Aircraft in Profile

Windrow, Martin C. (General Editor): Aircraft in Profile Vol. 1-11, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1969 ISBN: No ISBN

Very Good Very Good, Mylar. Hard Cover 'The aircraft of all ages and nations are presented in photos, word, and colors true in every detail. A prize for air buffs and model builders.' 11 volumes detailing 234 aircraft in over a million words. Very good hardcover copies with green boards and gilt spine lettering. Some foxing on endpapers. Tight binding. Vols. 1, 3, 4, and 6 have very light moisture marking that does not affect text on bottom page edges, otherwise clean, unmarked pages. Very good jackets in removable mylar; price-clipped; some light wear, fading, and occasional moisture stains. NOT ex-library. 7 1/2" x 10". Quantity Available: 1. Inventory No: 015284.

[SW: Aircraft Aircraft Aviation Profile Aviation; Aircraft; NOISBN]

Details

Girke, Thomas und Georg Bader: Flugzeug - Profile Nr. 41 Mil Mi-8 Die Geschichte des meistgebauten Hubschraubers der Welt, Flugzeug Publikations GmbH Ilterissen,
komplett, WIE NEU , vorrätig, schneller und zuverlässiger Versand garantiert ! ModAnOn.de

ca .50 Seiten, Abb., Fotos, Skizzen .OHeft Nach einer längeren Pause, legte UNITEC wieder ein neues FLUGZEUG Profile vor .Es behandelt die legendäre Mil Mi-8 .Die einmotorige Version W-8 hatte am 24 .Juni 1961 ihren Erstflug .Am 17 .August 1962 folgte die zweimotorige Version W-8A .Beide Autoren gehen nachfolgend auf die Entstehungsgeschichte der Mil Mi-8 - und Mi-17 - Versionen ein .Es werden diese verschiedenen Varianten anhand von Texten und Bildern vorgestellt .Dabei wird der Einsatz bei der Interflug und der NVA sowie Luftwaffe etwas ausführlicher behandelt .Es handelt sich dabei vor allem um Fotos, die nach 1989 entstanden sind .Diese sind in hervorragender Qualität abgedruckt .Es folgt die Beschreibung der Weiterentwicklung von der Mi-8 zur Mi-17 bis in die Gegenwart .Die Autoren vergessen dabei natürlich die Weiterentwicklungen nach 1990 nicht .Diese konnten zwar nicht an den Erfolg der Mi-8 anknüpfen, sind aber technisch voll auf der Höhe der Zeit .Den Abschluss bildet die Version Peak-17, die von Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) entwickelt wurde und ein Modernisierungsprogramm für vorhandene Zellen darstellt .In den Farbprofilen werden verschiedene NVA (incl .Grenztruppen) - und Luftwaffenmaschinen gezeigt. Fazit: Eine kompetente Abhandlung über die Mi-8 / Mi-17 - Hubschrauberfamilie und unbedingt empfehlenswert.

Details

Gaulding, Mark (publisher). The Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Quarterly Journal Issue 3 2008. Palm Desert, CA: Jmvintage, 2008.

Duke & Duchess of Windsor Society Journal--Back Issue 3/2008. A 58-page four color spiral bound news journal. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Society is an exclusive Society of individuals interested in Wallis and Edward ("WE"). Membership in this "almost cultish" group allows you to participate by sharing your own WE interest and collection with other like-minded individuals throughout the world. The Society was founded over twenty years ago. This organization is founded upon member participation and interest, which is collectively focused in a quarterly journal. Throughout the years it's members have visited and reported on tours of exclusive WE-sites, such as Frogmore, The Mill, among others. Join us for future exciting visits to Windsor haunts around the world or read about the couple's many contributions to fashion, food, entertainment and design. Perhaps you'll be the one who is reporting! This issue includes: "COVER: Iconic photographic of the Duke of Windsor by photographer Edward Quinn at the Nice airport in 1954 walking his pug in front of an aircraft as a gust of wind blows; EDITOR'S COLUMN from Mark Gaulding (CA); LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; I WORKED FOR THE WINDSORS Part 6 by Dorothy Dean: A Few More Memories. This article is an additional article that was written after the original five part article by Dorothy Dean about her time in the employment of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1938; INTRODUCTION TO THIS ISSUE; COVER ART STORY: EDWARD QUINN & THE COTE D'AZUR. Famed photographer Edward Quinn's iconic photo graces our cover for this issue. Find out more about this talented man and the French Riviera that he chronicled. Includes two additional photos of the Duke of Windsor; ONCE UPON A TIME by Edward Quinn; WE STYLE: ROBERT RUFINO. Windsor devotee and Two-Time International Best-Dressed Listee talks about the Duke of Windsor's significance in men's fashions; A JACK RUSSELL TERRIER NAMED WINDSOR Robert Rufino's Jack Russell Terrier; DUKE OF WINDSOR: FASHION ICON OF THE 20TH CENTURY Part Tow. An in-depth stydy of his sartorial influence with many photos. Article by Mark Gaulding; BEAU OF OUR TIMES Part Two. by etutee and Michael Alden of thelondonlounge.net, a website dedicated to the art and practice of bespoke tailoring. Illustrated with drawings from 1934 and 1933 magazine Arts and Apparel; REGIONAL SOCIETY MEMBER LUNCHEON AT THE HOTEL QUEEN MARY, LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA November 1, 2008. The first official get-together in the history of the Society in The Windsor Suite aboard the Queen Mary. The story, including numerous photographs of the Suite, the Members took and the time that they shared; WE RENDEZVOUS Two Society Members, Lee Levine (DC) and Judith Shubow steir (NY) meet at the former Mrs. Simpson's restaurant in Washington, DC now called Pesto Restorante. Article by Lee Levine; SOCIETY MEMBER PROFILE: BARBARA HERBERT (OH) An interview with Society member Barbara Herbert and a look at her collection of Duke and Duchess of Windsor books, ephemera and other collectables; WE SIGHTINGS by Society Members. Recurring column with sightings in magazines, books, films, blogs, websites that reference the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. In this issue sigtings from aesthetes lament.blogspot.com, The Desert Sun, The New York Times and The New York Times Book Review; NEW MEMBER/MEMBER NEWS AND FOR SALE ITEMS Upcoming Regional Member Luncheons in Chicago, Washington DC and Dallas; Planned Duke and Duchess of Windsor Society Member Conference in San Diego California at the Hotel del Coronado October 2009. Duke and Duchess of Windsor Society Holiday Season Cards 2008; THE OFFICIAL DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR SOCIETY BIBLIOGRAPHY The first edition of the Society's official bibliography of books, films, magazines, ephemera, and other media that are by or about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by India Edghill (NY)." BACKISSUE32008 Spiral condition: Fine

[SW: British Royalty]

Details

Strober, Deborah Hart; Strober, Gerald. The Monarchy : An Oral Biography of Elizabeth II. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2002. ISBN: 0767906381

First edition 574 pages with index plus 16 pages black and white photos. Stated FIRST EDITION. This book is AS NEW (unread) with like dust jacket. Dust jacket has slight curl to upper spine edge. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people. Dust jacket reads: Fifty years ago in February 1952, while in Kenya on the beginning of a world tour, Princess Elizabeth ascended to the British Throne on the death of her father, King George VI, who the day before had stood on the tarmac at London's Heathrow airport waving her farewell. She returned to London as Queen, to be met at the foot of the aircraft steps by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Monarchy is the brilliantly constructed oral biography of the life of Elizabeth II and her fifty-year rule as the second-longest-reigning Brifish sovereign in history. This candid look at the enduring monarch has been compiled from interviews that paint a rich picture of the private and the public life of the Queen. With access to over one hundred friends and associates of the Royal Family, the authors have woven their in-depth conversations into a fascinating, comprehensive personal profile that brings vividly to life the various strands of Queen Elizabeth's life. We follow the story from her birth in an elegant townhouse in London's Piccadilly, through the trauma of the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII, and her realization that she was the heir to the Throne. During the London blitz the Royal Family stayed in London, an action that was loved by Britons, and after the war her almost fairy-tale marriage to Prince Philip was followed by her Coronation in 1953 in Westminster Abbey. These early years are brought vividly to life by insiders like Lady Pamela Hicks, Lady Elizabeth Longford, Michael Parker, the Earl of Harewood, Philip Ziegler and others. The years of her reign, beset by political turmoil in her beloved Commonwealth of Nations and problems nearer to home in her family, are treated sensitively. A portrait emerges of a woman whose understanding of political reality and foreign and domestic policy is wide and deep. She has been served by nine Prime Ministers from Winston Churchill to Tony Blair (who, it is certain, has both given her advice and received it in return). The Monarchy also sheds new light on Queen Elizabeth's often strained and fractious relationships with her children and their spouses, including, of course, the Prince Charles/Princess Diana/Camilla Parker Bowles drama that riveted the world. Drawing on the knowledge and observations of a wide range of people-courtiers, journalists, heads of state, politicians, and close friends-this book is an intimate and meaningful tour of a remarkable life. It is also a forthright portrait of an amazing woman: the Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth II, a figure who has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions. ---------------- Hard Cover condition: Fine in Near Fine DJ

[SW: British History]

Details