Frebert George (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. B/W Photos (illustrator). Stated First Printing. Virtually a new book though the DJ shows signs of shelving. No owners or library marks. No underlining or highlighting. All pages clean and tight. DJ corners not clipped. See our photos. Cannot be shipped outside of the U.S. due to excess weight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. lh.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. B/W Photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. BP/Delaware.

4to. vinyl covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 372 pages. First edition. Slight wear along top edge of jacket, else a fine copy. Debbie Haskell edited this book. Information on Bellanca, one of the best of the small airplane builders, a Delaware company. vinyl covered boards, dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (delaware, airports, aeronautics ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bound in green faux leather, this 1998 first edition is in near fine condition, tight and bright with no markings. The dust jacket is also near fine and illustrated with a photograph of a 1931 seaplane built in Delaware. The author gathered information from near and far, did interviews and has augmented the text with many historic photographs and drwaings.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Photos (illustrator). 1st. 1st printing 1999; dj w/lite wear, in mylar; Information on Bellanca, one of the best of the small airplane builders, a Delaware company (interesting correspondence laid in); 372 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: new. B/W Photos (illustrator). ** Because of weight/size, this cannot ship internationally **.

Condition: Good. B/W Photos (illustrator). Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. B/W Photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. private library liquidation new unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition blue and black marbled boards with gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; About the Author, Foreword; Material Sources; Acknowledgments; and Aeronautical Dictionary. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, a double-page color map entitled: 1932 Aeronautical Sectional Map Reproduction, and a double-page color map entitled 1947 Aeronautical Sectional Map Reproduction. "For over eighty years the history of Delaware aviation lay dormant. In spite of the many world records established by Delaware-built airplanes, no one seemed to care. Tucked away, in the archives of the Hagley Museum & Library, Delaware Public Archives, and the Wilmington Historical Society, were scattered fragments of memorabilia. When I registered as an aviation researcher, the staff in charge of the archives appeared to be astonished at the subject matter I requested. Apparently, few requests had been made for Delaware aviation information. In addition to archival sources, additional material was located in cardboard boxes stored in the attics of families whose kin were part of the era. The decision to commit the time and expense was relatively easy. I was retired from a printing company I founded over forty years ago. The timing was right to accept a new challenge. From the onset, I felt I would have to struggle to have a finished product consisting of one hundred pages. After all, Delaware is the second smallest state in the union. How wrong I was! Who the first person was to see Delaware from aloft became the starting point of my research. Balloon flight was the first successful attempt to fly, and that is where it all began. Once the Wright brothers flew a heavier than air machine, the interest in aviation spread like wildfire. By 1909, Delaware aviation-minded enthusiasts began to build an aeroplane that was flown from Wawaset Park in Wilmington. On May 27, 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew nonstop from New York to Paris. Four years later a Delaware-built Bellanca spanned the Pacific nonstop from Tokyo to Washington State. The same year, another Delaware-built Bellanca set a new World's Distance Record for flying nonstop from New York to Istanbul, Turkey, a distance of over 5,000 miles! Continued research and interviews began to uncover more and more long-forgotten Delaware aviation history. The first year passed and the second loomed ahead with no end in sight. At this point I felt like a paratrooper on his first jump. Once you jumped, there was no wishing you were back in the airplane. I was committed. There was no turning back. The photographs, purchased and donated, exceeded 500. I began tracking people and events on the Internet. Requests for information went as far as Canada and Hawaii. Day-long trips were made to the National Archives and NASM in Washington, DC. On many occasions when I completed a chapter, new information would surface, and new copy would have to be inserted. My disc drive could no longer hold the material, and I had to add a Zip drive to store the files. The end came on July 15, 1989, when the final proof was signed off to go to press. It is written in a layman's language for all to understand. Delaware Aviation History is now yours to enjoy." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.