Description: Roosevelt Field World’s Premier Airport by Joshua Stoff & William CampThis is an unopened NEW BOOK (not used). We handle all books with white gloves (no fingerprints on your book). A Bookmark is included with each book. Book is wrapped and mailed in a top-quality, durable container. We try hard to be the NUMBER 1 Railroad Book Dealer on ebay with 1,500+ titles. Order before 3:00 pm (ET) for same-day postal mailing. ebay seller’s note: This ebay seller is a former Aviation Book Publisher. In 1992 we published this book and it sold out within years. In going through our warehouse recently, we came upon a small box with very few of these NEW books from the original 1992 original printing. As such, we are able to offer a few of these NEW books. ALSO: we are down to the last four NEW books from the original printing. While the pages are perfect, the cover of the book may show normal shelf wear from over the years. Description of book……. Roosevelt Field was the center of the aviation world during the 1920s and 1930s. When Charles Lindbergh made Paris in 1927, he introduced to the world -- the place of his departure -- Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York. Numerous famous aviation personalities frequented Roosevelt Field as it was the world's showcase for innovative design from various aircraft manufacturers, including but not limited to: Curtiss, Beech, Stinson, Sikorsky, Burnelli, Bellanca, Fokker, deSeversky, Grumman, and Waco. They all had a presence. Book traces through 40 years, from Glenn Curtiss' arrival with his pusher biplane in 1909, through the closing of the field at the dawn of the Jet Age in 1951. Book is extensively illustrated with 300+ historical and rare photos, and dtailed with extensive historical text. Contents: Ch. 1: Hempstead Plains, Pre-WWI Ch. 2: World War I – 1917-1918 Ch. 3: The Decade of the Great Flights – 1919 through 1927 Ch. 4: The Golden Age – 1918 through 1939 Ch. 5: World War II to 1976 Footnotes Softbound, 8.5x11, 140 pages, 300+ photos. Visit our ebay store to view other books of interest. We add new books regularly so check back often. We sell books: Aviation, Railroad, and Modeling books of the Golden Age Era. WE PACKAGE OUR BOOKS EXTREMELY WELL SO THE BOOK WILL NOT BE DAMAGED IN THE MAIL. No one packages books better than we do. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
Price: 39.95 USD
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
End Time: 2024-09-09T14:35:26.000Z
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