Building and Flying Model Aircraft: A Guide for Youthful Beginners in Aeronautics

Garber, Paul Edward

Published by The Ronald Press Company (1928), New York, 1928

About this Item

Book is very good with a blue cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine. Cover has some stains and light wear. There are a few small stains (coffee, airplane glue?) on the text block edges. Binding is sound. No ownership or other marks in text. Lacking dust jacket. This book covers the state of model airplane building and flying when published. The author was with the Smithsonian Institution and prepared this book for the Playground and Recreational Association of America, which conducted local and national tournaments of flying models. The Committee which operated these tournaments included Orville Wright, Charles Lindberg, Richard Byrd and many other important aviators. The book contains detailed plans and instruction sufficient to recreate some of these early models. The Foreword includes a contribution by Orville Wright. ; Diagrams and Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages.

Seller Inventory # 17197

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building and Flying Model Aircraft: A Guide for Youthful Beginners in Aeronautics
• Publisher: The Ronald Press Company (1928), New York
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Aviation
  • Hobbies, How-to & Crafts