Paust Gilbert (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1950 Edition. Fawcett Book No. 102. Contains: Private Flying's Best Planes; Tips on Weather; Navigation Simplified; Build a Plane Hangar; Aircraft Spotters' Section; and News in Aviation. Shelf wear. 144 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex Library. No Dust Jacket.

dj. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Blue cloth lettered in silver. Heavily illustrated. Ownership signature, cloth at the bottom of the spine is chipped, spotting on the rear board, a good reading copy without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. good +. first edition as stated. 7 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers dusty, mild shelf wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; edges worn with some large chips. Av. Stax.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen.

1st ed. War economy standard. Pages slightly browned; binding tight; spine faded & bumped; irregular loss of colour to red cloth boards. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 256 pages. Illustrations. Cover has wear, soiling and staining. Interior is in good to very good condition. This book brings the story of the great weapons which is making victory in the Second World War possible--the modern military airplane. The great mass bombing raids are simply a climax to the story which had its beginning on the sands of Kitty Hawk in 1903. Fighting Wings tells the story of the birth and development of a new type of warfare. The scientists at work in their laboratories have give us every conceivable kind of arms and armor, but in no field of research have they accomplished so much as in the field of aviation. They have answered new problems in aerial strategy with new plane types, armament and equipment. Bombers have become progressively larger and more powerful and capable of carrying heavier and heavier bomb loads. Fights have increased their speed and been equipped with tremendous firepower. Efficient night fighters, liaison planes, dive and torpedo bombers and long-range patrol bombers, paratroop transports and gliders have all played important roles in battle. Pressurized cabins, oxygen equipment, improved airfoils, and engines with tremendous horsepower have been developed and deployed. The Norden Bombsight, the gyro pilot, radio location finders and many other devices are products of science at war. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.…