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EL) ACCIDENTE DE JORGE CHAVEZ, Instituto Peruano de Fomento Educativo, Lima, 1983. 110
pp. accident report, inct photos, charts, from WW1 AERO

AEG FLUGZEUGFABRIK, AEG firm in WW1, 57pp., from WW1 AERO

AERIAL CALIFORNIA, Kenneth Johnson, 1961 (An Account of Early Flight in Northern & Southern
California, 1849 - WW1), 91pp., from WWI AERO


AERO AND HYDRO (6 Sept 1914, 30 Aug 1913, 11 Oct 1913, 30 May 1914), ca. 16pp. in each, from
WW1 AERO

AEROMOBILI NAZIONALE, Italian identification booklet, silhouettes. 20pp., from WW1 AERO

AERONAUTICS, THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE OF AERIAL LOCOMOTION, Oct 1910, 15pp., from
WW1 AERO

AEROPLANE DESIGNING FOR AMATEURS, Victor Lougheed, 1912, 175pp., dwgs., from WW1
AERO

AEROPLANE INSTRUMENTS, Ministry of Munitions 1918 (descriptions of different instruments,
types, functions); 60pp + dwgs., from WW1 AERO

AEROPLANES, HISTORIQUE, CALCUL ET CONSTRUCTION, H De Graffigny, 1908, 136pp., text,
dwgs. on design and construction, from WW1 AERO

AIRCRAFT, Oct 1912, 30pp., from WW1 AERO

AIRCRAFT MECHANICS HANDBOOK, Colvin: 2 chapters (The Propeller, and Wiring the Plane),
36pp., from WW1 AERO

AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES, US Senate Report #555,22 Aug 1918, 19pp.,
from WW1 AERO

AVIATION MEET PROGRAMS
*BC HUCKS PROGRAMME & SOUVENIR, 24pp., from WW1 AERO
*Harvard-Boston Air Meet 1910, 50pp., from WW1 AERO
*Program for Aviation Meeting at Leopardstown (Ireland) in Aug 1910, 79pp., from WW1 AERO
*Program, London Aerodrome, Colindale Meeting, 23 Aug 1913. 28pp., from WW1 AERO
*PAU - 70 ANS D'AVIATION. Souvenir booklet, history, photos, 24pp., from WW1 AERO
*San Diego Aero Club, Official Program for 3rd Annual Meet, 6-7 April 1912, 4pp., from WW1 AERO
*Aerodrome de Haren-Bruxelles, Meeting d'Aviation de Printemps, Jun 1921. 3pp., from WW1 AERO


AIR SVC INFORMATION CIRCULAR, INDEX TO TECH REPORTS OF ENG DIV., AIR SVC #1-1300,
Jan 1918-June 1919. 38pp., from WW1 AERO


AIR SVC INFORMATION CIRCULAR, INDEX TO US ARMY AIR CORPS INFO CIRCULARS, 30 June
1932, pp. 30-45, from WW1 AERO


AIRSHIPS (93-page reprint from book, AIRCRAFT OF BELLIGERENTS IN THE YEAR 1914, all
lighter-than-air), from WW1


AN OUTLINE OF THE THEORY OF FALCONING, Reber, 1912. 28pp., graphs, from WW1 AERO


AVIATION (magazine) 15 Sept 1918, 72pp., from WW1 AERO,


AVIATION AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, 15 Sept 1918, 72pp., from WW I AERO


AVIATION IN FRANCE, 1909, Jourdain, from WW1 AERO


L'AVIAZIONE AUSTRO-HUNGARICA SULLA FRONTE ITALIANA 1915-1918, Ricardo Cavigioli,
Milan, 1934, 353pp., until Peter Grosz' big new book on Austro-Hungarian a/c of WW1, this was the
very most complete word on this subject- in two binders, from WW1 AERO


(LA) BAIONNETTE, 16 May 1918, 12-page comic newspaper booklet; cartoons, text, from WW1
AERO


THE BROOKLANDS STORY, AV ROE, INC, Howard Pixton, 17pp., from WW I AERO


BUILDING AEROPLANES FOR "THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN", Wheeler, 1965, 100pp., from WW I
AERO


BUILDING AND FLYING AN AIRPLANE, Hayward, 1917, 152pp., from WW1 AERO


BULLETIN OF THE EXP AIRPLANE, ENG. DIV., MCCOOK FIELD
*Vol. 1 (individually: #1, June 1918,137pp.; #2, July 1918,154pp.; #3, Aug 1918, 114pp.; #4 Sept
1918, 110pp., from WW1 AERO
*Vol. 11 (individually: #1, Oct 1918,125pp.; #2, Nov 1918, 100pp.; 43, Dec 1918,154pp.; #4, Jan
1919,139pp.) from WW1 AERO
*Both volumes, from WW1 AERO


CATALOGS (all from WW1 AERO)
*Brown Bros. Ltd., 1920; 86pp. of fittings, plumbing for a/c, illustrated
*Heckman Machine Works, Chicago, ca. 1918. Prices on parts, svcs for OX-5s, 16pp.
*Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Co, models, 1911, 23pp.
*Orenco Company, 16pp.
*Paragon Propellers, American Propeller Mfg Co, 40pp., dwgs.
*White Aeroplane Co, models, 2nd ed, 1912, 46pp.
*EJ Willis Co, AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES CATALOG # F, NY 1912, 21pp.


CHRONOLOGY OF AVIATION, Maxim and Hammer, 1911, 24pp., from WW1 AERO


COLLECTIONS DE L'AERONAUTIQUE, Catalog of what is now MUSEE DES TECHNIQUES,
photos, lists, ca. 1923, 15pp., from WW1 AERO


THE COMPLETE AIRMAN, Bafley, London, 1920, 268p, from WW1 AERO Constructional Details,
46-page series from FLIGHT of dwgs of various structural details of all kinds, from WW1 AERO


CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS, 46pp. series from FLIGHT, dwgs of various structural details of all
kinds, from WWI AERO


CONSTRUCTION ET MANEUVERS DE L'AEROPLANE WRIGHT, Monographies d'Aviation #5,
1909, 16pp, from WW1 AERO


DESIGN OF WOOD AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES, Munitions Bd, A/C Committee, ANC-18, June 1951,
234pp., from WW1


DETAILE DE INGENIERA PARA AVIONES ANTIQUOS (from the Chilean Nat'l Aviation Museum),
54pp. of details of aircraft parts, tables, thread measure, etc, incl a bunch of fittings from the Bristol
M1C, from WW I AERO


DETAILS OF AERIAL BOMBS, 1918, ca. 120pp., from WW1 AERO


DER EINDECKER UND SEIN BAU, C W Vogelsang (details of current monoplanes and their
construction, esp. Bleriot XI with some of the Rozendaal dwgs), 48pp. + plates, from WW1 AERO


DIE DEUTSCHE PATENTE UBER FLUGAPPARATE 1871 BIS ENDE RJNI 1911, Berlin, 1912
(excerpts), 24pp., from WW1 AERO


DIRECTORY OF MUSEUMS IN THE US CONTAINING AIRCRAFT, NASM, 1987, a 6p. list arranged
by state, from WW1 AERO


EIN WEEK ALS FLIEGMENSCH, Jan Feith, 9pp., report on early flying, from WW1 AERO


ELEMENTARY AERONAUTICS, by A.P.T. (?), 1911, 126pp., types of aeroplanes, engines; stability;
propellers, from WW1 AERO


ENGINEERING AERODYNAMICS, W S Diehl, 1936. (Ch 3 only), Applied Wing Theory, pp 31-72,
from WW1 AERO


THE FIRST AERO ENGINES MADE BY ROLLS-ROYCE LTD, memos and letters 1914- 1916,
written within the cornpany re its early aero engines. 300pp., from WW1 AERO


DER FLUGZEUGBAU SCHUTTE-LANZ, history of design 1914-18 in 3-views, projects. 164pp.,
from WW1 AERO


FLUGZEUGE UND MOTOREN, booklet containing complete list of Austro-Hungarian a/c and
engines thru 1917, 64pp., from WW I AERO (both

FLY: THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC MONTHLY, Nov 1911, 35pp., photos, charts, models, ads),
from WW1 AERO


FLYING AT HENDON, Smith, 1974, pictorial record, 31pp., from WW1


FORTY YEARS ON, Handley-Page Ltd, 1949. Company history, illustrated, 95pp., from WW1 AERO


FROM A RIGGER'S NOTEBOOK (how-to-FLIGHT reprint). 3pp., from WW1 AERO


GESCHICHTE and FLUGZEUGE, available on one microfilm roll, from WW1 AERO


GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN FLUGZEUGINDUSTRIE, Official Air Service history of German
a/c companies 1902-1918, every mfgr incl, 1918, 226pp., from WW1 AERO


HANDBOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR AIRPLANE DESIGNERS, Eng Div Air Svc, June, 1922, 14pp.,
excerpts, dwgs., of several a/c m/gs and sights, from WW1 AERO


HAREN-BRUXELLES (MEETING D'AVIATION DE PRINTEMPS JUIN 1921), 3p. article, from WW1
AERO


HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY AND ITS ANTECEDENTS,
1878-1918, Child and Caunter, 1947, 73pp., photos, from WW1 AERO


HISTORIOGRAPHY: ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS IN WW1 AERO, 78pp., from WW1 AERO


HOW AN AIRPLANE IS BUILT, Stepney and Blakeney, London, c 1920. 233pp., from WW1 AERO


HOW WE MADE THE FIRST FLIGHT, Orville Wright, NASM, dt unk, 20pp., from WW1 AERO


LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE MEMORIAL booklet, 16pp., from WW1 AERO


LA NAISSANCE DE L'AEROPLANE, Gabriel Voisin, c 1926, 44pp., from WW I AERO


L'AEROPHILE: 15 Jun 1914, 1 Aug 1914,15 Nov 1914; about 200pp. the set, from WW1 AERO


L'AEROPLANE E IL SUE MOTORE, Silvestrini and Penazzio, 1917.107pp., from WW1 AERO


LES PHARES BLERIOT, Catalog, incl accessories, separate assemblies, wood, wire, fittings,
complete acroplanes. Photos, dwgs, specs (in French). 49pp., from WW1 AERO


LOGBOOK, LT ARTHUR EASTERBROOK, AS, 1st AERO SQDN, 26pp. copy of Easterbrook's
logbook, from 2 June 1918 with No. 9 Sqdn RAF to 9 Dec 1918, from WW1 AERO


MANUAL OF RIGGING FOR AIRCRAFT, Air Pub. 1107,1931. 80pp of notes, dwgs and specs on
rigging early a/c, from WW1 AERO (also 1925 edition, 120pp.)


MANUEL D'AVIATION, Paris, 1916
*Fascicule IV, pp. 37-110, French and Gerrnan a/c tech, from WW1 AERO *Fascicule V, pp.
122-124, + plates, moteurs, from WW1 AERO


MANUEL DE PILOTAGE/ PILOT'S MANUAL (c 1916), School of Aviation at Tours. 15pp. of how-to in
both languages, from WW I AERO


MANUELE D'AVIATION (L'Aviation Allemande), 72pp., from WW1 AERO,


THE MEASURE OF AMERICA'S WORLD WAR AERONAUTICAL EFFORT, lecture by Cot Edgar S
Gorrell, 1940, ca. 75pp., from WW1 AERO


MEMORANDA, rules, notices from Officer in Charge of Flying, Signal Corps Schools, Brooks Field,
San Antonio, TX, 10 Apr 1918. 35pp., from WW1 AERO


MEMOS from Air Service Flying School, Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX, 1918: 4 different memos of
2-16pp. each, on Flying School curriculum, regulations of different kinds connected to military flying,
nomenclature for aeronautics, local flying rules. Total, 34pgs., from WW1 AERO


METALLIC MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURES, Military
Standardization Handbook, 15 Sept 1976. C 320pp., from WW1 AERO


MODELES D'APPAREILS D'AVIATION DE L'ANTIQUITE A NOS JOURS (models of airplanes from
antiquity to the present), Louis Vivien, ed, Paris, 1909, text, many, many little drawings and
etchings, 12pp., from WW1 AERO


MODEL FLYING MACHINES, THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, pub. by THE AERO, London,
1909, 130pp., text, plans, for really remarkable experimental (they all were experimental)
rubber-powered models, ca. 128pp., from WW1 AERO


NACA LIST OF REPORTS, 1 May 1929, 32pp., from WW1 AERO


NACA REPORT 631, Airfoil Section Characteristics as Applied to the Prediction of Air Forces and
their Distribution on Wings, 1938. 30pp., from WW1 AERO


NASM package of outlines, reports, guidelines for disassembling and refinishing an aeroplane,
preserving metal, camouflage, ca. 80pp., from WW1 AERO


NORMEN, 26 double pp. of norms for German aviation parts, cables, tumbuckles, bolts, pulleys,
etc., with dwgs, specs, dimensions, from WW1 AERO


NOTES ON RIGGING FOR AIR MECHANICS, HMSO 1916,.38pp., from WW1 AERO


OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF VARIOUS INSIGNIA, 1920, A/S Information
Circular, from WW1 AERO


OUT OF CONTROL, Newsletter of the First Pursuit Gp, 2 copies (Vol. 1, 92 and #3; 9 and 6pp.),
from WW1 AERO


PARACHUTES, JV Mumma, 1930. Photos, dwgs., 110pp., from WW1 AERO


PFA (Popular Flying Assn) Data Sheets, 40pp. of info and diagrams, vintage techniques, specs,
equipment, from WW1 AERO


PILOT'S FLYING LOG BOOK, Albert de Bathe Brandon, Captain, RFC, 1915-1918, copy of original
logbook, with a/c types, etc., ca. 27pp., from WW1 AERO


PROVISIONAL DESCRIPTION OF ITALIAN OBSERVATION BALLOONS, US War Dept, Jan 1919,
32pp. + 9 plates, from WW1 AERO


RAE TECH NOTE NO CHEM 1236: THE PRESERVATION OF CODY'S TREE (at Famborough),
Horridge, 1954, 12pp., photos, from WW1 AERO


RAF FLYING TRAINING MANUAL, Pt. 1, Air Pubi 129, 238pp., from WW1 AERO


RAPPORT TECHNIQUE, INTER-ALLIED AERONAUTICAL CONTROL COMMISSION, dwgs., photos:
a/c, 220pp.; seaplanes, 93pp.; airships, 163pp., engines, 143pp., 1920-21, total 619pp., 1920-21,
(also on one microfilm roll) from WW I AERO


REPORT ON AERONAUTICAL MATTERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR 1913, (an unidentified
British agency), 48pp. of alphabetically arranged countries of the world, detailing aviation sites,
aeroplanes, balloons, nunbers, training facilities, etc., from WW I AERO


REPORT OF AMERICAN AVIATION MISSION, Air Ministry to Parliament 1919 (reconnnendations for
postwar aviation developments worldwide), 21 pp., from WW I AERO


REPORT OF THE R-101 INQUIRY, Sec of State for Air, 1931, 127pp., from WW1 AERO


REVIEW OF AERIAL BOMBS AND EQUIPMENT (German - we translated the title), by the k.u.k. in
1916, photos, dwgs., text, 19pp., from WW1 AERO


RIGGER'S HANDBOOK, hand-drawn and lettered, w/dirnensions, done in the field before official
manuals were issued, many types incl, from WW I AERO


RIGGING FOR AIRCRAFT, Air Pub 1107, Feb 1931, 180pp., from WW1 AERO


ROUMANIAN AERONAUTICAL CONSTRUCTION 1905-1974, (first section only, 95pp., thru 1914
only), from WW1 AERO


DIE RUMPLER WERKE AG, 1908-1919, 24 3-views, charts, 191pp., (also on one microfilrn roll)
from WW I AERO


SILHOUETTES D'AVION, French identification booklet w/ Allied and German a/c, 62pp., from WW1
AERO


SILHOUETTES D'AVION ALLIES ET ENNEMIS, 1918, 62pp., showing insignia, from WW I AERO


SILHOUETTES OF AIRPLANES, RFC booklet, spotting notes. 33pp. (also all 4 identification
booklets on one microfilm roll), from WW1 AERO


SIR ALLIOTT RFMEMBERED, 100th anniversary booklet by Avro, 1977, 12pp., from WW1 AERO


SIX UNITED STATES ARMY WING SECTIONS, Dwgs, specs for USA sections #1-6. FLIGHT reprint,
8pp., from WW1 AERO


SPRUCE PRODUCTS DIV, US Arrny, booklet, 1918, from WW1 AERO


THE STORY OF THE MODEL AIRPLANE, Hertz, 1969, (chap 9 only, pp. 176-267). history from the
beginning, dwgs., photos (see review in WW1 AERO), from WW1 AERO


TECHNICAL NOTES AEROPLANES A-L, M-Z. A 2-vol. originally loose-leaf set of rigging and
operational notes with dwgs and specs of a wide variety of British WW1 a/c, set from WW1 AERO


TECHNICAL NOTES, Bur. Aeronautics, Navy Dept, 1923, assortment ft #5 thru #111, w/tech dwgs,
graphs; variety of tech design and construction material, from WW1 AERO


TECHNICAL ORDERS (from RAF ca. 1918-1921 and RAAF, same period), ca. 200pp. 8-1/2 x l4",
w/foldouts, covering all kinds of special repair and modification directives for service a/c and
engines, w/ dwgs. and details of all kinds. Gives sense of what tended to go wrong in the field.,
from WW1 AERO


TEXTBOOK OF AERO ENGINES, Sherbody and Wardrop, 1920; pp. 105-342 (alphabetical survey
w/photos, dwgs, data), from WW I AERO


THEORIES ET CONSTRUCTION DES AIRPLANES, de Boungnic, 1912, 33pp., from WW1 AERO


THEORY AND PRACTICE OF AERIAL SIGHTING, Air Ministry, FS Pub It 8, May 1919; 50pp., dwgs,
text, re gunsights, trajectories, etc., from WW1 AERO


TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR INC, BOOK OF RULES FOR OPERATING EMPLOYEES, 1
Nov 1932, 35pp., WW1 AERO


TYPES OF BRITISH SEAPLANES, RN identification booklet, 1918; 21 a/c w/silhouettes, 47pp., from
WW1 AERO


VERITABLE HISTORY DE L'AEROPLANE, Georges Prade, 1914. A comic history, followed by H and
M Farman catalog, 36pp., (these last three also available on one microfilm roll), from WW I AERO


VERZEICHNIS DER FACHAUSDREUCKE, ca. 1920; an alphabetical dictionary of aviation terms,
starting in German, with columns in English, French, Italian, Russian, and Swedish. 23pp., from
WW1 AERO


VILLARD, HENRY S. address book, contains alphabetically the signatures of pilots and notables at
the 1911 meet at Buc. 17pp., from WW1 AERO


VISIT OF THE AIRSHIP R-100 TO CANADA, 1930, 96pp., dwgs, photos, text, incl. info on R-101 (but
not her crash!), from WW1 AERO


VON RICHTHOFEN, a 55-pg set of copies of a larger file compiled by Col GB Jarrett (of the Steel
Pier WW1 aviation museum), incl an original letter from MvR's mother (w/ trans), photos
hand-colored by Col Jarrett, and a lot of reports centering on Brown and May, Richthofen and the
Australian gunners; official field reports both German and English, plus several Richthofen photos.
Missing from Jarrett's file - a lot of magazine articles (CAVALIER, TRUE, etc) and accompanying
covers, from WW1 AERO


WAR IN THE AIR (first exhibition of Royal Air Force photos in color), 16pp., (unfortunately our master
is not in color!), from WW1 AERO


WIND TUNNEL TEST, A- I Ambulance Plane, 1924. 13pp., from WW1 AERO


WINSLOW, ALAN, his original engine log for the 160 Gnome on his Nieuport 28 #6184; includes
pieces from the aircraft log and a contemporary newspaper article on his first victory and a photo of
the downed Albatros, 13pp., from WW1 AERO


WOOD AIRCRAFT INSPECTION & FABRICATION, ANC-19, Apr 1951, 336pp., from WW1 AERO


WORLD WAR I DIARY OF COL FRANK P LAHM, Hist Research Div, Maxwell AFB 1970, 270pp.,
from WW1 AERO


THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AERONAUTICAL COLLECTION AT THE INSTITUTE, Franklin Inst 1951
(illust catalog), 22pp., from WW1 AERO
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