Item #10871 Modern Aircraft. Basic Principles, Operation, Application, Construction, Repair, Maintenance. Major Victor Page, Hubert Wilkins.
Modern Aircraft. Basic Principles, Operation, Application, Construction, Repair, Maintenance
Modern Aircraft. Basic Principles, Operation, Application, Construction, Repair, Maintenance
Modern Aircraft. Basic Principles, Operation, Application, Construction, Repair, Maintenance

Modern Aircraft. Basic Principles, Operation, Application, Construction, Repair, Maintenance

New York: Norman W. Henley, 1929. Hardcover. 1st ed. Octavo. Cloth with gilt device and titles. xv, 435 pp, photo illustrations. Very Good, with owner name on inside cover. Very Good. Item #10871

With a signed NOTE on City Club of New York paper signed by explorer Hubert Wilkins, on a train to catch a zeppelin and referring to possibly replacing the famous female pilot (Marvel) Crossen, getting a mechanic, clothing, etc. No date but pre - 1930 as Crossen died in August of 1929.

Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 1888 – 30 November 1958) was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross, when he assumed command of a group of American soldiers who had lost their officers during the Battle of the Hindenburg Line, and became the only official Australian photographer from any war to receive a combat medal.

He narrowly failed in an attempt to be the first to cross under the North Pole in a submarine, but was able to prove that submarines were capable of operating beneath the polar ice cap, thereby paving the way for future successful missions. The US Navy later took his ashes to the North Pole aboard the submarine USS Skate on 17 March 1959.

Price: $200.00

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