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I'd Rather by Flying! Instrument and Multi-Engine Flying for the Week-End Pilot.
by Smith, Frank Kingston
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise binding with dark blue at the spine; the top edge tint is dark blue; this bears a stamp on the rear
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About This Item
New York:: Random House, 1962.. First Printing, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise binding with dark blue at the spine; the top edge tint is dark blue; this bears a stamp on the rear endpaper showing it once belonged to an air museum (no other sign of ownership); a Good book with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Appendix. Description: Several black and white illustrations. Frank Kingston Smith was also the author of Week-End Pilot and Flights of Fancy. Smith was a successful Philadelphia lawyer, but feeling the stress. His doctor advised a hobby. By chance Smith came upon flying and became an enthusiastic amateur pilot. In this third book he talks about instrument flying and shows the single-engine pilot how easy it is to learn to fly a multi-engine airplane like the Piper Apache.
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- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068188
- Title
- I'd Rather by Flying! Instrument and Multi-Engine Flying for the Week-End Pilot.
- Author
- Smith, Frank Kingston
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise binding with dark blue at the spine; the top edge tint is dark blue; this bears a stamp on the rear
- Edition
- First Printing, so stated.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1962.
- Pages
- 235 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.25 inches tall)
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