MISCELLANEOUS AVIATION TITLES

OKB MiG, Butowski & Miller, Speciality Press, 1991, new, see photo, history of the design bureau & it's aircraft, includes appendices on MiG's in combat, powerplants, armament, radar systems, Chinese variants, many photos & line drawings, 248 pgs.

OSPREY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT, Gunston, Bill, Osprey, 1995, f, soft cover, see photo, histories of 1000 types of Russian aircraft from 1875 to 1995 & includes civil, military & helicopters sections on a/c designations, engines, air-launched weapons, avionics, illustrated with over 700 photos & over 500 drawings, 526 pgs.

PHOENIX TRIUMPHANT, Hooton, E.R., Arms & Armour, 1994, f, soft cover, see photo, history of German air power up until 1940, photos, charts, 320 pgs.

PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SMOKEJUMPING, Cohen, Stan, Pictorial Histories, 2000, new, soft cover, see photo, early firefighting through 1950's many photos, 172 pgs.

PILOTS, Neely, William, Simon & Schuster, 1991, f/f (as new), see photo, interviews with pilots from all phases of aviation - famous and not so famous, 237 pgs.

PILOTS, Melady, John, McClelland & Stewart, 1989, new, soft cover, Canadian aviators from the first flight of the silver dart on Feb, 1909 to the F-18 of the jet age as told by the pilots, photos, 269 pgs.

PIONEERING AVIATION IN THE WEST, Bungey, Lloyd, Hancock House, 1992, new, soft cover, see photo, aviation in British Columbia, Canada, based on interviews with flyers, in cooperation with Canadian Museum of Flight & Transportation, photos, 328 pgs.

PLANE CRASHES, Frank, Beryl, Bell Publishing, 1981, f/f, see photo, 40 air disasters, illustrated from 1930 to 1980, 80 pgs.

PLANES OF THE PRESIDENTS, Holder, Bill, Schiffer, 2000, new, soft cover, see photo, photo history, 48 pgs.

POTEZ TYPES 62 et 65, Dumolland & Bernad, Avia Editions, 2003, new, soft, cover, see photo, French text, English captions, aircraft used in the 1930's as a passenger aircraft & at the beginning of WW II, used as a transport plane, photos & color plates, see example of color plates, 88 pgs.

PROP PERFECTION, Robson, Graham, MBI, 1997, new, soft cover, see photo, restored propliners & warbirds, all color photos, 111 pgs.

PT BOATS AT WAR, Polmar & Morison, MBI, 1999, new, soft cover, see photo, covers WW II to Vietnam, see table of contents, many photos, 160 pgs.

RAF AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY FROM 1918, Nesbit, Roy, RAF Museum, f/f (as new), see photo, 80 year history, profusely illustrated with photos, 274 pgs.

RAF FIGHTER COMMAND 1936-1968, Franks, Norman, Patrick Stevens, 1992, f/f, see photo, complete history of Fighter Command, tracing the technological development of the planes & experiences of the men, including Lord Dowding, Leigh Mallory, Sholto Douglas, Johnnie Johnson, Douglas Bader, Sailor Malan, photos, 253 pgs.

RAF GATE GUARDS, Simpson, Jim, Airlife, 1992, vf/vf, roster of aircraft that have been used as gate guards in the UK, many older ones have been removed to safer environs, many photos, 203 pgs.

RAF IN CAMERA, THE, Nesbit, Roy C., Sutton, 1997, soft cover, new,3 vol. set, 182 pgs. each, all photos, V.1 (1903-39), V.2 (1939-45), V.3 (1946-95).

RAF MANSTON, RAF Manston History Club, Universal, 1998, new,soft cover, history of, in photos, 1916 to 1950s, 159 pgs.

RAF TANGMERE, Saunders, Andy, Universal, 1998, new, soft cover, history of, in photos, 1917 to closure in 1970, 159 pgs.

RAIDERS APPROACH!, Sutton, H.T., Gale & Polden, 1956, vg/vg, Sutton's Farm Aerodrome in WW I to RAF Hornchurch in WW 2, was significant in air defense of London, photos, 181 pgs.

RAPID FIRE, Williams, Anthony, Airlife, 2000, new, see photo, technical aspects of military, naval and aviation history, provides a comprehensive account of the use of heavy machine guns, automatic cannons & their ammunition, featuring coverage of cartridge design and various projectiles, photos & drawings, 297 pgs.

RCAF SQUARONS AND AIRCRAFT, Kostenuk & Griffin, Samuel Stevens Hakkert & Co., 1977, vg (stamped name)/vg, history of the Royal Canadian Air Force, from it's inception circa 1924 up until the late 1970s, photos, 253 pgs.

REMARKABLE FLYING MACHINES, Palmer, Henry, Superior Publishing, 1972, f/f, pictorial account of certain extraordinary aircraft that have been built and flown since 1783, 157 pgs.

RESEARCH AIRCRAFT 1891-1970 X-PLANES Hugh Cowin, Osprey, 1999, new, soft cover, many photos, 96 pgs.

RISK TAKERS, Hugh Cowin, Osprey, 1999, new, soft cover, see photo, pictorial record 1908-1972, racing & record setting aircraft, 1st 75 pages cover pre-WW II aircraft, many photos, 96 pgs.

RIVISTA AERONAUTICA, VOL. 3 Viale Dell, 1959, g (soft cover, spine repair), Italian text, AVIATION REVIEW - First 50 yrs of Italian aviation, photos, 808 pgs.

ROLE OF THE FIGHTER IN AIR WARFARE, Halley, James, Ziff-Davis, 1978, vg/vg, from WW I to present, 150 photos, 16 pgs. of color 5 views, 152 pgs.

ROOSEVELT FIELD, Stoff & Camp, SunShine House, 1992, new, soft cover, see photo, history of Roosevelt field traced through 40 years of uninterrupted aviation history, from Glenn Curtiss's arrival in 1909 through the closing of the field in 1951, many photos, 137 pgs.

ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHTS, Glines, Carroll, Brassey, 2003, new, soft cover, 3rd edition, history of around the world flings including Wiley Post, Howard Huges, Max Conrad, Jerrie Mock, John Glenn, Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, Steve Fossettt by hot-air balloon in 2002, photos, 369 pgs. many photos

RUSSIAN CIVIL & MILITARY AIRCRAFT 1884-1969 , Nowarra & Duval, Fountain Press, 1971, vg/vg, see photo, many photos & 3-view tone drawings, Harleyford style book, 288 pgs.