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Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Bloomington, Indiana:: 1st Books Library, 2002. 6" wide by 9" tall. A square, tight copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Illustrated with photographs, maps and document facsimiles. Original pictorial wrappers. Laid-in is a promotional flyer that reads: "Hubbard's best stories, the ones that can incite laughter and tears, are his stories from the 8th Air Force, where he served on a B-17 Bomber crew, surviving many close calls and losing many comrades in the process.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition? (No Additional Printings). Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. 247pp. First Edition? (No Additional Printings).

Seller Inventory # 004473

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Privately Published, 1999. Very Good condition. The spine is square and flat. NOT a library discard. Bright, clean and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are bright white and unmarked - apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1999. First Edition? (No additional printings listed). Illustrations. Bibliography. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Bound in the original white wraps, stamped in black. . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Very Good condition. (ii), 147pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Seller Inventory # 020153

Hardcover. Condition: White cloth spine /gray boards. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Not Price Clipped (19.95). First Printing of the First Edition. Atlanta, Georgia:: Longstreet Press, 1992. Near Fine condition in bright, shiny Near Fine Dust Jacket (lightly rubbed). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. With 16 pages of photos. From the Dust Jacket: "As one of hang gliding's original pioneers, Bobby [Wills] found his key, opened the door, and took the whole family with him on a majestic flight. Transformed by their experience, these parents and children become anything but ordinary; and this story of their work and play, their dreams and failures, their love and loss is most remarkable. It is a beautifully written, fully realized human drama." "1st printing, 1992" is so stated on the copyright page. . Signed by Maralys Wills (signature only). First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. White cloth spine /gray boards/DJ Not Price Clipped (19.95). 8vo. 362pp.

Seller Inventory # 002849

Hardcover. Condition: Original light blue cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Not Price Clipped (3.50). Nolan, Lou (jacket art) (illustrator). First Edition. Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954. Very Good condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean, square, tight, copy. Text pages somewhat age tanned, as usual. Not a book club edition. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. By the author of THE NAKED ISLAND. From the Dust Jacket: "Group-Captain Leonard Cheshire has probably done more bombing than anyone else on earth and is one of the most decorated war heroes of our generation. During World War II, he flew one hundred missions he led the immortal RAF suicide 617 Squadron and knocked out Hitler's deadly V-2 sites and hidden U-boat bases." Keywords: World War II. WWII. WW2. First Edition. Hardcover. Original light blue cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (3.50). Illus. by Nolan, Lou (jacket art). 8vo. 240pp.

Seller Inventory # 001014

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: The Free Press, 1995. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($28.00). No chips. No tears. Bright, shiny, square, tight, copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original blue-green boards, with a cream cloth spine lettered in metallic blue-green. Illustrated with maps and 16 pages of photos. First printing with complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. List of chapter notes. Selected bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "OVER LORD is the fascinating story of how American tactical air power was developed by General Elwood 'Pete' Quesada during World War II, including its decisive role in Operation OVERLORD and the liberation of Europe. Pete Quesada is one of World War II's unsung yet crucial heroes. With his famous 'Ninth Tactical Air Command,' Quesada established the best air-ground team in the European theater. He pioneered the use of radar in close air support operations, introducing weapons specifically geared to tactical operations. He nurtured new flying methods designed for the kind of precision bombing the battlefields of Europe demanded." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. ix, 380pp.

Seller Inventory # 003820

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's blue boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket not priced or clipped. Michael Turner jacket art (illustrator). First Edition (No Additional Printings). London and New York: Hamlyn, 1975. 8.75" wide by 12" tall. Fine condition in Near Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Lavishly illustrated with 130 photos and 12 full-color plates (paintings). Bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Fighter Ace! the words conjure up romantic images of dawn patrols, the 'Red Baron,' the Spitfire, and the Battle of Britain. In this comprehensive history, Christopher Shores has gone behind the popular mythology surrounding the subject to examine in detail the careers of the most successful fighter pilots thrown up since the first great ace, Leutnant Max Immelmann, came to the fore on the Western Front in 1915. In addition to the wealth of black-and-white illustrations of the great aces and the aircraft they flew, twelve specially commissioned paintings record some of the most memorable combats in the story of the fighter ace. They include Werner Voss's last combat in his black Fokker Triplane in September 1917; Dick Bong, the great USAAF ace, in action over Guadalcanal in his P-38 Lightning in 1943; and a clash over North Vietnam between a USAF Thunderchief and a MiG-21 of the North Vietnamese Air Force." Beautiful, full color, wrap-around Dust Jacket painting by Michael Turner. First Edition (No Additional Printings). Hard Cover. Publisher's blue boards/Jacket not priced or clipped. Illus. by Michael Turner jacket art. 160pp.

Seller Inventory # 003098

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Edition (so stated). New York:: Rawson Associates, 1982. 7" wide by 10" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (22.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. NOT a Book Club edition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated throughout with 228 photographs. Bound in the original red boards with a yellow cloth spine lettered in black. Sharp corners. Index. . First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. vii, 248pp.

Seller Inventory # 004249

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++ Dust Jacket. First U.K. Edition. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Dust Jacket not price clipped (�16.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Bound in the original green cloth spine and blue boards, lettered in silver on the spine. Index. Contents: Preface, Prologue, and 9 chapters, as follows: 1) The War of Independence, 1947-1949; 2) Between the War of Independence and the Sinai Campaign; 3) The Sinai Campaign; 4) The Quiet Decade, 1957-1967; 5) The Six-Day War; 6) The War of Attrition; 7) The Yom Kippur War; 8) The Second Generation; 9) Baghdad, Beirut and Tunis. Epilogue. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Since Israel's birth in 1948, its air force has been key to its survival. In ISRAEL'S BEST DEFENSE [the author] reveals how the Israeli Air Force soon became regarded as the most effective in the world. The air force has played a leading role on many occasions, especially during the 1967 and 1973 wars, which Cohen recounts in detail.". First U.K. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good++ Dust Jacket. 8vo. viii, 504pp.

Seller Inventory # 003455

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DJ (bit of edgewear). Rowena Morrill (jacket art) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Timescape Books, 1984. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (15.95). From the Dust Jacket: "Circumpolar! is a whopping tale of a round-the-world aerial race that weds the sepia flicker of an old-time newsreel to the cliffhanging burlesque of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Romping through an alternate history, it's a flight to high adventure replete with dashing heroes, dastardly villains, magic, monstrosities, and feats of derring-do." Among the characters in this freewheeling Air Race around the world are many early aviation pioneers including the Red Baron, Charles Lindberg, Amelia Earhart, and Howard Hughes. Rowena's striking Dust Jacket painting features The Spirit of St. Louis along with Lindberg, Earhart, and Hughes in their aviation helmets and goggles. Anatomy of Wonder 4-304. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/VG DJ (bit of edgewear). Illus. by Rowena Morrill (jacket art). 8vo. 320pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 010232

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition (bookplate). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Later printing. New York: Bonanza Books, 1962. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No remainder mark. Profusely illustrated. Includes hundreds of rare photos of hot air balloons, dirigibles, gyrocopters, pre-World War I aircraft, and other early flying machines. Original gray cloth. Later printing. Hard Cover. Fine condition (bookplate)/Very Good dust jacket. 4to. 208pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009792

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Warner Books, 1997. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (22.00). From the Dust Jacket "Dorothy Binney Putnam, heiress to a great American fortune, was an avid naturalist, explorer, and freethinker. She married publisher George Putnam, had two sons, and lived a splendid life - or so everyone believed. This extraordinary biography reveals a previously untold, even more intriguing story about her husband, her friend Amelia Earhart, and a love affair. At the age of eighty-two, Dorothy Binney Putnam gave the author of this remarkable memoir, her grandaughter, Sally Putnam Chapman, an astonishing gift her private diaries. Now her granddaughter, using family papers, interviews, and Dorothy's diaries, candidly recounts an insider's tale of Amelia's first historic flight and the months that followed. when three lives came together with unexpected, and ultimately tragic, consequences. With diary excerpts and previously unpublished letters, rare photographs, an uncut copy of Amelia Earhart's prenuptial agreement, and details of George Putnam's search for the missing aviator, Whistled Like a Bird is an authentic and exceptionally intimate biography." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. xviii, 268pp + 32 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009420

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Third printing. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Fine condition internally. Illustrated throughout with photos and drawings. Includes two fold-out weather maps and a large fold-out, full-color map of the route between Des Moines and Omaha. Intended to teach piloting, mechanical, and navigation principles with much detail on aircraft engineering, civil and military aeronautics, human factors in flight, aerodynamics, aircraft engines, meteorology, communications, navigation (map projections, instruments, visible landmarks, dead reckoning, celestial, etc), use of airplanes in waging war, preparing for aeronautical jobs. Glossary. Index. Original green cloth. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition. 8vo. ix, 556pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009987

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1989. 9" wide by 12" tall. Light stain to some page edges (in margin only) else Near Fine condition. Tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped (12.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A Paperback Original (PBO). Illustrated with 305 rare photos. From the Publisher: "Over 300 rare photographs, with detailed informative captions, recall Long Island's crucial role as center of early aviation. Exploits of Lindbergh, Curtiss, Doolittle, other pioneers. First 'blind' flights, seaplanes, endurance records, technological breakthroughs, much more." . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. ix, 166pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 010377

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ (price clipped). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1968. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated throughout. Frontispiece shows an inverted flight in a Zlin Trener, over Reykjavik, Iceland. From the Dust Jacket: "Contains articles by a variety of top aviation writers on subjects varying from the beginnings of Japanese aviation to the Apollo Applications program; from the development story of the Swedish Saab Viggen to the fascinating story of one of Britain's pioneers, Pemberton-Billing." Also includes a detailed chronology of 1967-1968 aviation events. Original blue cloth. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine DJ (price clipped). 4to. 96p. + 7 pages of color plates.

Seller Inventory # 009810

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Warner Books, 1997. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (22.00). From the Dust Jacket "Dorothy Binney Putnam, heiress to a great American fortune, was an avid naturalist, explorer, and freethinker. She married publisher George Putnam, had two sons, and lived a splendid life - or so everyone believed. This extraordinary biography reveals a previously untold, even more intriguing story about her husband, her friend Amelia Earhart, and a love affair. At the age of eighty-two, Dorothy Binney Putnam gave the author of this remarkable memoir, her grandaughter, Sally Putnam Chapman, an astonishing gift her private diaries. Now her granddaughter, using family papers, interviews, and Dorothy's diaries, candidly recounts an insider's tale of Amelia's first historic flight and the months that followed. when three lives came together with unexpected, and ultimately tragic, consequences. With diary excerpts and previously unpublished letters, rare photographs, an uncut copy of Amelia Earhart's prenuptial agreement, and details of George Putnam's search for the missing aviator, Whistled Like a Bird is an authentic and exceptionally intimate biography." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. xviii, 268pp + 32 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009419

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: VG jacket (price clipped). First Printing of the First US Edition. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Previous owner's name. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with 3 maps, 3 diagrams, and 69 photos. Pictorial endpapers (silhouettes of 10 planes and 4 carriers). From the Dust Jacket: "In Air Power, Robin Higham examines the development of military aviation over the last sixty years in the light of the commonly accepted principles of war - Concentration of Effort, Control, Simplicity, Co-operation of all Arms, Surprise, Speed of Action, Seizing the Initiative. He shows how, all too often, their lessons have been forgotten or ignored with disastrous consequences." Extensive Bibliographical Essay (26 pages). Index. Original red cloth. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/VG jacket (price clipped). 8vo. xii. 282pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 011086

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition. Washington, D. C.: Air Force History and Museums Program / Air University Press , 1997. 6" wide by 9.25" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated. "Air Force Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition." From the Foreword: "This chronology commemorated the golden anniversary of the establishment of the United States Air Force (USAF) as an independent service. [E]ach entry in this volume marks a single, notable moment in the evolution of an illustrious heritage. In the aggregate, the entries tell a remarkable story of a powerful military institution's adaptation to 50 years of political, technological, and social change." . First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. vi, 163pp.

Seller Inventory # 011904

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. Long Beach, California:: The Focus Group, Mansfield Publishing, 1990. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (24.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Bound in the original blue boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "This is the story of an airman, old and bold, an authentic history of aviation over half a century. It's Kim in person, an American success story of opportunity and talent. Buckle your seat belts; the Captain's taking off.". 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 367pp. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Seller Inventory # 007780

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Later printing of the 1991 original. New York: Ivy Books, 1993. Very Good condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Not price clipped ($5.99). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the rear cover: "During the years when the outcome of World War II was very much in doubt, the skies over Europe were the setting for the greatest air battles ever fought. In that titanic struggle, no pilots were more feared by Allied aircrews than the men of Jagdgeschwader 26 nicknamed the 'Abbeville Kids.' Ask any veteran of the America Eighth Air Force about the Abbeville Kids and he'll tell you stories of Goering's elite yellow-nosed fighter unit, whose slashing attacks always seemed to come from the best position. Their fame was legendary, and their bases in northern France were to be avoided at all costs. This is the story of the JG 26 pilots. A microcosm of the entire war exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing, from its founding during Hitler's military buildup through its glory days in the first years of the war, right up to the grim final hours of the Third Reich." Keywords: Aviation history. WWII. Luftwaffe Fighter Corps. . Later printing of the 1991 original. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good condition. 426pp. + 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 013578

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near VG (2 short closed tears). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: The Dial Press, 1973. Square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (10.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with 52 pages of vintage photos and 2 maps. "First Printing 1973" so stated. From the lightly soiled Dust Jacket: "This fascinating account details the subterfuge and ingenuity used to create the new Luftwaffe. Denied aircraft factories and flight schools in their homeland, the Germans built them in Russia and there trained an elite pilot corps. At home clandestine factories, ostensibly making baby carriages or washing machines, turned out warplanes. The air force of 'volunteers' in their covertly constructed fighters and bombers was tested in Spain where air-blitzkrieg tactics were first used with devastating effect against towns such as Guernica and Madrid. Mr. Mason explodes the myth of German organizational and technical superiority: meddling (by Hitler), bickering (between designers and bureaucrats), and bungling (by morphine-addicted Goering) cost the Luftwaffe a war-winning strategic bombing force and jet fighters even before World War II began." Appendix. Select bibliography. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near VG (2 short closed tears). 8vo. 402pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 011974

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No Jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A study of WWII medical adaptations for flying at high altitude. From the Introduction: "This is a book of aviation medicine. A record of the evolution and use of a vast number of devices evolved by the air forces for keeping fliers healthy, happy, and in the air. These devices have all been either invented, or improved, or tested by the Air Forces Medical Services. I once counted 130 gadgets - controls, switches, levers, dials, gauges and whatnot in a Flying Fortress." Original light blue cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. viii, 253pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 011955

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. Second printing. Lakemont, Georgia: Copple House Books, 1979. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($12.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owners' name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Appendix, with technical specs, program milestones, etc. Bound in the original turquoise boards, stamped in shiny silver on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "This is the complete and dramatic story of the amazing Lockheed C-130 Hercules -- the modern day successor to the C-47 Gooney Bird. A do-anything, go-anywhere tactical (and strategic) transport, the Hercules has demonstrated its prowess around the world. from Entebbe to Xingu, and thousands of points in between, hauling goods and people into and out of postage stamp strips of sand, snow and grass, to the amazement of onlookers and passengers alike. In this profusely illustrated definitive biography of the versatile Hercules, author Joe Dabney takes the reader through the propjet's development by Lockheed and the United States Air Force and recounts many of the airplane's most heroic deeds. Much of the HERK's story is told in the words of the C-130 flyers themselves, particularly USAF pilots who flew the airplane in Vietnam, which was perhaps the airplane's finest hour.". Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo. 416pp.

Seller Inventory # 014547

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket. First Edition. New York:: Pergamon Press / The Macmillan Company, 1962. 6.25" wide by 10" tall. A solid copy -- bright, clean, square, and tight. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. NO pocket. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with figures, diagrams, and photographs. Tables. Graphs. AGARDograph #60. Contains eleven major sections: 1) Introduction; 2) Radar scope brightness; 3) Pip decay time and visibility threshold; 4) Visibilty as a function of pip dimensions; 5) Ambient illumination; 6) Some visual and perceptual factors; 7) Searching for pips; 8) Visual estimation of range and bearing; 9) Aids to accuracy in reporting range and bearing; 10) Plotting and transmission of radar display data; 11) The operator as a monitor. Bibliographical references. Author Index. Subject Index. Published for Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, NATO. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No jacket. viii, 192pp.

Seller Inventory # 008899

Paperback. Condition: Fine condition. First Printing of the First Edition. Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada: Avia Publishing, Inc, 1997. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped (19.95 US, 24.95 CDN). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Autobiography / Health. From the rear cover: "Nattanya Andersen's cherished career as a flight attendant careened to a halt when a mid-flight engine-explosion in 1988 left her with a condition diagnosed as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Through her research, Nattanya exposes rare data on aircrew health concerns, which are inextricably interwoven with her own story and illustrated by personal accounts. Broken Wings explores other health issues deeply affecting professional flyers including: turbulence, air rage, radiation exposure, circadian rhythm disturbances, flight phobia and anxiety, alcoholism and psychiatric illnesses in air crew, air quality and quantity, and airplanes as disease incubators. For the first time, a professional flyer offers us insights not only into PTSD, but into the airline industry, and some of its most serious failings when it comes to the health and safety of its inflight workers and its clients." . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. 319 pages . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 011730

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Edition of Sixty Years edition. Washington D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2006. NOTE: This is the 2006 edition (Flights of Discovery : Sixty Years of Flight Research at Dryden Flight Research Center). It has been updated with an additional 10 years of history when compared to the 1996 edition (which was published as Flights of Discovery : 50 Years at the Nasa Dryden Flight Research). Near Fine condition. The spine is flat with NO creases. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Profusely illustrated with photographs, most in full color. Volume SP-2006-4318 in the Nasa History Series. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. Oversize Softcover. 10" wide by 11.75" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition of Sixty Years edition. Oversize Softcover. Near Fine condition. (xii), 263pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 020101

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ EX-LIBRARY. No jacket. First Edition (so stated). New York / Berlin: Duell, Sloan & Pearce / Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1960. Very Good+ EX-LIBRARY. 13 cm x 21 cm. A solid reading/reference copy -- bright, clean, and tight. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. Text pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Sehr gutes. Bibliotheksexemplar. Originalleinen. Bibliography. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in gold over red panels on the spine and front cover. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good+ EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. (xii), 312pp.

Seller Inventory # 008896

Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's blue boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket not priced or clipped. Reprint of the 1992 original. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1999. 10.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Near Fine condition in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright and clean. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 photographs, most in stunning full-color. Index. A history and colorful survey of aircraft nose art. Chapters are arranged by themes that have been used throughout the years by fighting airmen of all nationalities: Cartoon Characters; Sharks and Other Animals; Centerfold Pin-ups; Heroes and Villains; etc. Has an especially generous sample of the nose art from WWII American warplanes, many inspired by the 'Girls' of Alberto Vargas and comic strips of Milt Caniff. From the Dust Jacket: "NOSE ART surveys the history of unofficial artwork from World War I to the 1991 Gulf War. It seems that as long as men have to fly aircraft into combat, they will adorn their machines with such unofficial artwork. This survey of the genre is superbly illustrated with over 250 fascinating photographs, mostly in color, complemented by superb artworks of some of the most famous nose paintings. This book is a must for air enthusiasts and anyone interested in the thoughts and feelings of men at war.". Reprint of the 1992 original. Oversize Hardcover. Publisher's blue boards/Jacket not priced or clipped. 144pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 003105

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Printing (so stated). Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1986. 6.75" wide by 9.75" tall. A bright copy. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated in full color with 44 pages showing heraldic items -- coats of arms, historic badges, and other distinctive insignia. A volume from the ARMY LINEAGE SERIES. For each of the Army's aviation units, this book provides description and symbolism of their insignia (badge) and flag. Summarized for each unit is their lineage (where constituted, date of activation & inactivation, if any), as are their campaign participation and honors/decorations received. There is also a separate bibliography for each unit. Glossary of Lineage Terms. Bound in the original pictorial wrappers. First Printing (so stated). Soft Cover. Very Good condition. xii, 155pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009036

Hardcover. Condition: New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1992. NEW (never read) condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (only very light shelfwear). NO chips, tears, or fading. Clean, square, and tight. NOT a book club edition. NOT price clipped ($22.95). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1992. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and with complete number row (1234567890) on the copyright page. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original green boards with a black cloth spine stamped in bright pink metallic. From the dust jacket: "Apollo, the most ambitious engineering project ever undertaken by man: to build a rocket 36 stories high, load it with the explosive power of a nuclear device, put men on top of it, and shoot it to the moon. ANGLE OF ATTACK is the story of one of America's most triumphant achievements. In the panic that follows the Soviet launch of Sputnik, it is Harrison Storms, the legendary chief engineer of North American Aviation, who captures the job of building the Apollo spacecraft. Storms is one of the country's foremost airplane designers. but building the ship that will carry the astronauts to the moon and back is a challenge of a new and frightening order. To wage the battle, Storms assembles a vast technical empire that includes some of the greatest minds in industrial America." Wally Schirra: "We wouldn't have been able to go into space and return safely if it wasn't for Harrison Storms and his army of can-do designers, builders, and technicians. They beat impossible odds, day after day, so that Apollo could get to the moon and back. Mike Gray's book brings it all back as vivid and dramatic as the day it happened." Buzz Aldrin: "Few people know the real story behind the building of Apollo, but Mike Gray has managed to capture the drama and excitement of those urgent times." Keywords: Werner von Braun, Neil Armstrong, John F. Kennedy, The Right Stuff. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 304pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller Inventory # 009354

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (25.00). No chips or tears. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. From the Dust Jacket: "Waller, who was granted permission to participate in the pilots' grueling training regime, has written an absorbing behind-the-scenes account of the physical and psychological trials endured by the most specialized group of pilots in military history. From his bird's-eye view in the passenger's seat, Waller follows pilot trainees through two years of intense preparation. He offers vivid illustrations from the fray: hair-raising aerial dogfights; stomach-swallowing dive-bombing runs; high-speed tactical maneuvers grazing the desert floor; and numerous nerve-twisting aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings." Source notes. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 416pp + 24 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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