Aviation from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York: Emil Bruechig, 1936. 36 pages. Illustrated. Pamphlet.. First Edition. Paperback. About Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Edwards, California: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1980. 8" by 10" black and white photograph signed by "Fitz" Fulton, long-time test pilot for the U. S. Air Force and for NASA. The photo pictures Fulton with another pilot standing in front of a jet plane at the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Provenance: from… Read more about this item

Unknown Place: Unpublished, 1931. The press called Blanche Stuart Scott (1884-1970) the "Tomboy of the Air" in celebration of her groundbreaking role as a pilot. In addition to being the first American woman to fly solo, she was the first woman stunt pilot and the first to fly from coast to coast. The picture appears to have been… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: American Astronautical Society (AAS), 1981. xvi, 310 pages. Third printing of Volume 1 in the AAS History Series, that was first published in 1977. Laid in is a handwritten note from Gene Emme to NASA archivist Lee Saegesser, with whom Emme had worked closely for years in the NASA History Office. Emme was… Read more about this item

Edwards, California: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975. Postal cover (3 5/8" by 6 1/2") with a cachet celebrating the flight of NASA's experimental aircraft X-24B at the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The postal cover is boldly SIGNED by Johnny G. Armstrong the famed hypersonic test flight engineer who who spent most… Read more about this item

Gloucester Point, Virginia: Hallmark Publishing Company, 2001. 269 pages. A profusely illustrated history of Naval Air Station Oceana from its beginnings as a remote landing field and pilot training facility in Princess Anne County (VA) at the beginning of WWII in 1940 up to its role as the world's largest tactical fighter plane base in the 21st century. … Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Boeing Military Airplane Company, 1988. (164) pages. This is volume two of the final report (AFWAL-TR-87-3030) of an early study important to the development of composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-82-C-3213) for United States Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. … Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Boeing Military Airplane Company, 1988. (338) pages. This is volume three of the final report (AFWAL-TR-87-3030) of an early study important to the development of composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-82-C-3213) for United States Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. … Read more about this item

Chula Vista, California: Rohr Industries, Inc., 1973. (142) pages. This was an early study important to the development of adhesives for composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-71-C-1942) for United States Air Force Materials Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The book is quite scarece; the distribution… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Boeing Military Airplane Company, 1988. (328) pages. This is volume one of the final report (AFWAL-TR-87-3030) of an early study important to the development of composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-82-C-3213) for United States Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. … Read more about this item

Hawthorne, California: Northrop Corporation Aircraft Division, 1980. xiii, 120 pages. This was an early study important to the development of composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-75-C-5236) for United States Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The authors were engineering specialists for Northrop.… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Boeing Military Airplane Company, 1985. ix, 136 pages. This was an early study important to the development of composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-82-C-3213) for United States Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The book is clean and tight, with… Read more about this item

Hampton, Virginia: NASA, Langley Research Center, 1991. iii, 157, 3, 15 pages. Study conducted by Material Sciences Corporation for NASA's Langley Research Center. The researchers were working to develop light-weight woven-fabric composites to substitute for heavier aluminum structures in spaceflight vehicles. A rare title--unclassified, but for the first 2 years limited for use by U. S. Government… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Boeing Military Airplane Company, 1985. viii, 109 pages. This was an early study important to the development of composites used in the construction of American fighter planes. Unclassified study prepared under contract (F33615-82-C-3213) for United States Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The book is clean and tight, with… Read more about this item

Mclean, Virginia: Paladwr Press, 2001. xii, 186 pages. An account of the role of Pan American Airways in World War II--a personal account that is thoroughly researched and illustrated. Signed by one of the authors, Andy Dawson.. SIGNED. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Collectible-Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.