50 Famous Tanks
New York: Arco Pub. Co., 1968. Revised Edition. Second Printing. 14 x 22 cm, 96, wraps, illus., data tables, some weakness to front cover, plastic covering on covers, bookplate residue on title page. More
New York: Arco Pub. Co., 1968. Revised Edition. Second Printing. 14 x 22 cm, 96, wraps, illus., data tables, some weakness to front cover, plastic covering on covers, bookplate residue on title page. More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. The format is 8.5 finches by 11 inches. 60, [4] pages plus covers. Illustrated cover. Illustrations. Cover has minor wear and soiling and some spine sunning. This is an impressive assemblage of non-fatal aircraft crash photographs. The contents cover The Price of Progress, In the Early Days, World War I, Between the Wars, World War II, Escape Into Switzerland, and Since World War II. Albert George Leonard ("Len") Morgan (March 23, 1922 – March 11, 2005) was an American aviator, writer, publisher, entrepreneur, photogrammetrist, and investor. Len Morgan was born in West Terre Haute, Indiana. He graduated from high school in Louisville, Kentucky in Spring, 1941. Len Morgan left for Canada to volunteer for the Royal Canadian Air Force in his late teens. He, along with eleven others from the United States, earned his RCAF Wings on November 21, 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S.' entry into World War II, he transferred to the United States Army Air Forces in Egypt and flew in Africa and the Middle East. He attended college at the University of Louisville, on the G.I. Bill, during the 1947 and 1948 school years, following the war. He continued flying for the Kentucky Air National Guard until 1949. From 1946 through 1949, while serving in the Kentucky Air National Guard, Morgan worked for Park Aerial Services, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky. His position with the firm was photogrammetrist. He used photogrammetry to make maps from aerial images. Morgan flew for Braniff for over 33 years, from 1949 until shortly before the airline's 1982 cessation of operations. More
Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 104 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Scuff inside the front cover. DJ is worn, soiled, with noticeable tears and chips. Inscribed by Terry Morgan on title page. The authors are father and son who together had logged more than 33.000 hours as captain/copilot/flight engineers in sixteen airliner types including the Boeing 707, 720, 727, and 747, Together they have authored 32 books and numerous magazine articles and photographs. Albert George Leonard ("Len") Morgan (March 23, 1922 – March 11, 2005) was an American aviator, writer, publisher, entrepreneur, photogrammetrist, and investor. Len Morgan left for Canada to volunteer for the Royal Canadian Air Force in his late teens. He, along with eleven others from the United States, earned his RCAF Wings on November 21, 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S.' entry into World War II, he transferred to the US Army Air Forces and flew in Africa and the Middle East. He continued flying for the Kentucky Air National Guard until 1949. More