The Second Aerospace Glossary

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Aerospace Studies Institute. Good. 1966. Paperback. This is a slightly oversized trade paperback. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine , spine joints and edges of the book covers have sunning / toning. There is in inch long chip missing from the top edge of the spine. A previous owner has added the title in black marker to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The correction page has been glued on to the front endpaper. "Professor, lexicographer, editor. Born– December 21, 1903, Flora Vista, N. M. Parents– Reuben W. And Naomi (Henry) Heflin. Married–Margaret L. Moser, August 7, 1942. Education– University of New Mexico, A. B. , 1906; Stanford, M. A. , 1927; Oxford University, M. A. , 1930; University of Chicago, Ph. D. , 1941. Served in U. S. Air Force, 1942-1946; served in India. Taught at Huron College, 1930-1935; assistant editor, Dictionary of American English; staff of Air University at Montgomery, serving as research associate and chief of the Documentary Research Division, 1946-1971; lecturer at Huntingdon College, 1966-1971. Contributed to Encyclopaedia Britannica and Oxford English Dictionary. Rhodes Scholar, 1927-1930. Died April 13, 1990." (from Alabama authors site) .