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HarperCollins, (Glasgow, 1996).. 255 pp, 4 5/8" H, soft cover. ISBN 0004709438 Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "...a comprehensive guide to modern civil aircraft in a handy format, ideal for airshows and aircraft spotting. Drawing on the latest information from Ja. ne's Information Group, it includes over 100 aircraft from the Airbus series to the new Tupolevs. An introductory feature reveals how civil aviation is changing in the 1990s." Each listing includes a spec... more information

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Jane's, London, 1986.. 64 pp, oblong 8vo, HC in pictorial laminated boards - no dust jacket. Profusely illus in color showing markings of many air lines. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear/rubbing. VG+. ... more information

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Rand McNally, Chicago, (1979).. 317 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), soft cover. ISBN 528882066 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with drawings, profiles, insignia, reproductions of posters. Contents: United States; Great Britain; USSR; France; Italy; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Holl. and; Canada; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Spain; Argentina; Australia; Switzerland; People's Republic of China; Major Commercial Aircraft; Civil Aviation Registration Letters - 1960; Insignia of the Major Airl... more information

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Key, Stamford, Lincs., 1983.. 60 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format, stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, 4 pages color. Contents: Preservation Project (Lincolnshire Aviation Museum Fairchild Argus - replacing fabric with glass fibre); Bombe. r Museum opens (Bomber Command Museum); G-HUNT reborn (Hawker Hunter); Preservation News; Air Show '83; I Remember (Luftwaffe pilot Hans Schmoller-Haldy); Preserved Vulcans (Avro Vulcan B2s); Southend Auction (Histo... more information

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(Midland Counties Publications, Leicester, 1978).. 200 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w photos. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light/moderate edgewear/rubbing, spine flat. VG. ... more information

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McGraw-Hill, Toronto, 1968.. 120 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association....the Silver Dart....Billy Bishop and World War I 'aces'....the bush pilots who opened up the Northland....the. airmail pioneers....the World War II training ground for Commonwealth pilots....contributions to the aerospace industry and scientific research. These are but a few of the highlights in this story of Canada&... more information

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Midland, Leicester, 1994.. 60 pp, oblong small 8vo (7 13/16" H x 8 1/4" D), soft cover. ISBN 1857800249 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "The rural county of Lincolnshire can lay claim to being England's premier aviation county. It is the home of the Royal Air . Force College at Cranwell, and was host to many thousands of Allied aircrew during the Second World War....This pictorial chronicles Lincolnshire's strong ties with the worlds of both civil and military avia... more information

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Profile Publications / Doubleday, Windsor/Garden City, 1976, revised 4th edition.. 144 pp, large 8vo (9 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0853834113 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and colour illustrations by P. Endsleigh Castle, J. Goulding, K. Broomfield and R. Ward. "Internationally recognized aviation wr. iters present comprehensive but concise histories of aircraft of many nations and of wide variety, both military and civil. There are the frail biplanes and trip... more information

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Street & Smith, Elizabeth, N.J., 1949.. 98 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated, predominantly in b&w, with photographs, drawings, plans, advertisements. Contents: Powered Soarer; Aerial Hot-Rods; Models + Marquardt = Ramjets; Civil Air Patrol Section; We. Fly the Long Midget; Northrop F-89 Black Scorpions; There's No Place in Aviation for the Untrained; Air Progress; The Stinson Story; AT's Post-War Motor Roundup; Three-Views of Foreign Aircraft; We... more information

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Street & Smith, Elizabeth, N.J., 1950.. 90 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated, predominantly in b&w, with photographs, drawings, plans, advertisements. Contents: Showcase; Development Highlights; Air Notes; Phototorial; The Bendix; Ra. m-Jet Riders; Your Job in Aviation: Test Pilot; Solo Club; Air Progress: McDonnell; Airmen of Vision; Foreign Aircraft; C.A.P. Newsletter; Pitts-Skelton Aerobatric Bipe; The Little Senator; Dope Can; Overse... more information

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Profile Publications / Doubleday, Windsor/Garden City, 1975, revised 4th edition.. 144 pp, large 8vo (9 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0853834105 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and colour illustrations by P. Endsleigh Castle, J. Goulding and R. Ward. "Internationally recognized aviation writers present c. omprehensive but concise histories of aircraft of many nations and of wide variety, both military and civil. There are the frail biplanes and triplanes of World ... more information

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Airlife, (Shrewsbury, 1985), Ist edition.. 166 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "...As a young man of only 26, Imperial Airways made him a Captain on the largest civil aircraft flying at the time. In 1938 he broke the world long distance record for seaplanes which stan. ds to this day and when Britain went to war against Germany it was the still young Donald Bennett who organised ferrying across the Atlantic of urgently needed American aircraft that had been purchased for... more information

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1980.. 771 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers. ISBN 0802023797 Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps (some fold-out). "....provides the definitive story of Canadian airmen in World War I and, moreover, a revisi. onist account of the war in the air. Organized topically, this volume begins with an overview of military aviation in Canada prior to 1914, as successful aircraft experiments like Baldwin's and McCurd... more information

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