Vintage Aviation Books and Periodicals

Noha307 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:14 pm

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
- Hoyt, John R. Manual for Aviation Cadets. First. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1943.
- McIntosh, Colin H. Radio Navigation for Pilots. First. McGraw-Hill Practical Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1943.
- Norcross, Carl, and James D. Quinn. The Aviation Mechanic. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1941.
- Wissman, Ernest E. Aircraft Inspection. First. McGraw-Hill Practical Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1942.
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
- Avery, Al. A Yankee Flier in Italy. A Yankee Flier 5. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
- ———. A Yankee Flier in the Far East. A Yankee Flier 2. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942.
- ———. A Yankee Flier over Berlin. A Yankee Flier 6. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944.
- ———. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. A Yankee Flier 1. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941.
- A Yankee Flier in the South Pacific
- A Yankee Flier in North Africa
- A Yankee Flier in Normandy
- A Yankee Flier on a Rescue Mission
- A Yankee Flier Under Secret Orders
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
- Rockwood, Roy. Dave Dashaway, Air Champion. Dave Dashaway 5. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1915.
- ———. Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship. Dave Dashaway 3. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1913.
- ———. Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane. Dave Dashaway 2, n.d.
- ———. Dave Dashaway Around the World. Dave Dashaway 4. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1913.
- ———. Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator. Dave Dashaway 1. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1913.
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.
- Bowen, R. Sidney. Dave Dawson at Casablanca. War Adventure 13. New York: Crown Publishers, 1944.
- ———. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk. War Adventure 1. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941.
- ———. Dave Dawson at Singapore. War Adventure 6. New York: Crown Publishers, 1942.
- ———. Dave Dawson at Truk. War Adventure 15. New York: Crown Publishers, 1946.
- ———. Dave Dawson, Flight Lieutenant. War Adventure 5. New York: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941.
- ———. Dave Dawson in Libya. War Adventure 3. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941.
- ———. Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol. War Adventure 4. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941.
- ———. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal. War Adventure 12. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1943.
- ———. Dave Dawson on the Russian Front. War Adventure 10. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1943.
- ———. Dave Dawson with the Air Corps. War Adventure 8. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1942.
- ———. Dave Dawson with the Commandos. War Adventure 9. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1942.
- ———. Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force. War Adventure 14. New York: Crown Publishers, 1944.
- ———. Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers. War Adventure 11. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1943.
- ———. Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet. War Adventure 7. New York: Crown Publishers, 1942.
- ———. Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. War Adventure 2. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941.

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.

JohnB · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:54 pm

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.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:48 pm

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]

JohnB · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:39 pm

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.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:00 pm

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.

raconnel · **Posted:** Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:57 pm

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

Noha307 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2021 6:37 pm

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.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:59 am

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

NAVAER 00-80Q-1 - Safety Precautions for Fixed Gunnery (aka Don't Kill Your Friends)
NAVAER 00-80Q-2 - Dunking Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-3 - Gunnery Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-4 - Oxygen Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-5 - Parachute Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-6 - Prisoner Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-9 - Air Information Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-10 - Fuel Saving Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-11 - Aleutian Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-12 - 'G' Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-13 - Arctic Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-14 - Shark Sense (1944)
NAVAER 00-80Q-14 - Shark Sense (1959)
NAVAER 00-80Q-15 - Patrol Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-16 - Security Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-17 - Flat-Hatting Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-19 - Manners Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-20 - Taxi Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-21 - Recognition and Identification Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-22 - Pilot Error Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-23 - Carrier Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-24 - Radio Discipline Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-25 - Support Aircraft Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-26 - Rescue Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-27 - Night Fighter Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-28 - Instrument Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-29 - Compressibility Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-30 - Jet Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-31 - Carrier Cold Starting Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-32 - Carrier Cold Weather Flying Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-33 - Vertigo Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-34 - Support Aircraft Sense [Ed. Likely republication of above under new series number.][1]
NAVAER 00-80Q-35 - High Altitude Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-36 - Night Vision Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-37 - Shoot Seat Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-38 - Electrical Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-39 - Jet Cruise Control Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-40 - Air Controller Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-41 - UHF Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-42 - Helicopter Rescue Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-43 - Instrument Flying Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-45 - GCA Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-46 - Swept and Delta Wing Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-47 - Night Flying Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-48 - Carrier Sense [Ed. Likely republication of above under new series number.]
NAVAER 00-80Q-49 - Weekend Warrior Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-50 - Ditching Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-52 - Flight Simulator Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-55 - Bail-Out and Ejection Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-56 - Low Flying Sense
NAVAER 00-80Q-58 - Collision Sense
NAVPERS 91139 - Conference Sense
NAVPERS 91785 - Discipline Sense
NAVPERS 91786 - Public Relations Sense
NAVPERS 91964 - Shipboard Training Sense
NAVWEPS 00-80Q-51 - Recognition Sense [Ed. Likely republication of above under new series number.][2]
NAVWEPS 00-80Q-53 - Flying Fitness Sense
NAVWEPS 00-800-59 - Slow Flight Sense [Ed. Note the replacement of "Q" with a "0".]

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.

EDIT (24-10-25): Added links for NAVAER 00-80Q-9, 00-80Q-12, 00-80Q-21, 00-80Q-22, 00-80Q-23, 00-80Q-26, 00-80Q-30, 00-80Q-31, 00-80Q-32 and 00-80Q-36. Replaced links for NAVAER 00-80Q-1, 00-80Q-5, 00-80Q-14, 00-80Q-15, 00-80Q-16, 00-80Q-17, 00-80Q-20, 00-80Q-24, 00-80Q-47 and NAVWEPS 00-80Q-53.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:47 pm

U.S. Army Field Manuals - Aviation

FM 1-5 - Employment of Aviation of the Army
FM 1-10 - Tactics and Techniques of Air Attack
FM 1-15 - Tactics and Techniques of Air Fighting
FM 1-20 - Tactics and Techniques of Air Reconnaissance and Observation
FM 1-25 - Air Defense[1]
FM 1-26 - Defense of Airdromes
FM 1-30 - Air Navigation
FM 1-35 - Aerial Photography
FM 1-40 - Intelligence Procedure in Aviation Units
FM 1-45 - Signal Communication[1]
FM 1-46 - Fighter Radiotelephone Procedures and Code[1]
FM 1-50 - Weather[1]
FM 1-55 - Reference Data, Administration
FM 1-60 - Reviews and Inspections
FM 1-75 - Combat Orders
FM 1-110 - Selections of Bombs and Fuses for Destruction of Various Targets[2]
FM 1-195 - Service Center

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

TM 1-205 - Air Navigation
TM 1-206 - Celestial Air Navigation
TM 1-208 - Air Navigation Tables
TM 1-210 - Elementary Flying[3]
TM 1-212 - Basic Flying[4]
TM 1-215 - Advanced Flying (Single Engine)[4]
TM 1-216 - Advanced Flying (Multi-Engine)
TM 1-219 - Basic Photography
TM 1-220 - Aerial Photography
TM 1-230 - Weather Manual for Pilots
TM 1-231 - Elementary Weather for Air Crew Trainees
TM 1-232 - Basic Weather for Pilot Trainees
TM 1-233 - Elementary Physics for Air Crew Trainees
TM 1-235 - The Weather Observer
TM 1-240 - Arctic Manual
TM 1-250 - Precision Bombing Practice[5]
TM 1-251 - Handbook for Bombardiers[5]
TM 1-252 - Bombing Aids[5]
TM 1-260 - Dive Bombing[5]
TM 1-270 - Aerial Gunnery Practice and Record Firing[6]
TM 1-273 - Fixed Aerial and Ground Gunnery[6]
TM 1-282 - Tactics and Technique of Air Chemical Spraying[6]
TM 1-305 - Theory of Ballooning[6]
TM 1-315 - Hydrogen
TM 1-320 - Airship Aerodynamics
TM 1-325 - Aerostatics[6]
TM 1-350 - Height Finding with the SCR-527-A[5]
TM 1-400 - Theory of Flight
TM 1-404 - Turbosupercharger and Airplane Power Plant[6]
TM 1-405 - Aircraft Engines
TM 1-406 - Aircraft Electrical Systems
TM 1-407 - Aircraft Induction, Fuel and Oil Systems
TM 1-408 - Aircraft Engine Operation and Test
TM 1-409 - Aircraft Armament and Pyrotechnics[6]
TM 1-410 - Airplane Structures
TM 1-411 - Airplane Hydraulic Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment
TM 1-412 - Aircraft Propellers
TM 1-413 - Aircraft Instruments
TM 1-414 - Aircraft Woodwork
TM 1-415 - Airplane Inspection Guide
TM 1-416 - Miscellaneous Aircraft Equipment
TM 1-417 - Aircraft Fabric Work and Application of Finishes[5]
TM 1-420 - Lathes
TM 1-421 - Milling Machines, Shapers, and Planers
TM 1-422 - Grinding Machines
TM 1-423 - Heat Treating and Inspection of Metals
TM 1-424 - Aircraft Hardware and Materials
TM 1-425 - Aircraft Mechanics Tools
TM 1-430 - Welding
TM 1-435 - Aircraft Sheet Metal Work
TM 1-440 - Parachutes, Aircraft Fabrics, and Clothing
TM 1-445 - Instrument Flying Training
TM 1-447 - Instrument Trainer Maintenance
TM 1-455 - Electrical Fundamentals
TM 1-460 - Radio Telephone Procedure
TM 1-465 - Air-Ground Communication[7]
TM 1-470 - Aircraft Radio Shop Practice
TM 1-472 - Radio Equipment[5]
TM 1-490 - Electrical Armament Controls[5]
TM 1-495 - Harmonization of Aircraft Fixed Guns and Sights
TM 1-500 - Bomb Racks, Tow Target Equipment, and Flare Racks[5]
TM 1-505 - Aircraft Cameras (Machine Gun)[5]
TM 1-510 - Synchronizing[5]
TM 1-650 - Maintenance Policies, Publications, and Forms
TM 1-705 - Physiological Aspects of Flying
TM 1-750 - Applied Physics for Airplane Mechanics
TM 1-800 - Basic Glider Training[5]
TM 1-815 - Advanced Glider Training[5]
TM 1-900 - Mathematics for Air Crew Trainees
TM 1-1000 - Vocational Teaching
TM 1-1050 - Fundamentals of Mechanical Drawing
TM 1-1100 - Shotgun and Skeet Shooting[5]
TM 1-1624 - [3,000-lb Drawbar Pull Tractor][8]

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

Noha307 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:31 pm

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:

Technical Publications for Army Air Forces Field Technical Libraries - Book List No. 1 - December 1943
Technical Publications for Army Air Forces Field Technical Libraries - Book List No. 2A - July 1945
Technical Publications for Air Force Libraries - Book List No. 3N - April 1953

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:

Air Age Education in Missouri Public Schools - Missouri Department of Education
Education for the Air Age - Civil Aeronautics Administration
Education for the Air Age - Air-Age Education Research
Instruction Manual for Aeronautics and Navigation - Cincinnati Public Schools
Skyways to Learning - Georgia Department of Education

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:40 pm

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.

Weems Books

Weems, P. V. H. Air Navigation. Second. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1938.
———. Line of Position Book: A Short Accurate Method Using Ogura’s Altitude Tables and Rust’s Modified Azimuth Diagram. Second. Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, 1928.
———. Marine Navigation. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1942.
———. Star Altitude Curves. Third. Annapolis, Maryland: Weems System of Navigation, 1940.
———. The Secant Time Sight. Annapolis, Maryland: Weems System of Navigation, 1944.
Weems, P. V. H., and Charles A. Zweng. Instrument Flying. Annapolis, Maryland: Weems System of Navigation, 1942.
Weems, P. V. H., and E. A. Link. Simplified Celestial Navigation. Annapolis, Maryland: Weems System of Navigation, 1940.
Weems, P. V. H., and William C. Eberle. Learning to Navigate. Revised and Enlarged. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1943.

Zweng Books

Dagon, Elmer F., and Allan C. Zweng. Practical Manual of E-6B Computer. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1944.
Weems, P. V. H., and Charles A. Zweng. Instrument Flying. Annapolis, Maryland: Weems System of Navigation, 1942.
Zweng, Charles A. Aeronautics Training: “A Quiz System.” Bloomington, Illinois: McKnight & McKnight, 1941.
———. Control Tower and Dispatcher Ratings. Third Revised. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1960.
———. Flight Engineers Manual: With Typical Multiple-Choice Questions and Answers for the Flight Engineer Examination. Second Revised. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1953.
———. Ground Instructor: Covering “General Aeronautics.” Bloomington, Illinois: McKnight & McKnight, 1941.
———. Helicopter Rating: A Practical Guide to the CAA Helicopter Pilot Ratings, with Typical Examination Questions and Answers. First. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1954.
———. Link Instructor Manual: Including “Typical” Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for the Link Instructor Examination. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1948.
———. Parachute Technician. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1944.
———. Radio and Instrument Flying: Instructor Manual. Bloomington, Illinois: McKnight & McKnight, 1942.
———. Zweng Aviation Dictionary. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1944.
Zweng, Charles A., and Allen C. Zweng. Airline Transport Pilot Rating. Seventh Revised. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1954.
Zweng, Charles A., and John Dohm. Flying the Omnirange. Third. North Hollywood, California: Pan American Navigation Service, 1955.
Aircraft and Engine Mechanics' Manual
Airport Operation and Management
Flight Instructor
Ground Instructor Rating: An Auxiliary Text to Ground Instructor
Private Pilot Examination and Instruction: Covering New Civil Air Regulations Effective July 1, 1945

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

Noha307 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:41 pm

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

Johnston, S. Paul. Flying Fleets: A Graphic History of U.S. Naval Aviation. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 2021 1:08 pm

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:

Instrument Flying Manuals

T.O. No. 30-100A-1 - Instrument Flying: Basic Theory and Practice
T.O. No. 30-100A-2 - Instrument Flying: Basic Instructors' Syllabus
T.O. No. 30-100B-1 - Instrument Flying: Advanced with Radio Aids
T.O. No. 30-100B-2 - Instrument Flying: Advanced Instructors' Syllabus Radio Range-Radio Compass
T.O. No. 30-100C-1 - Instrument Flying: Instrument Trainer Instruction Guide
T.O. No. 30-100C-1 - Instrument Flying: Instrument Trainer Instruction Guide (Special Edition)
T.O. No. 30-100D-1 - Instrument Flying: Technique in Weather
T.O. No. 30-100E-1 - [Instrument Flying: British Standard Beam Approach System][1]
T.O. No. 30-100F-1 - Instrument Flying: Army Air Forces Instrument Approach System
T.O. No. 30-100F-2 - Instrument Flying: Army Air Forces Instrument Approach System Instructors' Syllabus

Notes

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

Unknown - Instructor's Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying
Unknown - Instructors Manual: Advanced Two-Engine Flying[2]
Unknown - Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying
Unknown - Student's Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying
Unknown - Student's Manual: Advanced Two-Engine Flying
Unknown - Student's Manual: Primary Flying

and maybe one more for bombing:

Bombing Manuals

Unknown - Student's Manual: Bombing[3]
Unknown - Student's Manual: Navigation for Bombardiers[4]
Unknown - Student's Manual: Glide Bombing Attachment
AFTRC Manual 52-0-1f - Flight Instructors' Supplement: Bombing[5]

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).

EDIT (24-03-29): Apparently there was a predecessor to the Student's Manual: Primary Flying that was called simply Primary Flying.[5]

EDIT (24-04-01): Added Student's Manual: Navigation for Bombardiers in Bombing Manuals section.

Scott Rose · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 2021 4:26 pm

WOW, been awhile since I checked this thread out.
Great job Noha!
:drink3:

Thanks for taking the time to include the links, I know how much of a PITA that is.

Noha307 · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 2021 10:24 pm

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

Aerology for Pilots
Air Navigation: Part 1, Introduction to Earth
Air Navigation: Part 2, Introduction to Navigation
Air Navigation: Part 3, Dead Reckoning and Lines of Position
Air Navigation: Part 4, Navigation Instruments
Air Navigation: Part 5, Relative Movement
Air Navigation: Part 6, Contact Flying
Air Navigation: Part 7, Nautical Astronomy & Celestial Navigation
Effects of Flight
Mathematics for Pilots
Operation of Aircraft Engines
Physics for Aviation
Physics Manual for Pilots
Principles of Flying

Other

NAVAER 00-80W-1 - Instrument Flight: Part 1, Basic Air Work
? - Instrument Flight: Part 2, Radio Navigation
NAVAER 00-80W-7 - Flight Thru Instruments

EDIT (21-05-21): Add Aerology for Pilots entry.
EDIT (21-11-21): Add link to Instrument Flight: Part 1 entry.
EDIT (24-10-25): Add links to Offensive Tactics Against Fighters, Defensive Tactics Against Fighters and Snoopers and How to Blast 'Em entries.

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