Age inc air (10 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Soft Cover, Magazine - VG - Magazine is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Soft Cover, Magazine - VG - Magazine is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Soft Cover, Magazine - VG - Magazine is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Soft Cover, Magazine - Good - Small corner clip otherwise magazine is clean and tight - Illustrated.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Soft Cover, Magazine - Good - Small corner clip otherwise magazine is clean and tight - Illustrated.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Very slight edge rubbing, paper is age toned. Drawings and b&w photos of gas model planes. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 144 pages.

Second Edition; 4to.; wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 8 pages; black and white illustrations and photographic illustrations; wraps are split 1/2" at bottom spine end else very good.

4to.; wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 8 pages; black and white illustrations and photographic illustrations; wraps are split at spine ends else very good.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 144 pages 27 cm OCLC 1090892 ; LCCN 44004124 LC TL770 .A38 color art deco design on stiff paper wrappers ; "The present day emphasis on old timers has progressed to the point where it has become necessary to reprint this very popular book of the forties. It was reprinted three times, and then with the movement to glow engines anre more sophisticated model aircraft it was allowed to go into limbo. Now with the growth of S.A.M. (Society of Antique Modelers) and the trend to nostalgia and the good old days, suddenly Air Age's Gas Models is a thing of the present. Just how timely is unbelievable until one reads the note on page 6, describing the shortage of balsa. Today's shortage of the same product has forced model kit manufacturers to all sorts of extremes to continue manufacturing the products which we cannot do without. In modeling, timeliness is not only today but also the yesterdays and the tomorrows, for which we should be very thankful." ; Contents: The K.G. lives again : how you can build a modern streamline version of the old record-breaking K.G. in which are combined super soaring qualities and a skyrocket climb -- Fokker D-8 contest scale : A realistic gas model of a famous World War fighter that performs like a contest plane -- Army Grasshopper : A flying model Taylorcraft O-57 that provides thrills of a full scale plane --- The answer fro gas fans :build this dual purpose national record holder, it can be flownin either Class A or B contests -- The winged Yankee : A high performance Class A gas model that is wasy to build and operate -- The G.E. Cabinette takes wing -- Controlled Lightning (Control line) -- Gas model Army Scout : a scale model of the Curtiss O-52 observation plane that is easy to build and a most consistent flier -- A record breaking gas model -- How to build a universal one-wheeler -- How to build a three-foot gas model -- Meteor on wings -- The gas Champ -- A four-foot Westerner -- Building the power-house -- An Ercoupe from Lilliput -- Timer's nightmare -- Building the Hornet -- Bird Wing gas model -- The Nationals winning Pacer -- Victory Tailless -- Ways and means of gas model success : Suggestions from an expert that will help to eliminate your crack-ups and increase flight duration -- Model airplane engine directory -- Ellipse area chart -- Wiring system diagram -- Have you discovered crinoline? -- Single-blade free-wheeling prop -- Tricky props for flighty ships -- Does aspect ration increase duration? -- Gas model wing loadings chart -- Stepping up your power -- Taming balky motors -- N.A.C.A. airfoil sections -- Gas model performance chart -- A true pitch gas prop -- Plotting sections the easy way -- Design for performance : a simple method of calculating performance of model planes by a combination of theory and experiment -- Grant airfoil sections -- How to put revs into your gas motor -- A gas model Range Finder -- Bring them down safely! : practical developments of dethermalizing models so they do not fly out of sight ; Copy of Lt. Col. Charles Oliver Fikes (1935-2020), who served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years, at first as an aviation cadet in B-47s at Chennault AFB in 1955, and later as a B-52 pilot. He retired as a Lt. Colonel, and began a career with Eastern Airlines. He retired from Eastern in 1985. Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; 63, [1] pages illustrations, diagrams 28 cm OCLC 39880267 2273359 ; LCCN 43006804 LC TL770 .W9 ; Dewey 629.13334 ; Cover title Text on page 2 of cover ; blue and white pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: England's Lockheed Hudson -- Grumman F3f-1 and F3F-2 -- Grumman F2F-1 -- Model this Twin Wasp, Jr -- Vought Scout Bomber SBU-1 -- Curtiss Scout Bomber SBC-3 -- germany's Messerschmitt ME-109J -- England Supermarine Spitfire II -- A miniature Douglas )-46A -- Henschel Observation Hs-126 -- Seversky Pursuit P-35 -- Whilrwinds in miniature -- Wiley Post's historic Winnie Mae -- C-^ Waco 4-5 Place Cabin -- Waco Model D-6 -- A pusruit plane in miniature, Chance Vought V-143 -- Consolidated A-11 -- Curtiss Strike A-12 -- Northrupo X-A-13 -- The F-50 Cyclone in miniature -- Fokker pursuit model D-16 -- Wedell-Williams 57 -- The Hawk III-C in miniature -- Curtiss Export Falcon -- Curtiss Seahawk XF7C-3 -- Curtiss XF13C-1 -- Curtiss XF13C-2 -- Polish fighter -- Swift P-31 ; Copy of Lt. Col. Charles Oliver Fikes (1935-2020), who served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years, at first as an aviation cadet in B-47s at Chennault AFB in 1955, and later as a B-52 pilot. He retired as a Lt. Colonel, and began a career with Eastern Airlines. He retired from Eastern in 1985. ; slight crease on cover, else FINE. Book.…