Finland' trying to hold off the Russians, and how England sent back the check of $60,000 from Finland for help.......pulp magazinse in good original condition 10" by 7"....about 1/2" thick.........$9

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

6-7-B-O-8.....WAR BIRDS 1934......May 1934, Vol. 25, Whole No. 74........The Oldest Air War magazine........includes both fiction and non fiction........includes 'Famous Dogfights'-fight between Rumey and Fonck, when Rumey became one of six.........7" by 10" about 1/2" thick....corner chipped away, overall good condition pulp magazine of 1930's......$9

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.......$9

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.....$9

9-7-B-O-8...... FLYING ACES, OCT '33.....Vol XV, No. 4..........'Every Story Complet-No Serials!......includes b&w photo section (printed on better paper)with numerous WWI and 1930's aircraft photos and Wiley Post.....'blue-prints' for building models of Balbo's famous Savoia-Marchetti and the Springfield Bulldog Racer with the 700 h.p. P&W.......7" by 10" by 1/2".....one of the better pulp magazines...good condition....$12

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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