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1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book
1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book

1912-VICTOR LOUGHEED Aeroplane Design for Amateurs RARE Historical Airplane Book

$ 50.16

Availability: 16 in stock
  • Condition: This softcover book looks fair with separation damage (front) plus edge deterioration to both outside covers. There is extensive damage to the spine, showing surfacewear, along with vertical cracking and splitting to the binding seams. The book has 161 interior pages (176 pages with Index) showing minor yellowing and no missing, torn or folded pages. The title page has pencil at the to with pricing and signature in ink pen.
  • Type: Books & Publications
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Antique
    VICTOR LOUGHEED "Aeroplane Design for Amateurs" Rare Historical Book
    being offered for sale
    . Interesting book published by "The Reilly & Britton Co. / Chicago" measures: 4-1/2" x 7".
    Here's the back story on the author I found online:
    There was an explosion of aviation activity, soon after Charles A. Lindbergh’s Historic, 1927 New York-to-Paris flight. One of these was the Vega, a highly modified version of the Mahoney-Ryan M-2 Engine. The basic Vega design would be transmuted into a series of remarkable aircraft. Moreover, the Vega introduced a new aviation company with an odd slogan: “It takes a Lockheed to beat a Lockheed.”
    The leader of this new firm was Allan H. Lockheed, one of three brothers ("The Famous Flying Lockheed Brothers") who would become major American industrialists. The brothers were born with the surname “Loughead”. Its origin was Scottish, but it was spelled in the Irish manner and was pronounced as “lock-heed.” The pronunciation never changed, but the spelling changed twice. Victor was the first to adopt a new spelling; he went with “Lougheed.” Only much later in life did Allan and Malcolm change the spelling to “Lockheed.”
    Victor was an automotive engineer, but he also was a writer, beginning with with his first book, 1909's "Vehicles of the Air". In 1912, he published his second book, "Aeroplane Designing for Amateurs". Victor also designed the Taft-Pierce-Lockheed V-8 engine, in 1911. The engine is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy facility in Chantilly, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. Later in life, Victor was editor of Motor magazine and continued working in aviation.
    See the more detailed description listed above but the pictures do speak for themselves. Ask questions freely or request additional photos as needed. Multiple purchases always get a combined shipping rate. Postage will be .00 with insurance included in the final total for most items sold. Thank you!