Schneider Trophy Racers: History of the Schneider Trophy International Speed Contests 1913-1931
Language: English
Published by Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI, 1992
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
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Condition: Used - Fine
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First edition. Fine, fresh, like-new copy in fine dust jacket with minor wear to extremities. Oversized hardcover. 192 pp with black and white photographs and index. 'Schneider Trophy Racers' is a glorious history of the great race planes, race pilots, and engine builders who gave their all in the quest for speed. Robert S. Hirsch, a former US Air Force test pilot and aerospace engineer, presents a vivid retelling based on original accounts in newspapers of the time and a detailed analysis of the technical innovations that separated the winners from the also-rans. Includes more than 180 rare photographs and 80 diagrams.
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- Title
- Schneider Trophy Racers: History of the Schneider Trophy International Speed Contests 1913-1931
- Author
- Robert S. Hirsch
- Publisher
- Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0879386169
- ISBN 13
- 9780879386160
- Edition
- First edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Aviation
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