Search Results: AVIATION from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

Linköping: Stålhammar/Zetterqvist, 1962. Stapled wraps. Good +. 40p. Rubbed wraps creased and edges scraped. Booklet prepared for military air show including a history of military aircraft, a program of the show, and descriptions of the aircraft taking part in the event. Text in Swedish. B&w illustrations and photographs. (8-1/4"x5-7/8")

[Washington, DC]: United States Army Air Forces, 1945. Stab stapled wraps. Good. Unpaginated (approx. 52p.) A bit of pencil marginalia, stain on front, wraps and pages thumb creased, name and green stain on front wrap corners creased. Text on recto. Student worksheet laid in. B&w schematics. (10-3/8"x8")

Seattle: Merrell Aviation, 1959. 11th Edition. Stapled wraps. Very good. 62p. Includes information on how to get a license, air defense identification zones, tower light gun signals, private pilot privileges, phonetic alphabet and ode, chart of cruising altitudes, airport traffic control procedures, search and rescue, chart of VFR weather minimums and cloud clearances with multiple choice question exam and key. (9"x6")

New York: David McKay Co., 1970. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very Good/good +. [xiv], 274p. Jacket has small chips to edges. "The story behind the delays, the jams, the crashes - and their solutions." Jacket design by Betty Binns. 4 leaves of b&w photo plates. (8-1/4"x5-3/4")

El Segundo, California: Douglas Aircraft Co., [1947]. Stiff Wraps. Very Good. Unpaginated (approx. 34p.) Includes bibliographical references. B&w illustrations and color graphs. (7-3/8"x5-3/8")

[Washington, DC]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1944. Wraps. Good. III, 71p. Book folded vertically, back soiled and scraped. Intended "as a text and workbook to serve aviation cadets" placing "emphasis on acquainting the cadets with specific, actual weather situations and flight planning problems." B&w illustrations. (11"x15")

Wichita, Kansas: Cessna Aircraft Co., 1951. Stapled wraps. Very good. 77p. Attractive handbook of company benefits, employment policies, safety rules, acceptable behavior, and a history of the Cessna Aircraft Company for employees at the Wichita and Prospect plants in Wichita, Kansas, and the Hutchinson Plant in Hutchinson, Kansas. B&w illustrations. (6"x4")

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1966. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very Good/good +. 155p. Jacket has small chips to edges and spine sunned. "An authentic inside look at private, commercial, and military flying." B&w photographs. (8-3/4"x5-1/2")

Cumberland, Maryland: Soaring Symposia, 1970. Cloth. Very good/very good. xiv, 208p. Jacket rubbed with edges scuffed. Seibels, who entered the National Soaring Museum Hall of Fame in 1998, describes the thrill of sailplane racing and soaring and the various personalities and adventures in the sport. B&w photographs. (8-3/4"x5-3/4")

[S.n.]: North American Rockwell Corp., [1969]. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 3 panels. Leaflet for an air show demonstration of Rockwell's Strike Commander piloted by noted test pilot Bob Hoover. B&w illustrations. (Folded - 8-1/2"x3-3/4"; unfolded - 8-1/2"x11")

[San Antonio, Texas]: [Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp.], [195?]. Stiff stapled wraps. Good +. [32p.] Name on front cover, wraps rubbed and lightly soiled. Reprinted from Pegasus, which is published by the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation as a service toward greater understanding of the military, social and economic effects of aviation. B&w illustrations and photographs. (11-3/4"x8-1/2")

Burbank, California: Lockheed Aircraft Corp., [1958]. Stapled wraps. Good +. Unpaginated (approx. 31p.) Wraps lightly creased and stained with gift note on front and scrape on back. Shaw worked as a storyman at Disney Studios from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s. He then became humor editor for Orange County Illustrated and freelanced for other publications, but found steady income creating cartoons for Lockheed Reports, the company's in-house publication. [CartoonReseach site] Here, in a series of cartoons, he turns his humor to the development of the F-104 Starfighter, the supersonic fighter aircraft, and its pilots and their adventures. Brown text and illustrations. (11"x8-1/2")

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., 1971. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Very Good/good. [341p.] Signed by author on title page. Cover corners lightly worn, jacket has a 1" creased tear on top back edge and another on front bottom edge at front flap with chips and smaller tears to edges. Jacket illustration by Paul Bacon. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")

[Long Beach, California]: [Wrather Port Properties], [1984?]. Brochure. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 4 panels. Brochure for Howard Hughes' seaplane stored on the dock next to the Queen Mary. Includes a guide to the eateries on the Queen Mary with a diagram for touring the plane in the center. B&w illustrations and color illustrations and photographs. (Folded - 11"x4"; unfolded - 11"x16")

[Torrance, California]: [Torrance Chamber of Commerce], 1972. Stapled wraps. Very good. 52p. Staples oxidized, cover chipped on bottom front corner with light scrapes to edges, bottom front wrap and pages warped. Program for an air show at Torrance Municipal Airport September 23 - 24, 1972, filled with contemporary advertisements for local businesses. B&w illustrations and photographs. (11"x8-1/2")

[Chicago]: United Air Lines, 1954. Brochure. Good +. 19p. Folded vertically as issued, tear at bottom spine fold. Brochure with timetables for United Airlines flights for all routes featuring service to Hawaii. Red & blue illustrations and blue-toned photographs. (9"x8" unfolded; 9"x4-1/8" folded). Laid in brochure titled: The Egress...Or a Short Story about Emergency Landings for DC-4 and DC-6 airplanes. Single sheet, double-sided; 4 panel brochure. (9"x15-1/2" unfolded; 9"x4" folded)

[United States]: [U.S. Army Air Forces], 1943. Stapled wraps. Good +. 46p. Exercises completed, name on front. Work book of assignments to accompany weather class lectures. (9-3/4"x7-7/8")