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As I mentioned previously, I recently became interested in vintage aviation books and periodicals. Therefore, I decided I would try to list as many of them as I could. I will note that list specifically excludes any publications by the military.

A couple formatting conventions: Name changes are separated by forward slashes. Years of publication and publishing companies are listed in parentheses. Publications that were later merged are listed as indented bullet points below the absorbing publication. Individual books in series are generally listed in order of publication. Linked entries have full text available. If I had access to either a physical copy or a fully digitized text, the complete bibliographic information is available. In most other cases, such as where information was taken from online sales listings, only a title is included.

Books (Aviation Encyclopedia or Similar)
  • Cooke, David C. War Wings: Fighting Planes of the American and British Air Forces. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1941.
  • Kinert, Reed. America’s Fighting Planes in Action. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943.
  • Law, Bernard A. Fighting Planes of the World. New York: Random House, 1940.
  • Penfield, Thomas. Wings for America. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1943.
  • Saville-Sneath, R. A. British Aircraft. First Annual. Vol. One. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1944.
  • ———. British Aircraft. First Annual. Vol. Two. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1944.
  • Sears, Hugh. What’s New in the Air Corps: Close-Ups of Its Latest Equipment. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943.
  • Walker, John B. A Guide to American Airplanes. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940.
  • ———. War in the Air: Fighting Planes and Pilots in Action. New York: Random House, 1941.
  • ———. War Planes of All Nations. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940.
  • ———. War Planes of the World. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1943.

Books (Educational)
  • Air Age Education Series
    • Bauer, Hubert A. Globes, Maps, and Skyways. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Elements of Pre-Flight Aeronautics for High Schools. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Engelhardt, N. L. Education for the Air Age. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Fitzpatrick, Frederick L., and Karl A. Stiles. The Biology of Flight. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Manzer, J. G., M. M. Peake, and J. M. Leps. Physical Science in the Air Age. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Osteyee, George. Mathematics in Aviation. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Renner, George T. Human Geography in the Air Age. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Renner, George T., and Hubert A. Bauer. The Air We Live In. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Stover, George Franklin. A Teachers Manual for Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics for High Schools. Air-Age Education. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942.
    • Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics for High Schools
    • Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics
    • Social Studies for the Air Age
    • Flying High
    • Wings for You
    • The Biology of Flight
    • Aeronautics in the Industrial Arts Program
    • Elementary School Science for the Air Age
    • The Airport
    • Geographic Education for the Air Age
    • Teachers Manual for Elements of Pre-Flight Aeronautics for High Schools
    • Teachers Manual for the Biology of Flight
    • Bibliography of Aviation Education Materials
  • Air Training Series
    • Aero-Engines
    • Aircraft Construction
    • First Principles of Flight
    • Navigation and Meteorology
    • Radio for Aeroplanes
  • Aviation Readers
    • Whipple, Gertrude. Airplanes at Work. Aviation Readers. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944.
    • Planes for Bob and Andy
    • Straight Down
    • Straight Up
    • The Men Who Gave Us Wings
  • McGraw-Hill Practical Manuals
  • National Aeronautics Council
    • Elements of Technical Aeronautics. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Fechet, James E., Joe Crane, and Glenn H. Smith. Parachutes. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Fechet, J. E., M. F. Eddy, William P. Lear, and Alan Bloch. Radio in Airmanship. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Harrison, Louis P. Meteorology. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Hurt, Haworth W., and Charles A. Wolf. Flight Instruments. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Lyon, Thoburn C. Aerial Navigation. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Moss, Sanford A. Superchargers for Aviation. Second. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1944.
    • Randers-Pehrson, N. H. History of Aviation. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1944.
    • Smith, Frederick H. Flying by Instruments. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Webster, Sidney H. Aircraft and Power Plant Accessory Equipment. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1941.
    • Wilkinson, Paul H. Diesel Aviation Engines. New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1942.
    • Flying Boats
    • Elementary Air Navigation
  • Young America's Aviation Library
    • How Planes Fly. Young America’s Aviation Library. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943.
    • Meyer, Dickey. How Planes Are Made. Young America’s Aviation Library. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
    • ———. How Planes Get There. Young America’s Aviation Library. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944.
    • ———. Planes in Action. Young America’s Aviation Library. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944.
    • Parts of Planes. Young America’s Aviation Library. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943.
    • Types of Planes

Books (Aviation Pulps)
  • A Yankee Flier — Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • In the Air with Andy Lane — Eustace L. Adams
    • Fifteen Days in the Air
    • Over the Polar Ice
    • Racing Round the World
    • The Runaway Airship
    • Pirates of the Air
    • On the Wings of Flame
    • The Mysterious Monoplane
    • The Flying Windmill
    • The Plane without a Pilot
    • Wings of Adventure
    • Across the Top of the World
    • Prisoners of the Clouds
  • Dave Dashaway — Roy Rockwood
  • Lucky Terrell Flying Stories — Canfield Cook
    • Spitfire Pilot
    • Sky Attack
    • Secret Mission
    • Lost Squadron
    • Springboard to Tokyo
    • Wings Over Japan
    • The Flying Jet
    • The Flying Wing
  • Randy Starr — Eugene Martin
    • Randy Starr After the Air Prize
    • Randy Starr Above Stormy Seas
    • Randy Starr Leading the Air Circus
    • Randy Starr Tracing the Air Spy
  • Red Randall — Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr.
    • Red Randall at Pearl Harbor
    • Red Randall on Active Duty
    • Red Randall over Tokyo
    • Red Randall at Midway
    • Red Randall on New Guinea
    • Red Randall in The Aleutians
    • Red Randall in Burma
    • Red Randall's One-Man War
  • Slim Tyler Air Stories — Richard H. Stone
    • Sky Riders of the Atlantic
    • Lost Over Greenland
    • An Air Cargo of Gold
    • Adrift Over Hudson Bay
    • An Airplane Mystery
    • Secret Sky Express
  • Ted Scott Flying Stories — Franklin W. Dixon
    • Over the Ocean to Paris
    • Rescued in the Clouds
    • Over the Rockies with the Air Mail
    • First Stop Honolulu
    • The Search for the Lost Flyers
    • South of the Rio Grande
    • Across the Pacific
    • The Lone Eagle of the Border
    • Flying Against Time
    • Over the Jungle Trails
    • Lost at the South Pole
    • Through the Air to Alaska
    • Flying to the Rescue
    • Danger Trails of the Sky
    • Following the Sun Shadow
    • Battling the Wind
    • Brushing the Mountain Top
    • Castaways of the Stratosphere
    • Hunting the Sky Spies
    • The Pursuit Patrol
  • War Adventure — Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr.

News Magazines
  • Aerial Age Weekly/Aerial Age
  • Aero Digest (Aeronautical Digest Publishing)
    • Aviation Engineering (Davis Publishing)
  • Air News (Phillip Andrews Publishing)
  • Air Progress (Street & Smith)
  • Air Tech (Phillip Andrews Publishing)
  • Air Trails/Air Trails Pictorial (Street & Smith)
  • Air World
    • Air Age/Aircraft Age (Columbia Publications)
  • Aviation (McGraw-Hill)
  • Aviation Week
  • Flying (Ziff-Davis)
    • Industrial Aviation (Ziff-Davis)
    • Popular Aviation
  • Flying Aces - Note: fiction before 1943
  • Flying Cadet
  • Skyways (Henry Publishing)

Pulp Magazines
  • Aces (1928-1940, GlenKel Publishing Co.)
  • Air Action/Sky Raiders/Air Action (1938-1940, Double-Action Magazines)
  • Air Adventures/Flyers (1928-1930, Air Adventures)
  • Airplane Stories (1929-1931, Ramer Reviews)
  • Air Stories (1927-1939, Fiction House)
  • Air Stories (1935-1940, George Newnes)
  • Air Trails/Street & Smith’s Air Trails/Bill Barnes Air Adventurer/Bill Barnes Air Trails/Air Trails (1928-1951, Street & Smith Publications)
  • Air War (1940-1945, Better Publications)
  • All Aces Magazine (1936, Popular Publications)
  • American Sky Devils (1942-1943, Manvis Publications)
  • Army-Navy Flying Stories (1942-1945, Standard Magazines)
  • Battle Aces/G-8 and His Battle Aces (1930-1944, Popular Publications)
  • Battle Birds/Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds/Battle Birds (1932-1944, American Fiction Magazines)
  • Captain Combat (1940, Fictioneers)
  • Complete Aviation Novel Magazine/Complete Flying Novel (1929-1930, Ramer Reviews)
  • Complete Sky Novel (1930-1931, Real Publications)
  • Dare Devil Aces (1932-1946, Popular Publications)
  • Eagles of the Air (1929-1930, Good Story Magazine)
  • Fighting Aces (1940-1944, Fictioneers) - Note: nonfiction after 1943
  • Flight (1929-1930, Good Story Magazine Co.)
  • Flying Aces (1928-1970, Magazine Publishers)
  • Flying Stories (1928-1930, New Metropolitan/Good Story Magazines)
  • George Bruce's Contact (1933-1934, Adventure House)
  • George Bruce's Squadron (1933-1934, Adventure House)
  • Prize Air Pilot Stories/Fighting Air Pilot Stories (1930, Prize Story Publishers/Affiliated Magazines)
  • RAF Aces (1941-1944, Standard Magazines)
  • Sky Aces (1938-1941, Magazine Publishers)
  • Sky Birds (1929-1935, Magazine Publishers)
  • Sky Blazers (1941-1942, Adam Publishing Co.)
  • Sky Devils (1938-1940, Western Fiction Publishing Co.)
  • Sky Fighters (1932-1950, William Mayer & Co./Beverly House/Standard Magazines)
  • Sky Riders (1928-1931, Dell Magazines)
  • The Lone Eagle/The American Eagle/American Eagles (1933-1943, Standard Magazines)
  • War Aces (1930-1932, Dell Magazines)
  • War Birds/Terence X. O’Leary’s War Birds (1928-1937, Dell Magazines)
  • Wings (1928-1953, Fiction House)
  • Zeppelin Stories (1929, Ramer Reviews)

Manufacturer Periodicals
  • A W Affairs – Armstrong Whitworth
  • AeROHRcrafter – Rohr
  • Aeronautics Star – Lockheed Martin
  • Aero-Vought-Ics – Vought
  • Aircrafter – Canadian Car and Foundry
  • Aircraftsman – Lockheed
  • Airview – Douglas
  • Airview News – Douglas
  • Alexander Aircrafter – Alexander
  • Ameri-Kansan – North American
  • Bee-Hive – United Aircraft Corporation
  • Beechcraft Bulletin – Beechcraft
  • Beechcrafter – Beechcraft
  • [Boeing] Magazine – Boeing
  • [Boeing] News – Boeing
  • Brewster Builder – Brewster
  • Bristol Quarterly – Bristol
  • Bristol Review – Bristol
  • Cessquire – Cessna
  • Code One – General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin
  • Consolidated Vultee News – Consolidated Vultee
  • Consolidator – Consolidated
  • Convairiety – Convair
  • Curtiss Fly Leaf – Curtiss
  • D H Gazette – de Havilland
  • Der Condor – Focke-Wulf
  • Doak Digest – Doak
  • Douglas Airview – Douglas
  • [Douglas] News Letter – Douglas
  • [Douglas] Service – Douglas
  • Eastern Aircraftsman – Eastern
  • Engineering – Lockheed
  • Fairchild Aviation News – Fairchild
  • Fairey Affairs – Fairey
  • Gallaudet News – Gallaudet
  • General Dynamics News – General Dynamics
  • General Dyanmics World – General Dynamics
  • Global Service Log – Lockheed
  • Globe Beam – Globe
  • Grumman Plane News – Grumman
  • Grumman World – Grumman
  • Hangar Flying – Lockheed
  • Hawker Siddeley News – Hawker Siddeley
  • Hawker Siddeley Review – Hawker Siddeley
  • Let's Eat – Lockheed
  • Lockheed Horizons – Lockheed
  • Lockheed Southern Star – Lockheed
  • Miles Magazine – Miles
  • Milestones – Miles
  • Mission Success – Lockheed Martin
  • Norcrafter – Northrop
  • North American Log – North American
  • North Ameri-Kansan – North American
  • [Northrop] Life – Northrop
  • [Northrop] News – Northrop
  • Plane-Talk – Vultee
  • Ryan Reporter – Ryan
  • Short Story – Short
  • Simpli-Facts – Lockheed
  • Sky-Gest – American Aviation
  • Skyline – North American
  • Skywriter – North American
  • Star – Lockheed
  • Stinson Plane News – Stinson
  • Take-Off – North American
  • Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Achiever – Teledyne Ryan
  • Temco Tidings – Temco
  • The Bellringer – Bell
  • The Cub Flyer – Piper
  • The Curtiss Wright-Er – Curtiss-Wright
  • The Eagle – Consolidated Vultee
  • The Faircrafters – Fairchild
  • The Flying Reporter – Ryan
  • The Gloster – Gloster
  • The Martin Star – Martin
  • The Short Story News-Gazette – Short
  • The Vultair – Vultee
  • The Waco Word – Waco
  • This Week – General Dynamics
  • Vickers & Supermarine Aviation Bulletin – Supermarine
  • Waco Pilot – Waco
  • Wingfoot Clan: Aircraft Edition – Goodyear

Yearbooks
  • Jane's Aviation Review
  • Jeppesen Sanderson Aviation Yearbook
  • The Aircraft Annual (David C. Cooke)
  • The Aviation Yearbook (ACCA/AIAA)
  • United States Aircraft, Missiles, and Spacecraft (NAEC)
  • Young America's Aviation Annual/The Aviation Annual (Reginald M. Cleveland & Frederick P. Graham)

Sources

EDIT (21-11-21): Add links for Flight Instruments and Flying by Instruments. Add bibliographic information and links for Diesel Aviation Engines, Superchargers for Aviation, and The Biology of Flight. Add entry, bibliographic information, and link for Parachutes.
EDIT (21-12-13): Add links for Aircraft Inspection and Radio Navigation for Pilots. Add bibliographic information and links for Manual for Aviation Cadets and The Aviation Mechanic.
EDIT (22-06-06): Add link for How Planes Fly. Add bibliographic information and link for Parts of Planes.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:54 pm 
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Some additions...

A manufacturer periodical:
Kaman Rotor Tips
They are online: https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/in ... otor-tips/

An early encyclopedia type book aimed at young people...by a author you might have heard of (his first book)...
All American Aircraft by Ernest K. Gann, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1941
somewhat difficult to find and expensive, but a lot of fun.

Principles of Flying - Flight Preparation Training Series Published by Authority of and under the Supervision of Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics U.S. Navy. McGraw Hill Book Company New York and London 1943.
Covers theory of Flight as well as structures. A bit like the classic Stock and Rudder, well illustrated and with neat drawings of Wildcats and other period Navy types.


War Planes of the Nations William Winter, George G. Harrah & Co. LTD., London Toronto Bombay Sydney, 1944
A hardbound 385 page book with descriptions, specifications and performance details on aircraft from all countries. Illustrated with a mix of photos, 3view drawings...some of which have plan sections for modelers, which I get the impression were a large part of the target audience.
Some 75 pages on UK types, 93 of U.S., 35 of USSR, 12 Holland, 66 Germany, 30 Italy, 35 Japan. Published when it was, it only comes up to the "B" Mustangs and Thunderbolts and early Corsairs. It must have been printed late in '44 as it mentions V-1s. Also interesting to see how much info was given to the public during the war. Left to me by my late uncle Bob who was a modeler in his youth. Probably bought in London while in Europe as a WACO CG-4 pilot where he flew (and survived) missions to Normany, Southern France and Holland.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:48 pm 
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JohnB wrote:
A manufacturer periodical:
Kaman Rotor Tips
They are online: https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/in ... otor-tips/

Thanks! I've added it to my list.

I neglected to mention it, but the AeROHRcrafter, Convairiety, General Dynamics News, General Dynamics World, Grumman Plane News, Grumman World, and Wingfoot Clan: Aircraft Edition newsletters are also available online.

JohnB wrote:
All American Aircraft by Ernest K. Gann, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1941

Principles of Flying - Flight Preparation Training Series Published by Authority of and under the Supervision of Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics U.S. Navy. McGraw Hill Book Company New York and London 1943.

War Planes of the Nations William Winter, George G. Harrah & Co. LTD., London Toronto Bombay Sydney, 1944

I'll definitely have to check those out. Thanks for potentially adding more entries to my eBay purchase history! :wink:

I've been trying to figure out the history of aviation magazine mergers, because apparently there were a number of them - especially in the immediate postwar era. (Apparently, just like the postwar personal airplane boom that never materialized hurt manufacturers, times were lean for the magazines too.)

So far, I've determined that:
  • Air News and Air Tech merged in September 1945[1]
  • Air World was included with Flying Models by April 1948[2]
  • Aircraft Age was included with Air World in May 1945[1]
  • Aviation Engineering was included with Aero Digest in July 1933[3]
  • Flying was included with Popular Aviation in August 1940[4]
  • Flying Aces was included with Flying Age by August 1945[5]
  • Flying Aces was included with Flying Models by January 1947[6]
  • Industrial Aviation was included with Popular Aviation in October 1942[1]

In a bit of where are they now:
  • Air Progress (indirectly) became Warbirds International[7]
  • Air Trails ceased publication in October 1955, the rights were purchased by Challenge Publications, who briefly restarted publication in 1976[7][8]
  • Aviation became Aviation Week and Space Technology[9]
  • Flying Aces became Flying Models[10]
  • Popular Aviation became Flying

EDIT (21-03-07): I decided to try to layout a better timeline of some of the magazines below. The date is for the first issue under the immediately preceding name:
  • Aeronautical Digest (1921 or 1922) --> Aero Digest including Aviation Engineering (July 1933) --> [Defunct] (1956)[11][12]
  • Air Age --> Aircraft Age --> Air World --> [Merged with Flying Models] (by April 1948)[1][2]
  • Air News (May 1941)[13]
  • Air Tech (October 1942) --> [Merged with Air News] (September 1945)[1][14]
  • Air Progress [as Annual] (1938) --> Air Progress (1941) --> [Defunct] (June 1997)[7]
  • Air Trails: Stories of Aviation (October 1928) --> Street & Smith's Air Trails (April 1931) --> Bill Barnes Air Adventurer (February 1934) --> Bill Barnes Air Trails (October 1935) --> Air Trails (February 1937) --> Air Trails Pictorial (August 1942) --> Air Trails and Science Frontiers (January 1947) --> Air Trails Pictorial (October 1947) --> Air Trails (September 1950) --> Air Trails - Hobbies for Young Men (April 1954) --> Young Men (1955) --> American Modeler (1956) --> American Aircraft Modeler (1968) --> [Defunct] (March 1975)[15][16][17]
  • Flying Aces (September 1928) --> Flying Age (by August 1945) --> Flying Models (by January 1947) --> [Defunct] (May 2014)[16][18]
  • Skyways (November 1942) --> Skyways including the Flying Sportsman (February 1947) --> Flying Sportsman and Skyways (July 1947) --> Skyways (May 1948)[1][19][20]

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Glad to be of help.

Gann's All American Aircraftis a lot of fun and clearly aimed at "air minded" boys, and given the date of its publication, it's not hard to imagine some of the initial readers of the book finding themselves in the USAAF or Navy a couple of years hence. Imagine reading the book for Christmas in '41 and at Christmas of '44 finding yourself in the 8th Air Force or flying off a carrier.

War Planes of the Nations is interesting because it gives modern readers an idea of what limited information enthusiasts had during the war. Let's face it, we are spoiled nowadays (even compared to my youth in the '60s) with various histories of aircraft filled with lots of photos, drawings and specifications. This book shows one how it really was in the war years. From that perspective, I can't recommend it highly enough.

I did an online search and copies of the earlier 1943 as well as the '44 edition are available by used book sites...for under $20.

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The text below is taken from the last page of the Preflight Study Manual for Civil Air Patrol Cadets:
Preflight Study Manual for Civil Air Patrol Cadets wrote:
Other Aviation Books Worth Reading
COMPILED BY THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION

AEROSPHERE'S MODERN AIRCRAFT. Aerosphere, Inc., New York, 1943. $7.50.

AERONAUTICAL OCCUPATIONS. Burr W. Leyson. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1941. $2.00.

A GUIDE TO AERONAUTICAL OCCUPATIONS. Boeing School of Aeronautics, Oakland, Calif., 1940. No charge.

AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION MANUAL. Shelby M. Krister. Amarillo College, Amarillo, Tex., 1942. Price not stated.

AIRCRAFT SILHOUETTES. Air Youth Division, National Aeronautic Association, Washington, D.C., 1942. $.15 per chart.

AIR NAVIGATION. Herbert S. Zim. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York 1943. $3.00.

AIR NAVIGATION FOR BEGINNERS. Scott G. Lamb. The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co., New York, 1943. $1.50.

A PILOT'S METEOROLOGY. Charles Graham Halpine. D. VanNostrand and Co., New York, 1941. $2.50.

BEFORE YOU FLY. Pearle Thurber Robinson, Frederic A. Middleton, George M. Rawlins, Jr., and Joseph W. Phillips. Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1943. $2.75.

CIVIL AIR REGULATIONS, Part 60. Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington D.C., 1943. $.10. (Order from Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington D. C.)

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE FOR THE AIR AGE. Charles K. Arey. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $.72.

ELEMENTS OF PRE-FLIGHT AERONAUTICS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $.96.

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY IN THE AIR AGE. George T. Renner. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $.64.

OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1943. $.90.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE IN THE AIR AGE. J. G. Manzer, M. M. Peake, and J. M. Leps. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $.80.

PRINCIPLES OF AIR NAVIGATION. Bert A. Shields. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1943. $1.88.

PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT. Bert A. Shields. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1943. $1.88.

SCIENCE OF PRE-FLIGHT AERONAUTICS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $1.32.

SOCIAL STUDIES FOR THE AIR AGE. Hall Bartlett. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $.60.

SUMMARY OF U. S. CIVIL AIR REGULATIONS. G. S. Stanton. Mayday Flight Co., Kansas City, Mo. 1943. $.50.

TEACHERS' SOURCE MATERIAL ON AVIATION. Los Angeles County Schools, Los Angeles, Calif., 1940. Price not stated.

THE AIR WE LIVE IN. George T. Renner and Hubert Bauer. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1942. $.36.

THE AIRPORT. Charles K. Arey. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1943. $.36.

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. Charles Gilbert Hall and Rudolph A. Merkle. Funk and Wagner Co., New York, 1943. $2.00.

VISIBILITY UNLIMITED. Ernest G. Vetter, William Morrow and Co., New York, 1942. $3.50.

(Source: Preflight Study Manual for Civil Air Patrol Cadets (Headquarters AAF, Office of Flying Safety, n.d.) n.p.)

You'll note that a significant number of these materials come from the Air Age Education Series mentioned above.

To continue on the note of aviation periodical lineage above, Aerial Age Weekly absorbed Flying - the official publication of the Aero Club of America - in August 1921.

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A couple of my favorites:
Queens Die Proudly by W.L. White
Flight to Everywhere by Ivan Dmitri

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While the Civil Aeronautics Administration does not technically have to do with military flying, I have found a number of their bulletins in the Tri-State Warbird Museum's collection - indicating to me that they were likely equally used by military pilots.

List of Civil Aeronautics Bulletins

Interestingly, in a listing of Civil Aeronautics Bulletins, the public document catalog of the seventy-sixth Congress notes that "information lacking as to missing numbers".[2]

The "Civil Aeronautics Bulletins" series was apparently a renumbered version of an earlier series called only "Aeronautics Bulletins".[1]

List of Aeronautics Bulletins

These numbered bulletins should not be confused with a similarly titled newsletter called the "Air Commerce Bulletin" that was also published by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. It later became the "Civil Aeronautics Journal".[2]

EDIT (22-04-07): Added subentry and link for Supplement to Aeronautics Bulletin No. 20 to the list of aeronautics bulletins section.

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According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, there are over 50 of the Aviation Training Sense Pamphlets. They were published by the Training Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the U.S. Navy. They were illustrated by Robert C. Osborn and a large collection of his cartoons is available from the website Ask a Flight Instructor. An analysis of the subject and partial list of pamphlets is available in “Don’t Be a Dilbert”: Transmedia Storytelling as Technical Communication during and after World War II by Edward A. Malone.

Aviation Training Sense Pamphlets

Of the missing numbers, I did find a reference to a NAVAER 00-80Q-44, but it was titled Usage Data: The Key to Aircraft Support, so I assume it was a typo.[3]

EDIT (21-02-18): After doing a bit more research, NAVAER 00-80Q-7 and NAVAER 00-80Q-8 are likely "There's No Substitute for Marksmanship" and "Study-and How!" as the former is described as "a companion book to 'Gunnery Sense'" and both use the same style cartoons.[1][2] This is based on the fact the aforementioned documents are listed among the other Aviation Training Sense pamphlets in the "Other Publications" section of some of the said pamphlets. One of the booklets listed, Flight Quarters, is OPNAV-33-51, so this it is likely not in the sequence above. Another, How to Get Hits with the Illuminated Sight is number 1 in the "Fixed Gunnery and Combat Tactics Series", so it is also likely not one of the missing numbers.[3] The remaining booklets are Using Your Navy Wings, the Air Navigation Series, and the Aerology Series.

EDIT (21-05-19): Added links for NAVAER 00-80Q-35 and 00-80Q-47.

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U.S. Army Field Manuals - Aviation

Note that some of the following numbers appear to have been reused in the postwar era. (e.g. TM 1-250, 1-260)

U.S. Army Technical Manuals - Aviation

EDIT (21-03-29): It is worth noting that a number of the technical manuals had slight name changes during the war. Based on a list from Military/Info Publishing, these include:
  • TM 1-231 - Elementary Weather for Pilot Trainees --> Elementary Weather for Air Crew Trainees
  • TM 1-232 - Basic Weather for Pilot Trainees --> Basic Weather for Air Crew Trainees
  • TM 1-233 - Elementary Physics for Pilot Trainees --> Elementary Physics for Air Crew Trainees
  • TM 1-408 - Aircraft Engine Operation and Test --> Aircraft Power Plant Operation
  • TM 1-411 - Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment --> Airplane Hydraulic Systems
  • TM 1-445 - Link Trainer Operation and Training --> Instrument Flying Training
  • TM 1-495 - Aircraft Machine-Gun Sights --> Harmonization of Aircraft Fixed Guns and Sights
  • TM 1-705 - Physiological Aspects of Flying and Maintenance of Physical Fitness --> Physiological Aspects of Flying

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So, I came across an excellent publication called Technical Publications for Army Air Forces Field Technical Libraries that lists exactly what I was trying to reproduce in the educational section in my first post. There are a couple different editions available:

See also a Cataloging and Shelflist Procedure for the above and a Bibliography [of] Rotor Winged Aircraft.

It's worth noting that the National Air and Space Museum has an online exhibition that includes a good brief summary of the "Air Age" culture that explains the proliferation of aviation related books in the 1920s, 30s and 40s.

The "Air Mindedness" craze spurred many departments of education and other organizations to create their own curriculums on the subject and many of these include book lists as well:

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raconnel wrote:
A couple of my favorites:
Queens Die Proudly by W.L. White
Flight to Everywhere by Ivan Dmitri

Thanks! More books to check out!

Two gentlemen who had book series popular before, during and after the World War II era that I have neglected to mention so far are Philip Van Horn Weems and Charles Alfonso Zweng. It is worth noting that a number of Weems books are about naval, and not aerial navigation.

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Zweng Books

EDIT (21-09-28): Found an advertisement for the "Weems System of Navigation" with an interesting illustration of all of the equipment involved.

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I came across another book a few days ago. Luckily, it happened to be digitized:

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The following identifications mostly come courtesy of a collection at the museum that belonged to Russell B. Witte, Jr. The Instrument Flying Manuals were apparently new in 1943:

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  • The title on the front cover and the title page often differ. For this list, the latter were used as they were more descriptive and some of the former are identical.
  • The linked versions of T.O. No. 30-100A-1, T.O. No. 30-100B-1, and T.O. No. 30-100F-1 are named special editions and were apparently bound together. However, they don't appear to be missing any sections like T.O. No. 30-100C-1.
  • The special edition of T.O. No. 30-100C-1 lacks 6 out of the 11 sections of the regular edition.
  • T.O. No. 30-100F-1 and 30-100F-2 were bound together in the museum's example.

EDIT (23-04-04): Page 117 of the Pilot Training Manual for the B-25 Mitchell Bomber confirms that they were thought of as a set, as the A through D "-1" manuals are listed together on the same page, where they are described as "your bibles of instrument flying".

EDIT (23-06-04): While the T.O. number is not mentioned, the Instructor's Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying appears similar in both appearance, title, and subject matter to the instrument flying and pilot training manuals mentioned above. Digitized copies are available from T6 Harvard Ltd., The Portal to Texas History and AirCorps Library.

EDIT (24-02-16): So it appears there were both students and instructor's manual serieses for flying as well:

Flying Manuals

and maybe one more for bombing:

Bombing Manuals

EDIT (24-02-25): Added T.O. No. 30-100B-2 entry with link and link to T.O. No. 30-100C-1 (Special Edition).

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WOW, been awhile since I checked this thread out.
Great job Noha!
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Thanks for taking the time to include the links, I know how much of a PITA that is.

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Scott Rose wrote:
Great job Noha!

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it!

Aerology

Fixed Gunnery And Combat Tactics Series
  • No. 1 - How to Get Hits with the Illuminated Sight
  • No. 2 - Gunnery Approaches
  • No. 3 - Offensive Tactics Against Fighters
  • No. 4 - Defensive Tactics Against Fighters
  • No. 5 - Snoopers and How to Blast 'Em
  • No. 6 - Fighter Escort (NAVAER 00-805-19)
  • No. 7 - Attack Against Bomber Formations (NAVAER 00-805-20)
  • No. 8 - Combat Air Patrol (NAVAER 00-805-21)

Flight Preparation Training Series

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EDIT (21-05-21): Add Aerology for Pilots entry.
EDIT (21-11-21): Add link to Instrument Flight: Part 1 entry.

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