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Ephemera. Condizione: Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, age-darkened. Typescript font. Wraps are age-darkened with handling wear. Contents: Robinson, "'Hindenburg' Retrospect." Krauskopf, "National Guard Aviation, 1940-41." Balzer, "World War II Photo Page." Letzter, "Finishes and Markings of USAF Aircraft." Coletta, "The Navy's Air Navigation Charts." Bowers, "World War I Photo Page." Morehouse, "Flying Pioneers of Aviation." Larkins, "A-20 Production List." Parkinson, "Some Origins of Military Aeronautics." Holt and Cannon, "Air Craft and War." Reviews. 11.0" tall; 88 pages. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society, A.A.H.S., Fall 1965, Volume 10 Number 3, Robert Baseler, Herschel H. Green, Lincoln Beachey, Checkertails, 325th Fighter Group, Martin Clipper, China Clipper, Hawaii Clipper, Philippine Clipper, Beachey. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages 79-150. Features: Ringmasters - A History of the 401st Bombardment Group (H); Mystery of the Dixmude (French navy rigid airship disaster in December 1923); The Old Rifle Range Airport - A field near Kitty Hawk now all but forgotten; Crusader De-Tails - Part II; Mortality in Army Aviation - from a 1914 War Department document describing in detail the 11 fatal aviation accidents which occurred since the initiation of Army aviation in 1908; Wedell-Williams "We Will Jr." - Wedell-Williams Air Service, Inc. resulted after one-eyed Texas flyer James Wedell met Louisiana lumber baron Harry P. Williams in 1928; Last of the Red-Hot Pilots - Flight Officer Ralph K. Hofer and his action over the English Channel in 1943; Mustangs of the Eighth - The NA-73, later renamed the Mustang I, was ordered by the Royal Air Force while the Battle of Britain reached its climax; Spirit of American Youth - The epic coast-to-coast flight of Richard [Dick] E. James, only 17, of Flushing, NY, in 1930; Waco's Military "Ds" - During 1937-38 the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio manufactured and exported a number of Model D biplanes to Latin American countries, the WHD, S2HD, and JHD; Governor's Island Aviation School; Bibliography; Cover photo of a Douglas sleeper transport over Manhattan; and more. Profusely illustrated with informative black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this extremely informative issue. …