Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of California, 1909-2002 (3rd edition)

* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page. * Book cover near new, light edge/shelf wear, corner fold on rear - pages clean, bright and unmarked, small bend on bottom corner of some pages spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." New for 2003! The updated and expanded edition of Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of California: 1909-2002 (3rd Edition) Authors: G. Pat Macha and Don Jordan Features: · Newly-discovered historical wreck sites since last edition (updated through 2002) · Recent updates on known crash site data and locations · More than 1,300, expanded crash site listings · Expanded format: 528 pages · More than 355 photos · Detailed, personal crash histories researched by Don Jordan · Destined to be a collectors item! Featuring details on more than 1,300 aircraft wreck sites in Northern and Southern California, Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of California, 1909-2002 (3rd edition), is the most complete guidebook to locating historical aircraft crash sites in uninhabited wilderness and offers details on the history of the downed aircraft and information on how to locate them. This comprehensive guide also features data on the date of aircraft wrecks, aircraft type, location and what happened to the occupants. Written by Gary Pat Macha, premier aviation archaeologist and wreck finder, with detailed crash account stories by Don Jordan, the book serves as a guideline to aviation archaeology and describes procedures for approaching historical aircraft wreck sites.