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Aviation & Flight
Aircraft, airfields, airlines, and the technical culture of flight. 19 books currently available.
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2009
Hooked: Tales & Adventures of a Tailhook Warrior
Clayton E. Fisher$28
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1992
We'll Find the Way: The History of Hondo Army Air Field During World War II
Robert D. Thompson$35
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1956
TWA Vacation Guide and World Atlas
Trans World Airlines$15
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2016
A Sailor's Life in World War II
Z. W.$20
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2008
The Candy Bombers: The Berlin Airlift 1948/49: The Technical Conditions and Their Successful Transformation
Wolfgang J. Huschke$48
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2000
Army Aviation in Vietnam 1963-1966: An Illustrated History of Unit Insignia, Aircraft Camouflage and Markings, Volume II
Ralph B. Young$65
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2009
Troh's Air Taxi - Time Flies, Why Don't You? Compiled From Airport Memorabilia
Lorraine Viola Troh Gabel$25
Open the book ↗paperback · 2004
Warbird History Part III : Post World War 2 (Warbird History, 3)
Southern Oregon Warbirds Association; Joe Brumbach; Mike Danielle; Owen Dykema; Patrick Hazel; Charles Aeillo; Jim Feldkamp; Herbert Hobi; Charles Potter; Wynne Day$26
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1939
The Sperryscope: Volume 8 No.1 - No. 12 (Complete Run, December 1936-July 1939)
Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc$120
Open the book ↗Loose Leaf · 1929
A New De Luxe Service between Los Angeles and San Francisco [Vintage Los Angeles Steamship Company and Western Air Express Travel Brochure circa late 1920's]]
Los Angeles Steamship Company and Western Air Express$65
Open the book ↗paperback · 1997
Nieuport Fighters in Action - Aircraft No. 167
Cooksley, Peter;$17
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1975
Aeroplane (or Flying Machine) Scrap Book Number 3: 1911-1941
Hatfield, D. D.$10
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1953
Panorama of flight : aviation history in paintings.
Hubbell, Charles H.$10
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 2004
Air Monopoly: How Robert Milton's Air Canada Won - and Lost - Control of Canada's Skies
McArthur, Keith$15
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Paperback · 1998
The Golden Years of Flying
Searle, Tex; Searle, Captain Tex$8
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Pamphlet
The Pilot's Mind and His Memory
James E. Crane$10
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Paperback · 1976
Aviation Art of Frank Wootton
Larkin, David$9
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Hardcover · 1975
Fighters in Service - Attack and Training Aircraft, Since 1960
Munson, Kenneth$10
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Paperback · 2000
The Wright Brothers: From Bicycle to Biplane : An Illustrated History of the Wright Brothers
Fisk, Fred C.; Todd, Marlin W.$13