Maj Walter Shaffer (3 results)
Published by Published by the Author, . First Edition. 1968
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.Lighthouse Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerSigned and inscribed by the author to fellow pilot, Captain Derek Mason. Octavo, gray boards (hardcover), 89 pp. Near Fine, with bookplate; in a Fine dust jacket. From Introduction: Back in the days when airplanes were wood, wire and cloth, you had to learn flying the hard way. mostly on your own. Needless to say, the casualties… were many! in this story, the author, a young "Pennsylvania Dutchman" with an adventurous spirit, found his way into the Lafayette Flying Corps by way of the French Foreign Legion; and in the Spring of 1917 learned to fly with the French Air Force. He describes his progression from the Penguins, airplanes that could not fly, to Spads and Nieuports, top fighter planes of their day. He tells of the first primitive "instrument" flights and of learning tailspins and other aerobatics. Having survived flying school and several crashes. though not enough to flunk him into the infantry. he was ready to do battle with the German Air Force, having amassed a total of fifty hours flying time! Major Walter J. Shaffer was shot down behind the German lines and taken prisoner in WW I. After several unsuccessful escapes, he finished the war in a prison camp hospital. Flying, however, became his life. He barnstormed in the perennial jenny, flew the old mailplanes, finally joined Eastern Air Lines when it was formed. In World War II he was again in the thick of things, flying transports all over the Pacific. Following the war, he went back to being an airline captain. He retired in 1952 after a thirty-five-year career in aviation. Aviation, Pilot Biography, Military Biography. nslic.
More imagesPublished by Williams Printing 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with full number line. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in a removal mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be pac…ked in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #A3.
Published by Self-published 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 38.88
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WALTER J. SHAFFER on the front free endpaper.A solid copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear and a touch of light staining along th rear panel.… Octavo, including a number of black-and-white photos and line-drawn illustrations to complement the self-published text. Michael Deluca et al. (illustrator). Signed.
