pete bowers (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover. No DJ. THIS IS VOLUME 8 FROM A SET OF THE MODERN AVIATION LIBRARY. IT CONTAINS 3 BOOKS IN 1 VOLUME. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers (dark blue with gilt decoration/lettering) show minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong. Book slightly shelf-cocked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardback volume bound in blue boards. No dustjacket, probably as issued. Very good condition. This three in one volume contains the full text of three different aviation classics as listed in the title field.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No DJ. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Hard Back. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket As Published. Edition Not Stated. 160 Pages. Top left corner appears to have received a blow, maybe a box placed on it, causing a crease about 4 inches long diagonally across that corner. Also caused a 1 inch tear to the title page at the spine. The title page is the first page in this book. Does not seem to affect the rest of the book except the first 4 or 5 pages. Beyond that is a flawless interior. No marks or stamps. Bright front cover with a very attractive color photograph of the Boeing 75 Kaydet owned by Fred Wilson. The popular Stearman was photographed by Berl Brechner at the Flying Circus Aerodrome in Bealeton, Virginia. The book is a chronological compendium of Bowers' autoritative reviews of historical aircraft that have helped shape the world of aviation, from the warbirds that mustered out of World War I and introduced Americans to aviation to more recent designs whose progeny fly with today's general aviation fleet. An abundance of aircraft facts, figures and anecdotes --- plus over 200 great original photographs --- are joiined by a lively narrative of the events and people that influenced the direction and growth of civil aviation over the years. Covered are such well-known airplaces as the immortal Jenny, the famous Lockheed Vega and the ubiquitous Boeing Kaydet we know better as the Stearman, along with others that may not be as familiar but nevertheless deserve a place in the annals of aviation. Some of these are the Swallows, the Gee Bee Sportsters and the Cubs that Mr. Piper didn't build. As a change of pace you'll find interspered here and there a number of special background features that can help bierng the atmosphere of the early daysmore sharply into focus. Aircraft control systems, for example, were not always standardized into the stick or wheel and rudder we know today. Switching from one airplane to another back in the teens meant a lot more transition than learning wehre the switches were. Or how about the tail skid? Bowers' interesting treatment of that bygone appendage puts you in the cockpit when the only brakes pilots had were embodied in that subby anchor in the back.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used Good. This is a clean and tight ex-Library copy, with the following elements present: sticker on spine, discard stamps, library marks on inside or sides, circulation sleeve on front endpaper. Spine and binding are intact. Pages are clean with minor edge or corner wear. Still in readable condition. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 8vo., Covers a range of topics from aircraft maintenance and flight techniques to aviation history and ultralight aircraft. Some volumes include specific aircraft types like Cessnas and Mooney's, while others cover general aviation, airships, and topics like flight engineering and aeromedical guides. Near Fine in gold embossed blue cloth.

Hardcover. 8vo., Covers a range of topics from aircraft maintenance and flight techniques to aviation history and ultralight aircraft. This volume includes: How to Fly Lightplanes; Complete Guide to Radio Navigation For Private and Commercial Pilots; Modern Soaring Guide. Near Fine in gold embossed blue cloth.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. B&W Photographs; This is a First Edition thus, a bound collection of articles from Yesterday's Wings. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was most likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's address plate on the front pastedown page. "Just fifteen years ago Pete Bowers wrote the first Yesterday's Wings article for the AOPA Pilot, the official publication of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Today the popular series continues, and so do the requests for a bound collection of Yesterday's Wings articles.".