Rekord-, Test- und Expeditionsflüge

Round-The-World Flights: A History of the Surpreme Aviation Achivement
Glines, Carroll V.
Third Edition.
In Round-the-World Flights, award-winning aviation writer Carroil V. Gliries vividly recounts the thrilling efforts of pilots who battled time, the elements, and the limits of human endurance to circle the earth in a fascinating variety of aircraft. Ever since man's first ascent in a hot-air balloon in 1783, men and women have dreamed of being the first or fastest to fly around the world. Gathered here are all of the most exciting episodes in the history of round-the-world flight, including the adventures of Wiley Post, Howard Hughes, Max Conrad, Jerrie Mock, John Glenn, Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, the original crew of the space shuttle Columbia, Steve Fossett by hot-air balloon in 2002, and many other heroes of aviation. An entertaining and highly informative look at the achievements of aviation history's most ardent record-breakers, Round-the-World Flights is a book that no pilot or armchair aviator will be content to read only once...

Softcover
370 Seiten / pages
Photos
excellent condition
Washington D.C. - 2003 - Brassey's Inc.
Art.Nr. 4404
32,00 EUR
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Technical Aspects of the Schneider Trophy and the World Speed Record for Seaplanes
Bazzocchi, Ermanno (Dr. F.R.Ae.S. General Manager Aeronautica Macchi-Varese)
Lecture held at:
R.Ae.S. Coventry March 17, 1971
R.Ae.S. Southampton March 18, 1971
14 pages of text and 41 plates with photos, tables and graphs

softcover, large format, high quality glossy paper
55 Seiten / pages
41 plates with photos, tables and graphs
good condition, one corner bumped
London - 1971 - The Royal Aeronautical Society
Art.Nr. 13563
95,00 EUR
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Testing Years
Beamont, Roland
Even in the space-age, no test pilot can entirely avoid the gilding of glamour with which Hollywood long ago adorned his role. If he also has a distinguished war record as that other traditional glamour figure, the fighter pilot, then many may be too dazzled by the image to see the real man behind the glister. Such a man is 'Bee' Beamont and this book is part of his flying autobiography, but those who want glamour should look elsewhere. As terse and laconic as a flight report - it is the personal record of a man who throughout his long flying career epitomised self-effacing professionalism. His experience spans 40 years during which he flew over 170 different types of aircraft. Beginning in the 1930s in 'beautiful silver-doped fabric and wire biplanes' he went on to fly wartime Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tempests both as a test pilot and on operations. After the war he was involved in the flight development of the Canberra, P1, Lightning, TSR2 and finally the Tornado.
'Bee' belongs to that exclusive international brotherhood of skilled and dedicated men whose largely unsung efforts have brought avi-ation from its bumbling infancy in the 1930s to the smooth maturity of the supersonic jet age of today. Not that he or any like him looked for fame. His own philosophy radiales through the book and is best summed up in his own words in a concluding chapter. Although he is writing of the Battle of Britain fighter pilots in 1940, his words are equally apt for test pilots at any time:
'It was a Job which had to be done each and every day until it was over and one for which they were well-trained, prepared and equipped, and it was done without self-congratulation and with pride - but no glory.'
In addition to many fascinating first flight reports until recently classified secret, the author's account is lavishly illustrated by a personal selection of photographs, many rarely seen before.

hardcover, large format
160 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
London - 1980 - Ian Allan
Art.Nr. 20645
18,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Testpilot auf Beuteflugzeugen
Lerche, Hans-Werner
Erstausgabe

Ein ungemein spannendes, erstmals veröffentlichtes Kapitel aus der Luftfahrtgeschichte des 2. Weltkriegs: Die Erprobung von Beuteflugzeugen im ehemaligen Luftwaffen-Testzentrum Rechlin. Der Autor, Dipl. Ing. Hans-Werner Lerche schildert seine faszinierenden einmaligen Erlebnisse als Testpilot auf den damals neuesten Jagdflugzeugen, Bombern und Transportern amerikanischer, britischer, russischer und italienischer Herkunft. Testpilot auf Beuteflugzeugen - ein Buch voller Überraschungen, Spannung und technischen Hintergrundinformationen - schließt eine Lücke in der Luftfahrtliteratur.

gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag
242 Seiten / pages
Fotos
gut erhalten
Stuttgart - 1977 - Motorbuch Verlag
Art.Nr. 19845
18,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Testpilot auf Beuteflugzeugen
Lerche, Hans-Werner
Erstausgabe

Ein ungemein spannendes, erstmals veröffentlichtes Kapitel aus der Luftfahrtgeschichte des 2. Weltkriegs: Die Erprobung von Beuteflugzeugen im ehemaligen Luftwaffen-Testzentrum Rechlin. Der Autor, Dipl. Ing. Hans-Werner Lerche schildert seine faszinierenden einmaligen Erlebnisse als Testpilot auf den damals neuesten Jagdflugzeugen, Bombern und Transportern amerikanischer, britischer, russischer und italienischer Herkunft. Testpilot auf Beuteflugzeugen - ein Buch voller Überraschungen, Spannung und technischen Hintergrundinformationen - schließt eine Lücke in der Luftfahrtliteratur.

gebundene Ausgabe
242 Seiten / pages
Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, mit einem Namensaufkleber des Vorbesitzers
Stuttgart - 1977 - Motorbuch Verlag
Art.Nr. 23688
14,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Ads that Won the War
Nelson, Derek
"Explosions rip the air. Soldiers fling grenades and crawl under barbed wire. The landing signal officer on an aircraft carrier waves in a Hellcat that is flying on fumes. Anti-aircraft gun batteries pound incoming enemy planes. Back home, guys in uniform drink sodas and flirt with girls at store counters. Mothers ride bikes to the grocery store, saving gasoline; fathers grow potatoes in victory gardens. You'd expect to see these dramatic snapshots in World War II documentaries or newsreels, but they appeared in an unlikely source: magazine advertisements."

The Ads That Won The War is the first color chronicle of these gripping wartime advertisements. Within are more than 100 of the best, most evocative ads in full color, many more in black and white. Unconventional in every sense, their purpose was not to sell, but to build morale on the homefront and show how even the smallest company and smallest product was vital to the war effort.
The text serves up a hearty slice of Americana, reliving the one time when American workers, soldiers and industry pulled together as one, producing more, saving more, and doing more with less.

Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
160 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
Osceola, Wi, USA - 1992 - Motorbooks International
Art.Nr. 17551
18,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Air Racers: Aviation's Golden Era 1909-1936
Gwynn-Jones, Jerry
First UK Edition

The era of the great air races lasted little more than a quarter of a Century but in that period aircraft developed from the primitive machines made of wood, wire and fabric to the efficient all-metal airliner.
The earliest races excited an awestruck world with the sheer miracle of flight but by 1914 the evolution had begun. The Schneider Trophy of 1914 spawned the legendary Sopwith fighters which were to achieve such fame on the Western Front.
In The Air Racers all the great races are covered from 1909 when Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail challenged the 'flying fools' to cross the English Channel. There is America's first race around the Statue of Liberty, the Gordon Bennett races, and the two long distance races of 1919. These races showed the public that aircraft could cross oceans; worldwide air travel was becoming a real possibility.
During the 1920s air racing attracted unprecedented attention as flying strove to gain public respectability. This great enthusiasm is vividly portrayed here by the author.
The illustrations in The Air Racers, many of them previously unpublished, bring to life the glamour and excitement and indeed the courage of these aviation heroes.

hardcover with dust jacket, large format
224 Seiten / pages
with many rare photographs, many of the colourised
very good condition
London - 1984 - Pelham Books
Art.Nr. 22713
32,00 EUR
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The Bear is Back: Can an Air Racing Legend Win Again at Reno?
Lerner, Preston
Complete issue of the "Air & Space" magazine from November 2009 with the article "Amazing Racer" by Preston Lerner about the Grumman F8F-2 "RareBear".

Also in this issue:
- Devils’ Advocates - Some people go to Las Vegas to gamble, others to learn about Mars
- How the Spaceship Got Its Shape - In the 1950s Harvey Allen solved the problem of atmospheric entry. But first he had to convince his colleagues...
- Sweet 17 - When a Staggerwing casts its spell, it can surprise even Olive Ann Beech
- The Book of Hours - A peek into the logbooks of history’s notable pilots
- and others...
.mars.

Magazine
many photos
like new
Washington D.C. - 2009 - Smithsonian Institution
Art.Nr. 10251
4,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The DEC Schneider Trophy Race: Osprey Colour Series
Baldry, Dennis - Jerram, Mike


Softcover
128 Seiten / pages
many color photos
good condition
London - 1988 - Osprey Publishing Ltd
Art.Nr. 15951
12,00 EUR
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The First Flight Around-The-World: April 6 - September 28, 1924 - A Pictorial History
Glines, Carroll V. - Cohen, Stan


Softcover, large format
170 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
Missoula, Montana - 2000 - Pictorial Histories Publishing Company
Art.Nr. 3989
32,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The First Nonstop Coast-to-Coast Flight and the Historic T-2 Airplane
Casey, Louis S. (Curator of Flightcraft Division)
Smithonian Annals of Flight Volume 1 - Number 1

Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
FLIGHT OF THE T-2
- Introduction
- The First Attempts
- The Coast-to-Coast Flight
THE AIRPLANE
- Technical Details of the T-2
- Wings
Fuselage
Engines
Genealogy of the T-2
The Constructors
The Aircraft
APPENDIX
War Department, Air Service, Engineering Division, Contract 344-T, June 30, 1922
Anthony Fokker as Aircraft Designer
Log of Accompanying DH-4B, Rockwell Field, Calif., Nov. 3, 1922
BlBLIOGRAPHY

softcover, large format
90 Seiten / pages
rare photographs, documents and illustrations
very good condition
Washington, D.C. - 1964 - Smithsonian Institution - National Air Museum
Art.Nr. 19110
22,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Flight of the Mew Gull: Record-breaking Flying in the 1930s
Henshaw, Alex
First Edition

Alex Henshaw's "Sigh for a Merlin" has been acclaimed as one of the best books on the Spitfire ever written. This is now the story of his peacetime experience. He had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying and thanks to his father's generous encouragement, it was not long before he had his own Gipsy Moth. From that moment there was no looking back.
The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup. Henshaw set his heart on it, developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: first the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an obsession with making accurate landfalls, and he developed this blind-flying talent deliberately in a flying partnership with his father on many carefully planned long-distance survey flights. His exciting apprenticeship in these two skills was crowned by the acquisition of the Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF in 1937.
After many initial successes with the machine, Henshaw became associated with Jack Cross of Essex Aero Ltd at Gravesend, who became primarily responsible for the racing and long distance preparations. The first fruit of this partnership was victory in the King's Cup of 1938 at a speed that remains the fastest of any winning aircraft. This was closely followed by an amazing solo flight to Cape Town and back in February 1939, breaking all records and which, as a solo flight, still stand today. This feat of navigation and airmanship must surely be one of man's greatest flights - 12,754 miles over desert, sea and jungle in a single-engined light aircraft. Alex Henshaw teils his story in a vivid style that puts you at the heart of all his battles and adventures.

Softcover
267 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition
Shrewsbury, England - 1980 - Airlife Publishing Ltd
Art.Nr. 15842
25,00 EUR
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The Lonely Sky: The Personal Story of a Record-Breaking Experimental Test Pilot
Bridgeman, William - Hazard, Jaqueline
First Edition

This is the powerful and often thrilling story of a man who daily enters that lonely region beyond the speed of sound. A narrative of needle-nosed ships flying at blistering speeds, i t is also the moving testament of a man risking his life to push back the frontiers of scientific knowledge. Like St.-Exupery, Bridgeman is capable of describing the vastness and beauty of the skies. But as America's foremost experimental test pilot, he is constantly aware of the multitude of technical Information which he is called upon to use at any given instant.
After the war, Bill Bridgeman left the Navy a restless man. Seeking action, he joined Douglas Aircraft as an engineering test pilot. Soon he was asked to take over the final stages of the Skyrocket testing program. The Skyrocket, a javelin-shaped experimental ship, was a challenge to Bridgeman. The story of his day-by-day life with the plane is the substance of THE LONELY SKY.

Hardcover with dust jacket
316 Seiten / pages
photos
book very good condition, dust jacket rubbed and has some tears and missing chips.
New York - 1955 - Henry Holt and Company
Art.Nr. 21533
28,00 EUR
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The Next Five Minutes: Embracing the Impossible
Rutan, Dick - with Kelly Hall
Rare book.
First Edition. Signed by Dick Rutan.
This is No. 1507 of 5000 signed copies of the Limited Hardcover Edition.

On a cold December morning in 1986, Dick Rutan and co-pilot Jeana Yeager, against all odds, made aviation history when they successfully completed the first ever non-stop and non-refueled flight around the world in a homebuilt airplane! They had traversed 26,358 Statute miles, returning with only 18.3 of the 1200 gallons of gas they had taken off with nine days prior. Following their arduous takeoff, Dick's younger brother, Burt, watched the plane of his design disappear over the vast Pacific, believing it improbable he would ever see his brother alive again.
Dick had always been a risk-taker, possessing both a talent and passion for flying. Even at a young age he knew he wanted to achieve something of significance as a pilot. Although his motivation was strong, Dick struggled academically with what he learned decades later was undiagnosed dyslexia. With determination, he painfully devised ways to transcend those academic limitations and attain his goals. Little did he realize that the setbacks he experienced along the way would provide him with the exact skill-set he needed.This young man who had been deemed unfit for College would repeatedly succeed despite the odds. He rose through the ranks of the military and became a highly decorated fighter pilot who flew 105 combat missions over North Vietnam. Following his Air Force career, he set numerous aviation records, many of which remain unbroken. An inductee of the National Aviation Hall of Fame, he was the recipient of aviation's most coveted awards and was presented the Citizens Medal by President Ronald Reagan.
Throughout his life, Dick sought adventure and welcomed challenge, frequently finding himself at "danger's door" wondering what THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES of his life would be like. In his words, "lt's great to be an American ... to live in a free country where, if you can dream it, you can do it. The only way to fail is if you quit."




The first full account of the daring and pioneering aeronautical adventure, written by the man and woman who made it happen. They tell their own stories and how their six-year dream of Voyager was fulfilled - the designing, the building, and the triumphal nine-day flight of the first plane in history to circumnavigate the globe nonstop, without refueling (1986).

Hardcover with dust jacket
308 Seiten / pages
photos
new book, signed!
Mojave, California - 2019 - Voyager Aircraft LLC
Art.Nr. 22242
95,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Pilot's Book of Everest
Douglas & Clydesdale, Marquess of (Squaron Leader & First Pilot, Houston-Mount Everest Expedition,1933 - M'Intyre, D.F.
On Monday the Third of April 1933 two Westland machines of the Houston Mount Everest Expedition made an aerial survey of the summit of the World's highest peak.
Pilots: The Marquis of Clydesdale (Houston Westland) and and Flight Lieutenant D.F McIintyre.

Contents:
I. Apologia Nostra
II. The Ways and Means
III. The Flight Eastward
IV. Assembly and the Flight across India
V. Our Base Camp at Purnea
VI. First Flight of the Houston-Westland
VII. First Flight of the Wallace
VIII. Preparations for Second Flight
IX. Second Flight
(a) Flight of the Houston-Westland (Lord Clydesdale)
(b) Flight of the Wallace (M'Intyre)
(c) Aftermath
X. The Results
XI. High Altitude Flying
Appendix - Some of the major peaks of the Himalayas

Hardcover
209 Seiten / pages
excellent photos
good condition, cover partially detached from spine, spine faded
Edinburgh - London - Glasgow - 1936 - William Hodge & Company, Limited
Art.Nr. 13675
35,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Red Arrows
with four-page fold-out colour poster

broshure, large format
72 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
England - 1982 - IPC Transport Press
Art.Nr. 15978
10,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Red Arrows '69
Contents:
History
Central Flying School
Formations
The Red Arrows '69
Pilots
Aircraft
Ground crew

(comes with a leaflet with text in French language)

Poster, folded 13x38cm, unfolded 38x78 cm
photos
good condition
England
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Art.Nr. 14348
5,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Red Arrows 1986
Contents:
Foreword
The 1986 Team
The Squadron
Winter Training & the Display Season
Sandy Lyle & the Red Arrows
Travelling Ground Crew
Rectification Ground Crew
How to Become a Fast Jet Pilot
1986 Display Formation

broshure, large format
16 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
England - 1986 - Royal Air Force (RAF)
Art.Nr. 15977
10,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Red Arrows 1987
Contents:
Foreword
The 1987 Team
1986 Far East Tour
Nigel Mansell & the Red Arrows
Travelling Ground Crew
Rectification Ground Crew
The Squadron
Winter Training & the Display Season
When it All Started
How to Become a Fast Jet Pilot
1987 Display Formation

broshure, large format
24 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
England - 1987 - Royal Air Force (RAF)
Art.Nr. 15983
10,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Red Arrows: Royal Air Force Central Flying School
Original R.A.F. leaflet about the Red Arrows. With photos and aviation biographies of eight Red Arrows pilots, the Team Manager and the O.C. Technical Support Party. There is information on "The Central Flying School" and a description of the Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.Mk. 1 aircraft, together with technical data.
The leaflet was distributed by the R.A.F. at the Salon International de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace Paris 1965.

Original R.A.F. leaflet, large format
4 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition
London - 1965 - Directorate of Public Relations (R.A.F.), Ministry of Defense
Art.Nr. 12482
10,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Red Arrows: The Story of Britain's Iconic Display Team
Montenegro, David (Wing Commander, Officer commanding the Red Arrows)
First Edition

Recognised the world over for their breath-taking flying displays, incredible accuracy and professionalism, the Red Arrows have long served as ambassadors for the United Kingdom, celebrating and championing the very best of British on a global stage.
Red Arrows pilots represent the pinnacle of speed, agility and precision aerobatic flying in the Royal Air Force, and the people who wear those iconic red flight suits are rigorously selected not just for their flying skills, lightning-fast reflexes and nerves of steel, but for their mental resilience, courage and humility.
Written by the Officer Commanding, and full of never-before-shared tales from pilots and support staff past and present, this thrilling and thoughtful history is both a faithful record and a fascinating account of not only what it takes, but what it means, to be a Red Arrow.

Hardcover with dust jacket
272 Seiten / pages
many photos
excellent, like new condition
London - 2022 - Century
Art.Nr. 22690
32,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Schneider Trophy Contest: 1913 - 1931
James, Derek N.
"Published to mark the 70th Anniversary of the last Schneider Trophy Contest, 13 September 1931"

The Schneider Trophy race was the brainchild of Frenchman, Jacques Schneider, who wanted to promote the use and development of seaplanes, a field of aviation then rather neglected. The first race, held in Monaco in 1913, was won triumphantly by a French aircraft. In 1914 the winner was a Sopwith Tabloid for Britain. The race was an international event attracting teams from France, Italy, Switzerland, the United States and Britain.
Not held again until after the First World War, technology had changed so much that the seaplanes of that year barely resembled those of the previous contest. They were sleeker, had more powerful engines and could fly at undreamed of speeds.
The history of the race from 1913 to Britain's final victory in 1931 was marked not only by the evolution of seaplane design, but by the vagaries of the organisation of the event. The rules were in theory simple. Victory in a race brought honour and the chance of hosting the next event; three consecutive victories, however, secured the winning team the trophy for posterity. The 1919 contest tumed into a farce when sea fog confused not only the course but also the judges and competitors, and was finally declared void by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
In 1931 the British team won the trophy outright with a Supermarine S6B floatplane. The Schnider Trophy Contest promoted the development of reliable high-powered engines and advanced airframe design and provided experience of high speed flight. It had promoted the use of floatplanes and they were now the fastest aircraft on earth. That 1931 winner was designed by Reginald Mitchell and was a direct ancestor of the most famous of fighter aircraft, the Spitfire.
Within the pages of the Schneider Trophy Contest Derek N. James traces the development of single engine seaplane racers from pioneer days to the peak of development in the early 1930s. Over 200 Images and informative text tell the story of this most important of races.

Softcover
128 Seiten / pages
many rare photos
very good condition
Strout, Glochestershire, UK - 2001 - Tempus Publishing Ltd
Art.Nr. 16000
55,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Starship Diaries: Two Years Exploring the Planet in the Last Aircraft of its Kind
Kachan, Dallas
What better way to see the world than from the cockpit?
Join the adventure of a Silicon Valley salaryman whose fortune put him into the pilot's seat of a high-tech Beechcraft Starship, on of a dwindling number in the world. He set out on what many only dream of: slowly meandering around the planet with no fixed route, and no fixed return date.
Come along a two year adventure of a lifetime, recounting:
- running out of fuel over the South Pacific
- Month of illness on a desolate tropical island
- Bar-hopping with Shanhai gangsters
- Arranging repais in the snowy heart of Russia
- And more !

Softcover
401 Seiten / pages
very good condition
Califorina, USA - 2004 - 11010011
Art.Nr. 8867
22,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
The Story of the 1939 National Air Races
Despite the difficult economic times and the ever present threat of another world war, hundred of thousands of entusiastic air race fans packed the grandstands and stood in the fields surrounding Cleveland Airport for the 1939 National Air Races. The fans had come to witness the world's top aeronautic event which promised the latest developments in aviation and featured the fastest planes and the most skilled pilots.

The Story of the 1939 National Air Races DVD captures all of the thrills and excitement of the last "Golden Age" air race A unique and extra-special feature of the DVD is over 45 minutes of extemely rare, very high-quality, color film from the 1939 event. This breath-taking film has been been seamlessly woven together with hundreds of archival photographs and a specially-written and narrated story to
;reate an unforgettable, in-depth, visual record of the climactic 1939 National Air Races that you won't want to miss!
Along with the Thompson, Bendix and Greve races, you'll see all of the great race pilots and planes... Roscoe Turner and his LTR-14 racer, Tony LeVier and the Schoenfeldt "Firecracker", Steve Wittman and "Bonzo", Art Chester and "Goon", Frank Fuller, Jackie Cochran, Paul Mantz, and all of the rest.
You can study the crowd scenes and marvel at the fashions worn by the race fans in 1939. Then, you'll be awed by the massed might of the military's demonstration flights and aerial maneuvers. The Army Air Corps was equipped with state-of-the-art Curtiss P-36 Hawks "dressed" in one-of-a-kind, Camouflage paint schemes. Navy pilots flew their latest Grumman F3F "Flying Barrell" fighters. Not to be outdone by the military, the world's top aerobatic pilots performed their breathtaking acts. These skilled performers include Mlike Murphy, Jess Bristow, Bevo Howard, Dick Granere, and "Squeek" Burnet.
You'll even have a Chance to go behind the scenes with .the race pilots as they test and then qualify their planes in the days before the races opened.
In addition, two appendices, which cover the detailed race results and the dayly schedules, are included as special extras.
So now sit back and join us at show-center for over 90 minutes of exciting action!

DVD, over 90 minutes, including 45 min. of original color film
very good condition
2009 - The National Air Race Project
Art.Nr. 11793
36,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Top Teams
Tokunaga, Katsuhiko
Erstklassige Fotos von Kunstflugstaffeln aus aller Welt

.acro.

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
ca. 140 Seiten / pages
viele ganzseitige Farbfotos
sehr gut erhalten
Wien - 1988 - Creativ Promotion
Art.Nr. 18763
12,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Über den Wolken: Wellblech und Atlantikflug: Wie ein kleines Flugzeug Bremen in der Welt bekannt machte
Meisel, Christin
Erstausgabe.

1928 machten sich Hermann Köhl, James C. Fitzmaurice und Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld auf, erstmalig den Atlantik in Ost-West-Richtung zu überfliegen.
Trotz widriger Umstände und obwohl nur ein einmotoriges Flugzeug (Junkers W33 „Bremen") benutzt wurde, gelang der Versuch. Die New Yorker feierten die Besatzung mit einer riesigen Konfettiparade und die Bremer jubelten den drei Fliegern Tage später auf dem Marktplatz zu. Der Flug zeigte der Welt, daß Verkehrsfliegerei über Kontinente hinweg möglich ist. Er diente auf diese Weise der Völkerverständigung.
Über 60 Jahre später erinnerten sich einige Bremer der Pionierleistung und holten die Junkers W33 „Bremen" nach Bremen zurück. Das im Flughafen ausgestellte, mittlerweile restaurierte Flugzeug soll die Erinnerung an Pionierleistung und Völkerfreundschaft wachhalten.

softcover
109 Seiten / pages
viele seltene Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, neuwertig
Bremen - 1998 - Siepmann und Kurze Verlag
Art.Nr. 20414
16,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Über unsichtbare Barrieren: Erinnerungen eines Testpiloten
Gallai, Mark Lasarewitsch
Gallai war einer der sechs sowjetischen Flieger, denen als erste der Titel "Verdienter Testpilot" verliehen wurde. Gallai erprobte insgesamt 124 Flugzeugtypen. Nach dem Absturzes seines Freundes Grintschik mit dem Prototyp der MiG-9 übernahm Gallai die Tests bis zur Serienreife.

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
367 Seiten / pages
viele Fotos
etwas angestaubt
Berlin (Ost) - 1979 - Militärverlag der DDR
Art.Nr. 19164
5,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Undaunted: Long-Distance Flyers in the Golden Age of Aviation
Dunmore, Spencer
To make a record-breaking flight in the golden age of aviation was to gain fame and, with luck, fortune too. The risks were high - by no means all of the pioneers lived to old age - and failure was more likely than success, but for the mavericks, eccentrics, romantics, and visionaries in this book, the adventure alone was often worth it...

Hardcover with dust jacket
327 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
Toronto - 2004 - McClelland & Stewart Ltd
Art.Nr. 11315
22,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Vagabunden der Lüfte: Mit Doppeldecker und Schlafsack durch die USA
Bach, Richard
Deutsche Erstausgabe von "Nothing by Chance - A Gypsy Pilot´s Adventure in Modern Amerika" (1969).

Dem sensationellen Welterfolg der Möwe Jonathan folgte Glück des Fliegens, ein Buch, das wiederum viele Menschen begeisterte. Auch Richard Bachs drittes Buch hat mit dem Glück des Fliegens zu tun: Noch einmal werden die verwehten Spuren der Himmelsstürmer und Schauflieger der zwanziger Jahre freigelegt. So entstand ein Buch vom Vergnügen am Fliegen und zugleich von Freundschaft und Freude, von Schönheit und Liebe und vom Leben in Freiheit.
Schon mit siebzehn Jahren entdeckte Richard Bach seine Liebe zur Fliegerei. Wenig später trat er in die amerikanische Luftwaffe ein und wurde zum Jetpiloten ausgebildet. Nach kurzen Abstechern ins Geschäftsleben und zur National Air Guard begann er zu schreiben, zunächst für Fachzeitschriften der Fliegerei, dann seine weltberühmten Bücher. Nicht zuletzt ihnen verdankt er seine Bekanntschaft mit den alten Doppeldeckern, den Oldies der Luft, in deren einem er schließlich durch den Mittleren Westen der USA trampte.

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
214 Seiten / pages
einige Fotos
Buch sehr gut erhalten, Schutzumschlag hat Einrisse.
Berlin - 1977 - Ullstein
Art.Nr. 10070
11,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Vagabunden der Lüfte: Mit Doppeldecker und Schlafsack durch die USA
Bach, Richard
Deutsche Erstausgabe von "Nothing by Chance - A Gypsy Pilot´s Adventure in Modern Amerika" (1969).

Dem sensationellen Welterfolg der Möwe Jonathan folgte Glück des Fliegens, ein Buch, das wiederum viele Menschen begeisterte. Auch Richard Bachs drittes Buch hat mit dem Glück des Fliegens zu tun: Noch einmal werden die verwehten Spuren der Himmelsstürmer und Schauflieger der zwanziger Jahre freigelegt. So entstand ein Buch vom Vergnügen am Fliegen und zugleich von Freundschaft und Freude, von Schönheit und Liebe und vom Leben in Freiheit.
Schon mit siebzehn Jahren entdeckte Richard Bach seine Liebe zur Fliegerei. Wenig später trat er in die amerikanische Luftwaffe ein und wurde zum Jetpiloten ausgebildet. Nach kurzen Abstechern ins Geschäftsleben und zur National Air Guard begann er zu schreiben, zunächst für Fachzeitschriften der Fliegerei, dann seine weltberühmten Bücher. Nicht zuletzt ihnen verdankt er seine Bekanntschaft mit den alten Doppeldeckern, den Oldies der Luft, in deren einem er schließlich durch den Mittleren Westen der USA trampte.

Leinen
214 Seiten / pages
einige Fotos
gut erhalten
Berlin - 1977 - Ullstein
Art.Nr. 19644
6,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Verblüffende Rekorde der Fliegerei
Schurbohm, Conrad, Dr.
Jugendbuch

Taschenbuch
96 Seiten / pages
Abbildungen
sehr gut erhalten
Schneider-Buch
Art.Nr. 10133
3,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
VFW 614: Die abenteuerliche Geschichte des ersten deutschen Düsenverkehrsflugzeuges
Morgenstern, Karl - Simberger, Gert
mit einer persönlichen Widmung der beiden Autoren an den Vorbesitzer

Vorwort von 1977:
"Die VFW 614 ist das erste in Deutschland konzipierte, zur Serienreife entwickelte und gebaute Düsenverkehrsflugzeug. Es fliegt längst im Liniendienst, unter anderem bei der dänischen CIMBER AIR, bei der französischen AIR ALSACE und TAT. Verhandlungen mit anderen Luftfahrtgesellschaften sind weit gediehen oder stehen sogar vor dem Abschluß. - Die Geschichte der VFW 614 ist ein einziges Abenteuer. Die Planungen reichen weit zurück, bis in die frühen sechziger Jahre. Damals war ein einfaches, leicht zu wartendes Passagier- und Transportflugzeug für die Entwicklungsländer im Gespräch. Daraus entwickelte sich im Laufe der Zeit ein leistungsfähiger Jet, der vor allem auf Kurzstrecken und im grenzüberschreitenden Regionalverkehr
rentabel eingesetzt werden kann. Bis es aber soweit war, waren die denkbar größten Widerstände zu überwinden: Finanzierungsprobleme, Probleme mit den Triebwerken, Probleme des Verkaufs. Doch die Manager und Techniker von VFW-FOKKER in Bremen und Amsterdam wurden mit allen Schwierigkeiten fertig- auch mit jenem l. Februar 1972, als das Testflugzeug G 1 bei einem routinemäßigen Werkstattflug abstürzte.
Karl Morgenstern und Gert Simberger, beide Journalisten von Beruf und passionierte Flugtechnik-Experten, haben die faszinierende Chronik der VFW 614 aufgeschrieben - es ist die Geschichte einer Handvoll Männer, die mit Phantasie, Zähigkeit und Ausdauer allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz ihren Traum verwirklichten."

Taschenbuch
174 Seiten / pages
viele Abbildungen
gut erhaltenes Exemplar, signiert
München - 1977 - Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag
Art.Nr. 23137
28,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Viel Spaß beim Fliegen
Weyh, Thomas
schrille Cartoons über die Verkehrsfliegerei

Gebundene Ausgabe
42 Seiten / pages
Fotos
sehr gut erhalten
Lappan
Art.Nr. 11255
8,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Vikings for Take-Off: Starfighter der Bundesmarine im Kielwasser der Wikinger - Starfighters of the Federal German Navy on the Trail of the Vikings
Ostermann, Axel
Deutsch - English
"Im Starfighter um die Welt"
"Around the world in a Starfighter"

Abschied vom Starfighter - in dieser außergewöhnlichen Flugstory. Mit ihren F-104G begaben sich die »Vikings«, das Demonstrationsteam der Bundesmarine, auf Welttournee. Von der Nordsee bis zum Mittelmeer, von Kiel bis New York folgten die fliegenden Wikinger in friedlicher Mission den Routen der Drachenschiffe. Der prachtvolle Bild- und Textband - zweisprachig deutsch/englisch - läßt den Leser hautnah dabei sein. 84 ganzseitige Farbaufnahmen, aus dem Cockpit heraus aufgenommen, dazu quicklebendige Texte vermitteln Entdeckerlust und Flugfaszination - ein Fliegerbuch, wie es noch keines gab.

gebundene Ausgabe, Großformat - Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
176 Seiten / pages
viele Fotos, Karten der Route - many photos, maps of the route
sehr gut erhalten - very good condition
Bonn - 1999 - Bernard & Graefe Verlag
Art.Nr. 23296
55,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Voyager
Yeager, Jeana - Rutan, Dick - with Phil Patton
First Edition.

The first full account of the daring and pioneering aeronautical adventure, written by the man and woman who made it happen. They tell their own stories and how their six-year dream of Voyager was fulfilled - the designing, the building, and the triumphal nine-day flight of the first plane in history to circumnavigate the globe nonstop, without refueling (1986).

Hardcover with dust jacket in protective Mylar (removable)
339 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition
New York - 1987 - Alfred A. Knopf
Art.Nr. 11760
32,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Voyager - The World Flight: The Official Log, Flight Analysis and Narrative Explanation of the Record Around the World Flight of the Voyager Aircraft
Norris, Jack (Technical Director, Voyager Mission Control)
rare, signed book.

With a personal dedication, signed by the two Voyager pilots Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager.

2nd printing, January 1989
This Log Book is a must to fully understand the difficulies of the Voyager Around the World Flight of 1986, flown by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager. It offers a deep insight into the performance of the aircraft, the complex decisions and support offered by mission control, that were essential to the success of the mission.

Jack Norris - in 1986 the Technical Director of Voyager Mission Control - published this excellent book. It's profits were used to "defray the expenses of the world flight"…

Softcover, large format
72 Seiten / pages
many graphs and tables, separate fold-out table with more than 200 datapoints of the flight
good condition, signed by the Voyager pilots
Northridge, California - 1989 - Jack Norris
Art.Nr. 14359
180,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
Voyager: In neun Tagen nonstop um die Welt
Yeager, Jeana - Rutan, Dick - mit Phil Patton
Deutsche Erstausgabe.

Der authentische Bericht einer fliegerischen Pionierleistung. Die amerikanische Ausgabe dieses atemberaubenden Buches erschien 1987. Vorwort von Ulf Merbold. Die "Voyager" hängt heute im National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Wer wissen will, wie dieses Abenteuer zustande kam, kommt an diesem Buch nicht vorbei.

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
384 Seiten / pages
2 Karten und viele Fotos
sehr gut erhaltene, schöne Ausgabe
Bergisch Gladbach - 1987 - Gustav Lübbe Verlag
Art.Nr. 19838
24,00 EUR
zzgl. Versand
97 bis 137 (von insgesamt 137)