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	LUSCOMBE'S GOLDEN AGE(Reference #LGA) Luscombe’s Golden Age is the fifth book in The Golden Age of Aviation Series. John Swick, the author, has completely revised and updated the original The Luscombe Story published in 1987, including approximately 100 new pages of text, dozens of never-before published photographs and Luscombe magazine ads from that era. Included in this book are detailed accounts and descriptive 3-view scale drawings of each Luscombe model manufactured, including the early models: Phantom, Ghost, Spectre, Harpie, Small Transport and Sprite. Also included are all the details and drawings of Luscombe’s later and more popular models: Luscombe 50, Luscombe 65, Luscombe Silvare models: 8A, 8C, 8D, 8E, Model 10, Model 11A, Luscombe Pusher Model 12, Model X11, Model 8F, military Model T8F, 11C, Model 8G, and the Weatherly-Campbell Colt. The book includes the details on Don Luscombe, other members of the management and engineering teams, and the efforts and successes of the company after Luscombe left the company in 1939. The management of Leopold H.P. Klotz is delved into, along with the management and production of Temco. This is far the most complete book ever published on the Luscombe aircraft, facilities and staff. The book even brings readers up-to-date with recent challenges for control of the Luscombe rights. The Golden Age of Aviation Series highlights a number of aircraft manufacturers during the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s & 1940s. The series presents an historical look at Aviation’s Golden Years through detailed text, numerous photos, internationally acclaimed 3-view airplane scale drawings, archival materials and original magazine ads of the era. 300 pages, SB, 8 ½ x 11, approx. 300 photos & illustrations, 3-views of each Luscombe model manufactured. $29.95 Price: $29.95 (Excluding: Arizona Sales Tax at 6.35% and Prescott Sales Tax at 2%)


BELLANCA'S GOLDEN AGE(Reference #BGA) BELLANCA's GOLDEN AGE Traces G.M. Bellanca coming from Sicily to America as a teenager in 1911 through his 42 years of continuous airplane manufacturing operations. He did more for aviation than any other single individual during aviation's first 100 years, bar none! This is the ONLY BOOK that has ever captured Bellanca's complete and lengthy story. Details the beginnings of the air transportation system over great distances. Details the first ten flights over the Atlantic and the first flight over the Pacific. Tells never-before-told stories of Charles Lindbergh, Clarence Chamberlin and many other Golden Age personalities. Tells the complete story of the greatest airplane of the 1920s — Bellanca's Columbia (the plane Lindbergh wanted but didn't get). In the 1930s the government tested 209 different airplanes and found that Bellanca's was the best regarding "efficiency." Details Bellanca airplanes: CD, CE, CF, Wright-Bellanca 1, WB-2, Columbia, Bellanca J, TES Tandem, Pacemaker, Special J-300, Model K, Airbus/Aircruiser, C-27A, Miss Veedol, The White Falcon, Senior Skyrocket, The Flash, XSE-1, XSE-2, Bellanca Racer, Cruisair Junior, YO-50 (liaison), AT-21-BL Trainer, Cruisair Senior, Cruisemaster. 148 pgs, SB, 8.5 x 11, 175+ photos, 3-view outlines. $24.95 Price: $24.95 (Excluding: Arizona Sales Tax at 6.35% and Prescott Sales Tax at 2%)


	AERONCA'S GOLDEN AGE(Reference #AGA) AERONCA's GOLDEN AGE progressively details the events leading to the Aeronautical Corporation of America, from the early 1920s, through the Great Depression, the disastrous flood of 1937, World War II and beyond. Book includes biographical information on the founders of Aeronca, and details the people, facilities and manufacturing operations of Aeronca during the Golden Years. Emphasis is given to Aeronca's C-2, C-3, Model K, Model L, 7AC Champ, and 11AC Chief. ALL Aeronca's models are discussed. Includes factory photos. This book has much more information than the previously published book, Aeronca, The Best of Paul Matt. 152 pages, SB, 240+ photos, 18 pages of internationally acclaimed 3-view scale drawings, 8.5 x 11. $24.95 Price: $24.95 (Excluding: Arizona Sales Tax at 6.35% and Prescott Sales Tax at 2%)


CESSNA'S GOLDEN AGE(Reference #CGA) CESSNA's GOLDEN AGE takes a look at Clyde Cessna and nephew Dwane Wallace, longtime Cessna President, and the Cessna Aircraft Company from the early 1900s, through the struggling years of the Great Depression, through World War II to the post-war years. It includes Cessna's biographical information and details the people, facilities and manufacturing operations of Cessna during the Golden Years. Emphasis is given to Cessna Primary Gliders, Cessna Airmasters, Cessna T-50 Bobcats, Waco CG-4A Gliders (Cessna built), and Cessna 120/140 airplanes. Other Cessna models are also included. There are several factory photos of the Cessna plant during the Golden Years, among the book’s 180 photos and many illustrations, including 3-view airplane scale drawings. 96 pages, 8.5”x11”, SB, detailed and meaty text, 180 photos, many factory photos, 10 pages of beautiful, internationally acclaimed 3-view drawings by Paul Matt. Price: $22.95 (Excluding: Arizona Sales Tax at 6.35% and Prescott Sales Tax at 2%)


	PIPER'S GOLDEN AGE(Reference #PGA) PIPER's GOLDEN AGE includes the particulars of the original Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation, Rochester, New York, in the late 1920s, of C.G. Taylor (the father of the lightplane) and his brother, Gordon Taylor, and the untimely death of Gordon while demonstrating one of the Taylor planes. Book details the move of the Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation to Bradford, Pennsylvania, and includes information of how William T. Piper and C.G. Taylor got together, the bankruptcy of the company during the Depression, and the ultimate breakup and split of Taylor and Piper. Book details the devastating fire that destroyed the Taylor plant in Bradford, and how Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was able to get the company to move there in early 1937. During the reorganization of the company after the move to Lock Haven the company's name was changed to Piper Aircraft Corporation in late 1937. This book includes the many different Taylor and Piper models built during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, including the World War II years and the postwar boom/bust. Emphasis is given to the Taylor Chummy, Taylor E-2 Cub, Taylor/Piper J-2 Cub, Piper J-3 Cub, Piper J-4 Cub Coupe, Piper J-5 Cruiser, the Grasshoppers (military observation & liaison airplanes), Piper TG-8 Training Glider, Piper Experimentals, Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, Piper PA-11 Cub Special, Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser, Piper PA-15 Vagabond, Piper PA-16 Clipper, and Piper PA-18 Super Cub. 100 pages, 8.5" x 11", SB, detailed text, 130 photos including factory photos, 11 pages of beautiful, internationally acclaimed 3-view drawings of various Piper models by Paul Matt. $22.95 Price: $22.95 (Excluding: Arizona Sales Tax at 6.35% and Prescott Sales Tax at 2%)

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