 Rinek Aviation Engines 1910, A reproduction of a very rare document describing the products of this little known American engine maker. Our reprint includes a new cover and an introduction describing the discovery in 1971 of a complete 1909 Voisin aircraft.built by Rinek Aviation to test their engines. Our cover photograph is of the water-cooled B8 type V8 once the possession of Robert Blackburn. It is now an exhibit in the engine collection at The Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. York. U.K. ISBN 970 954254139 19.8cm x 11cm.16pp plus cover. Printed by ink jet process. £8.50p post paid. |
 The
Yorkshire Post Newspaper account of this December 1911 accident
at
Filey . Hubert Oxley was beginning a flight to Leeds in a Renault V8
powered Blackburn. Both he and his passenger Robert (Bob)
Weiss were killed when flying wires failed.in a dive.
There are photographs of the wreckage and a fold out map showing the course of the flight.. ISBN 970 954254147 20.8cm x 10cm, 12pp plus cover and a fold out map. £8.50p post paid. |
 The
Aerial Tourist is a facsimile of a 1912 publication that describes
B.C.Hucks's August 1911 tour
of the West
country. The text although attributed to B C Hucks is mostly verbatim
extracts from Newspapers.
He crosses the Bristol Channel twice and races his own telegraph message over a distance of 25 miles - and wins. Included is an illustrated report, published in "Vanity Fair" reporting the historic demonstration of air to ground - ground to air, wireless telephony between B. C. Hucks - flying at 700 feet in the Blackburn Monoplane - and H. G. Mathews on the ground.. SBN 970 954254120 108 mm x 146mm, 16pp plus cover Printed by ink jet process. £5.50p post paid. |
 This
facsimile programme from Spring 1914 includes a portrait of B. C. Hucks
and his own diagrams and
description of his LOOPING THE LOOP!
It includes a short biography of B. C. Hucks by J. C. Savage (Hucks's promoter) and an appraisal of his unassuming character by his friend Harold Pontefract. ISBN 970 954254104 208 mm x 145mm, 16pp plus cover Printed by ink jet process. £8.50p post paid. For an e extract from the Hucks Programme & Souvenir |
 A
true facsimile reproduction of The Blackburn Aeroplane Company,
Catalogue for 1911.
It includes Roberts Blackburn's own descriptions of his designs. The many photographs include:- The Isaacson and Gnome engine installations in the Mercury type; A close up of the Blackburn No1, complete with 4 cylinder Green Engine and an uncovered Bleriot X1 with a three cylinder Anzani, either under construction or in for repairs ISBN 870 954254112 20.8cm x 14.5cm, 24pp plus cover Printed by ink jet process. £12.50p post paid. |
||||||||||
| BUY
ALL OR ANY OF THESE BOOKS ON LINE THROUGH AMAZON |
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||