Classic Airplanes Stickers

Classic Airplanes Stickers
Author: Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 4
Release: 2000-05-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780486410739

Detailed, accurate images of 16 vintage aircraft, 1903–1930s: Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, Douglas DC-3, Sopwith Camel, 12 more. 16 full-color stickers on 4 plates. Identifications.

Classic Airplanes

Classic Airplanes
Author: Harold Rabinowitz
Publisher: Friedman-Fairfax
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: 9781567994308

Profiles planes that introduced new design concepts that opened up whole new vistas to the field of aeronautical engineering.

Vintage Aircraft Nose Art

Vintage Aircraft Nose Art
Author: Gary Valant
Publisher: Zenith Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0760312087

The unique art that graced military aircraft in World War II and the Korean War. Applied by amateurs or professional artists like Vargas, the art typically featured alluring women whose charms belied the deadly cargo the crew hoped to deliver to its targets. Hundreds of examples are shown in a combination of archival photos from the wars and current photos of artwork in museum collections.

Classic Paper Planes

Classic Paper Planes
Author: Michael Johnson
Publisher: St Martins Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1989
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780312027346

Features ten amazingly realistic paper models of classic aircraft designs from World War I and II. Each is built almost exactly to scale and will actually fly. Nine of the ten models can be modified and fitted with small motors for powered flight. Full color.

Little Paper Planes

Little Paper Planes
Author: Kelly Lynn Jones
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780811879071

An awesome celebration of a timeless pastime, this book collects constructible paper airplanes—and a few other airplane-inspired crafts—created by some of today's hottest artists. Featuring work from rising stars and indie darlings from the aptly named artists' collective littlepaperplanes.com, including Gemma Correll, Michael Hsiung, Julia Rothman, Alyson Fox, and Lisa Congdon, these patterns take the paper plane to a whole new level. Printed on perforated pages for easy removal and assembly, the planes are accompanied by instructions, artist interviews, and loads of cool visuals. From paper doll planes and shark planes to plane mobiles and mix-and-match gliders, this delightful collection is jam-packed with creative ideas sure to launch the imagination into flight.

Airplane Reading

Airplane Reading
Author: Christopher Schaberg
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2016-07-29
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1782799621

In Airplane Reading, Christopher Schaberg and Mark Yakich bring together a range of essays about air travel. Discerning and full of wonder, this prismatic collection features perspectives from a variety of writers, airline workers, and everyday travelers. At turns irreverent, philosophical, and earnest, each essay is a veritable journey in and of itself. And together, they illuminate the at once strange and ordinary world of flight. Contributors: Lisa Kay Adam • Sarah Allison • Jane Armstrong • Thomas Beller • Ian Bogost • Alicia Catt • Laura Cayouette • Kim Chinquee • Lucy Corin • Douglas R. Dechow • Nicoletta-Laura Dobrescu • Tony D’Souza • Jeani Elbaum • Pia Z. Ehrhardt • Roxane Gay • Thomas Gibbs • Aaron Gilbreath • Anne Gisleson • Anya Groner • Julian Hanna • Rebecca Renee Hess • Susan Hodara • Pam Houston • Harold Jaffe • Chelsey Johnson • Nina Katchadourian • Alethea Kehas • Greg Keeler • Alison Kinney • Anna Leahy • Allyson Goldin Loomis • Jason Harrington • Kevin Haworth • Randy Malamud • Dustin Michael • Ander Monson • Timothy Morton • Peter Olson • Christiana Z. Peppard • Amanda Pleva • Arthur Plotnik • Neal Pollack • Connie Porter • Stephen Rea • Hugo Reinert • Jack Saux • Roger Sedarat • Nicole Sheets • Stewart Sinclair • Hal Sirowitz • Jess Stoner • Anca L. Szilágyi • Priscila Uppal • Matthew Vollmer • Joanna Walsh • Tarn Wilson

Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits

Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits
Author: Craig Kodera
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN: 9781580072236

A life-long model builder, collector, and connoisseur, Craig Kodera examines the hobby of plastic model building to give you a book on collecting vintage model airplane kits. The book features more than 400 detailed, high-quality, full-color photos of vintage aircraft model kits and their components, and is written in an engaging and entertaining style to examine what gives specific models their current collectible value. Box wraps, direction sheets, and decals are also covered in detail. This book highlights exactly what collectors should look for (and be aware of) in building their collections. For proper historical perspective, the author covers model kit development in the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s. Comprehensive value and pricing information for vintage kits is shown as well.