Condensed book list
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Author |
Title |
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Air Racing |
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Air Racing - World's Fastest Motorsport |
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Air Racing Unlimited |
| L'Aviation Triomphante | |
| The Centenary Air Race | |
| La Coupe Schneider 1913-1931 | |
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E. M. "Matty" Laird's Super Solution - Symbol of an Era of Aviation Progress |
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Famous Air Racers |
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Famous Racing and Aerobatic Planes |
| The Powder Puff Derby – The Record 1947-1977 | |
| Speed – The Book of Racing and Records | |
| Sport Flying – By the Editors of Flying Magazine | |
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World and United States Aviation & Space Records |
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Allard, Noel |
Speed - The Biography of Charles W. Holman |
| Allen, Richard Sanders | The Northrop Story 1929-1939 |
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Allen, Richard Sanders |
Revolution in the Sky |
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Andrews, CF |
The Supermarine S4 – S6B |
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Andrews, CF |
Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 |
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Apostolo, Giorgio Cattaneo, Gianni |
Idrocorsa Macchi – Macchi Seaplane Racers |
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Barker, Ralph |
The Schneider Trophy Races |
| Bazzocchi, Ermanno | Technical Aspects of the Schneider Trophy and the World Speed Record for Seaplanes |
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Bedei, Francis Joy, Max |
Histoire de Port-Aviation |
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Benjamin, Delmar |
Gee Bee |
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Berliner, Don |
Airplane Racing |
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Berliner, Don |
Unlimited Air Racers |
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Berliner, Don |
World Wide Directory of Racing Airplanes Volume 1 |
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Berliner, Don |
Victory Over the Wind - A History of the Absolute World Air Speed Record |
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Berry, Peter |
Beechcraft Staggerwing |
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Bissonette, Bruce |
Travel Air - A Photo History |
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Bizzozero, Ettore |
Il Trofeo Schneider in Miniatura |
| Blackmore, Lew K | Hawker – One of Aviation's Great Names |
| Bostock, Peter | The Great Atlantic Air Race – The Adventure and its Lessons |
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Bousquet, Philippe |
L'Age d'Or des Hydravions - Tome 2, Première Partie - Les Courses, les Concours et les Meetings |
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Bowers, Peter |
The Gee Bee Racers |
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Bowers, Peter M |
Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 |
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Bowman, Martin W |
The World' Fastest Aircraft |
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Britzke, Ron |
Speed King: Rudy Kling |
| Bromby, Robin | The Last Great Air Race – London-Christchurch, 1953 |
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Bruce, JM |
Sopwith Tabloid |
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Buehl, Fred W |
The National Air-Race Sketchbook 1930 to 1949 |
| Cahisa, Raymond | L'Aviation d'Ader et des Temps Héroïques |
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Caler, John W |
The Art Chester Story |
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Carter, Dustin W |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume XIII - 1977-78 Biennial |
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Carter, Dustin W |
Mustang - The Racing Thoroughbred |
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Casey, Louis S |
Curtiss - The Hammondsport Era 1907-1915 |
| Casey, Louis S | The First Nonstop Coast-to-Coast Flight and the Historic T-2 Airplane |
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Casey, Louis S Batchelor, John |
Floatplanes and Racers |
| Cassangeres, Ev | The Untold Story of the Spirit of St. Louis |
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Cathcart, Jones Owen |
Aviation Memoirs – Including Australia and Back and Other Record Flights |
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Christy, Joe |
Racing Planes Guide |
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Christy, Joe |
Racing Planes & Pilots |
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Clouston, AE |
The Dangerous Skies |
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Cochran, Jaqueline |
The Stars at Noon |
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Cochran, Jaqueline |
An Autobiography |
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Coggan, Paul A |
Mustang Survivors |
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Coggi, Igino |
MC 72 & Coppa Schneider, Volume I |
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Coggi, Igino |
MC 72 & Coppa Schneider, Volume II |
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Cook, David C |
Racing Planes That Made History |
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Corani, Nicola |
I, Velocisti di Desenzano del Garda |
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Cowin, Hugh W |
The Risk Takers |
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Dabrowski, Hans-Peter |
Heinkel He 100 - World Record and Propaganda Aircraft |
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Dabrowski, Hans-Peter |
Jagdeinsitzer Heinkel He 100 - Weltrekordmaschine und Propagandavogel |
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De La Rivière, Sam "Rachel" |
Around the World Air Race – Course Aérienne Autour du Monde |
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Delagrange, Olivier Delagrange, Yolande |
Léon Delagrange – Le "Dandy Volante" |
| Demetz, Peter | The Air Show at Brescia, 1909 |
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Denham, TS |
Speed! |
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Dwiggins, Don |
Hollywood Pilot - The Biography of Paul Mantz |
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Dwiggins, Don |
They Flew the Bendix Race |
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Eberspacher, Warren |
Monograph on Cessna Mid-1930 Racing Aircraft CR-1, CR-2, CR-2A, CR-3 |
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Eberspacher, Warren |
Monograph on the 1920 Dayton-Wright RB Racer |
| Eberspacher, Warren | Volume 1 of Lesser Known Record & Racing Aircraft |
| Eberspacher, Warren | Volume 2 of Lesser Known Record & Racing Aircraft |
| Elliott, Brian A | Blériot – Herald of an Age |
| Eustis, Nelson | The Greatest Air Race – England-Australia 1919 |
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Eves, Edward |
The Schneider Trophy Story |
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Fairbanks, Don Christensen, Eugenia |
Once Around the Patch (of Life) – The Autobiography of Don Fairbanks |
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Forden, Lesley |
Glory Gamblers - The Story of the Dole Race |
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Foxworth, Thomas G |
Speed Seekers |
| Fradeani, Valfredo | Storia di un primato – Dalla Coppa Schneider all'impresa di Agello |
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Friedlander, Jr, Mark P |
Higher, Faster and Farther |
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Gandt, Robert |
Fly Low Fly Fast |
| Glines, Carroll V | Around the World in 175 Days - The First Round-the-World Flight |
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Glines, Carroll V |
Roscoe Turner - Aviation's Master Showman |
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Glines, Carroll V Cohen, Stan |
The First Flight Around the World |
| Goold, Ian | The Rutan Voyager |
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Grantham, A Kevin |
P-Screamers - The History of the Surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings |
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Grantham, A Kevin |
Griffon-Powered Mustangs |
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Granville, JI |
Farmers Take Flight |
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Gwynn-Jones, Terry |
Farther and Faster – Aviation's Adventuring Years 1909-1939 |
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Haffke, Henry H |
Gee Bee - The Real Story of the Granville Brothers and Their Marvelous Airplanes |
| Hall, Art | Howard's Golden Age |
| Halperin, Herbert H | The Sky's No Limit – Round the World Air Race 1994 |
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Handleman, Philip |
Air Racing Today – The Heavy Iron at Reno |
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Handleman, Philip |
Speedsters - Today's Air Racers in Action |
| Handleman, Philip | Air Racing Over Reno – The World's Fastest Motorsport |
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Handleman, Philip Jerram, Mike Moll, Nigel Pealing, Norman Wallick, Philip |
Supershow – The Best in Air Racing and Display |
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Hannan, Bill (editor) |
GBs & Gee Bees – International Air Races and Racers |
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Hardy, Michael J |
The North American Mustang |
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Hauet, André |
Les Avions Caudron (Tome II) |
| Hawks, Frank | Once to Every Pilot |
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Hawks, Ellison |
British Seaplanes Triumph in the International Schneider Trophy Contests |
| Heerkens, Nor | Met de "Uiver" naar Melbourne |
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Heimann, Erich H |
Die schnellsten Flugzeuge der Welt – 1906 bis heute |
| Heimann, Erich H | Um die Wette mit dem Schall - Die schnellsten Flugzeuge und ihre Geschichte |
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Henshaw, Alex |
The Flight of the Mew Gull |
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Hirsch, Robert S |
Goodyear & Formula One Air Racing 1947-1967 Volume One |
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Hirsch, Robert S |
Goodyear & Formula One Air Racing 1967-1995 Volume Two |
| Hirsch, Robert S | Schneider Trophy Racers |
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Hirsch, Robert S |
Heinkel 100, 112 |
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Hirsch, Robert S |
Aircraft of Air Racing's Golden Age Part I |
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Hirsch, Robert S Hirsch, Ross N |
Aircraft of Air Racing's Golden Age Part II |
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Hirsch, Robert S |
Wedell-Williams Air Service |
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Hoch, Georg |
Die Messerschmitt Me 109 in der Schweizer Flugwaffe - ein Stück Zeitgeschichte |
| Hood Erwin | Heinkel He 100 – Record Breaker |
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Hood, Joseph E |
The Skyracers - Speed Kings of Aviations Golden Age |
| Hooftman, Hugo | Nederlandse Viegtuig Encyclopedie Fokker-Douglas DC-2 |
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Hull, Robert |
A Season of Eagles |
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Hull, Robert |
September Champions - The Story of America's Air Racing Pioneers |
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Huntington, Roger |
Thompson Trophy Racers |
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James, Derek N |
Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931 |
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James, Derek N |
The Schneider Trophy Contest |
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Jerram, Mike |
Reno 2 - The National Championship Air Races |
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Jessen, Gene Nora |
The Powder Puff Derby of 1929 – The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race |
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Johnston, AM "Tex" |
Tex Johnston - Jet Age Test Pilot |
| Käsmann, Ferdinand CW | Die Schnellsten Propellerflugzeuge der Welt |
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Käsmann, Ferdinand CW |
Weltrekord-Flugzeuge |
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Käsmann, Ferdinand CW |
World Speed Record Aircraft |
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Keefe, Howie |
Galloping on Wings with the P-51 Mustang |
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Kinert, Reed |
American Racing Planes and Historic Air Races |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races - A Complete History, Volume I - 1909-1923 |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races - A Complete History, Volume II - 1924-1931 |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races - A Complete History, Volume III - 1932-1939 |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races - A Complete History, Volume IV - 1946 to the present |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume V - 1969 Annual Covering 1968 Air Races |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume VI - 1970 Annual Covering 1969 Air Races |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume VII - 1971 Annual |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume VIII - 1972 Annual |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume IX - 1973 Annual |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume X - 1974 Annual |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume XI - 1975 Annual |
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Kinert, Reed |
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume XII - 1976 Annual |
| King, Stephen | Windkiller |
| Koutný, Lubomír | Schneiderův Pohár |
| Kroese, Wim | De Legendarische Vlucht van de Uiver – London Melbourne oktober 1934 |
| Laignier, G-H | Guide Pratique pour la Grande Semaine d'Aviation |
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Laignier, G-H |
Livre d'Or de la Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne |
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Larsen, Jim |
Directory of Unlimited Class Pylon Air Racers |
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LeVier, Tony |
Pilot |
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Lewis, Peter |
British Racing and Record-Breaking Aircraft |
| Libis, Scott | Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak |
| Lieberg, Owen S | The First Air Race |
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Lieberg, Owen S |
Les Premiers Hommes Oiseaux |
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Liron, Jean |
Records Francais de Distance |
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Liron, Jean |
Les Avions Bernard |
| Luff, David | Amy Johnson – Enigma in the Sky |
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Luff, David |
Mollison - The Flying Scotsman |
| Mackersey, Ian | Jean Batten – The Garbo of the Skies |
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Mackersey, Ian |
Smithy - The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith |
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Maloney, Edward T |
Sever the Sky - Evolution of Seversky Aircraft |
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Mandrake, Charles G |
The Gee Bee Story |
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Mandrake, Charles G |
National Air Races 1932 – A Pictorial Review |
| Matowitz Jr., Thomas G | Cleveland's National Air Races |
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Matt, Paul |
Scale Airplane Drawings Volume 1 |
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Matt, Paul |
Scale Airplane Drawings Volume 2 |
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Matthews, Birch |
Cobra! - Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-1946 |
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Matthews, Birch |
Wet Wings & Drop Tanks |
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Matthews, Birch |
Race with the Wind - How Air Racing Advanced Aviation |
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McVicar, Don |
Mosquito Racer |
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Mendenhall, Charles A |
The Air Racer |
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Mendenhall, Charles A |
The Air Racers 1909-1975 |
| Mendenhall, Charles A | The Early Air Racers in 3-views 1909-1929 |
| Mendenhall, Charles A | The Gee Bee Racers - A Legacy of Speed |
| Mendenhall, Charles A | The Modern Air Racers in 3-views 1949-1975 |
| Mendenhall, Charles A | The National Air Racers in 3-views 1929-1949 |
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Mihaly, Edouard |
Les Avions Caudron Renault |
| Mijksenaar, P J | "Wij" in de Melbourne-Race |
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Mikesh, Robert C |
Excalibur III - The Story of a P-51 Mustang |
| Mortane, Jacques | Les Héros de l'Air |
| Mortane, Jacques | Jules Vedrines – Le Gavroche Sublime |
| Mortane, Jacques | Sadi Lecointe – Inspecteur Général |
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Moll, Nigel |
Reno - Air Racing Unlimited |
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Mondey, David |
The Schneider Trophy |
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Munson, Kenneth |
Jane's Pocket Book of Record-Breaking Aircraft |
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Myhra, David |
Messerschmitt Me 209 V1 |
| Nater, Johan P | De Uiver – Glorie en Tragiek in de Melbourne Race |
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Negroni, Laurent Janin, Stephane Villain, Antony Leboine, Francois Jarsalle, Yann |
Speedbirds |
| Nicolaou, Stéphane | Deauville 1913, Capitale de l'Hydraviation |
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Nicolaou, Stéphane |
Flying Boats & Seaplanes - A History from 1905 |
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Nicolaou, Stéphane |
Reims – 1909: Le Premier Meeting Aérien International |
| Nicolaou, Stéphane | Roland Garros – Héros du Siècle |
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Norden, Adalbert |
Weltrekord Weltrekord |
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Ogilvy, David |
DH88 - The Story of de Havilland's Racing Comets |
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O'Leary, Michael |
Reno Air Racing |
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Orlebar, A. H. |
Schneider Trophy |
| Palanca, Armando | Reparto Alta Velocità – Coppa Schneider e Primati Mondiali di Velocità 1928/1934 |
| Palmer Jr., Henry R | The Story of the Schneider Trophy Race |
| Parmentier, K D | In Drie Dagen naar Australië – Met de Uiver in de Melbourne-Race |
| Peterson, Wallace | Pylon! - The Omaha Air Races 1931 - 1934 |
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Post, Wiley Gatty, Harold |
Around the World In Eight Days – The Flight of the Winnie Mae |
| Pugh, Stevenson | Daily Mail Blériot Anniversary Race – 1959 |
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Phillips, Edward H |
Cessna – A Master's Expression |
| Phillips, Edward H | Laird Airplanes - A Legacy of Speed |
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Phillips, Edward H |
Mystery Ship! - A History of the Travel Air Type R Monoplanes |
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Phillips, Edward H |
The Staggerwing Story - A History of the Beechcraft Model 17 |
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Phillips, Edward H |
Travel Air – Wings Over the Prairie |
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Radinger, Willy |
Messerschmitt Me 109 - Das meistgebaute Jagdflugzeug der Welt - Entwicklung, Erprobung und Technik - Alle Varianten: von Bf (Me) 109A bis 109E |
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Robertson, FA de V Rugg, Edward |
The Record-Makers |
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Rosenthal, Léonard |
Nieuport 1909-1950 |
| Rutherford, Roy | Colonel Roscoe Turner – Knight-Errant of the Air |
| Rowe, Percy | The Great Atlantic Air Race |
| Sahel, Jacques | Henry Farman et l'Aviation |
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Scheppler, Robert H |
Pacific Air Race |
| Schmid, Gerhard | Full Throttle – Reno Air Races Today |
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Schmid, SH "Wes" |
The Golden Age of Air Racing - Pre-1940, Volume 1 |
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Schmid, SH "Wes" |
The Golden Age of Air Racing - Pre-1940, Volume 2 |
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Schofield, HM |
The High Speed and Other Flights |
| Scholte, Henrik | We Flew to Christchurch |
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Scott, CWA |
Scott's Book – The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight |
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Seya, Masahiro |
Knife Edge |
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Smith, Alan |
Schneider Trophy - Diamond Jubilee |
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Smith, Robert T |
Staggerwing! |
| Stein, E P | Flight of the Vin Fiz |
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Sweetman, Bill |
High Speed Flight |
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Swinson, Arthur |
The Great Air Race |
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Tegler, John |
Gentlemen, You Have a Race |
| Tegler, John | International 1970 Air Racing Annual |
| Tegler, John | International 1971 Air Racing Annual |
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Tegler, John |
International 1969 Air Racing Annual |
| Traynor, Harry | The Great London-Victoria Air Race |
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Turner, Anne Lamy, Bernard |
Malaysia International Air Race |
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Underwood, John |
Of Monocoupes and Men |
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Underwood, John W |
The World's Famous Racing Aircraft |
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Underwood, John |
Experimental Light Aircraft and Midget Racers |
| Védrines, Jules | La vie d'un aviateur |
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Veronico, Nicholas A |
F4U Corsair - Combat, Development, and Racing History of the Corsair |
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Veronico, Nicholas A |
Round Engine Racers – Bearcats & Corsairs |
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Vié-Klaze, Marie-Paule |
L'Hydravion à la Conquête des Records (1912-1934) |
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Villard, Henry Serrano |
Blue Ribbon of the Air |
| Villard, Henry Serrano | Contact! – The Story of the Early Aviators |
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Vorderman, Don |
The Great Air Races |
| Wallace, Graham | Claude Grahame-White |
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Wallick, Philip |
Reno Gold - The Unlimited Elite |
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Weaver, Truman C |
62 Rare Racing Planes from the Golden Age of Aviation |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Air Racing Results, Volume I 1909-1923 |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Air Racing Results, Volume II 1924-1939 |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Air Racing Results, Volume III 1946-1979 |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Air Racing Results, Volume IV 1980-1998 |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Racing Plane Data |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Racing Plane Data, second edition |
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Williams, Gary |
Unlimited Class Racing Plane Histories |
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Wragg, David W |
Speed in the Air |
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Yeager, Jeana Rutan, Dick Patton, Phil |
Voyager |
| Zorini, Decio | I Primati Aeronautici Italiani |
Updated 2009-05-03