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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. There is a small nick to the bottom front spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright. "Frank and his brother John started building model airplanes in 1926. The following year and five years after Frank's arrival in New York City, Charles Lindbergh landed at Curtiss Field outside Minneola on Long Island. Richard Byrd and Clarence Chamberlin were waiting to make their Paris flight. Excitement was high. Frank did not get to Roosevelt Field the morning of the takeoff. However, he was encouraged to begin his life in aeronautics. He gained knowledge reading American Boy magazine. American Boy incorporated model airplane design news and contest results of the Airplane Model League of America (AMLA). Later he and his brother John used aviation data available at the New York Library. Frank and John formed a club and Frank coined the name Aeronuts. " (AMA History Project).