US AIR SERVICE MANUALS (other misc. Military manuals as well)
Last Updated 7/26/2012
Notes on Rigging for Air Mechanics Army Air Services 1917 39 pp. $75
Emergency War Training for Airplane Mechanics "Engine Repairmen, Woodworkers, Riggers and Sheet Metal Workers" Bulletin #12 Iss. by Federal Board for Vocational Ed., Washington, DC April 1918.
Offers an in-depth review with a lot of details of aircraft maintenance & repair. Some insect damage to cover and first few pages. 58 pp. $20
Aerial Navigation Navy Dept. Training Manual June 1918 48 pp. $20
The Radio Mechanic & The Airplane Radio Pamphlet #30 Signal Corps, US Army 2nd Ed. Rev. Nov. 26,1918 34 pp $30
Airplane Flexible Gun Mount & Acc.Eng.Div. AS Dayton,OH March 1920 $50
Supplement to Parachute Manual Eng Div USAS Dayton, OH Feb. 1925 Rare and interestin look at the firs use of US Military parachutes with stories of the events and pictures of remains of crashed airplanes
14 pp. $30
The Airplane Propeller #925 AS, McCook Field, Dayton Jan. 1920 337 pp. $50
Browning Aircraft Machine Gun 1918 M1.30 Cal #1054 AS Dec.1920 76 pp. $40
Fundamental Principles for the Employment of the Air Service TR 440-15 Jan. 26, 1926 16 pp $15
Theory of Ballooning TR 440-300 Mar. 25, 1929 7 pp. $20
Aircraft Instruments Tech. Reg.#1170-50 Nov.1929 124 pp. $60
The Airplane Tech.Reg. #1170-65, May 1929 64 pp. $25
Instructions for Handling Titanium Tetrachlordide Smoke-Screen Material TR 1170-88 June 6, 1931 5 pp. $20
Identification of Aircraft TM 217-35 Nov.,18,1929 62 pp.
Well illustrated with full page photo opposing page w/3-view silhouette
of 27 US aircraft. $50
Fire Control & Sighting Equip. Tech. Reg. #1320-B,April 1927 79 pp. $20
Ordnance Maint. Browning .30 Cal Ground, Tank & Antiaircraft Type Machine Guns TR 1400-30C Sept. 1, 1927 21 pp. plus 5 pp. errata sheet $25
Ordnance Maint. Aorcraft Machine Gun .30 Cal. TR 1400-30G April 2, 1928 22 pp. Covers Lewis, Browning & Marlin $40
Aircraft Machine-Gun Sights Tech .Manual 1-495 Mar. 1941 55 pp. $25
Synchronizing TM 1-510 April, 1941 72 pp. $20
MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY & RELATED MANUALS
H-16 FLYING BOAT HULLS Construction, Materials & Insp. US Navy Gas Engine School 1918 46.pp.$75
Notes on Rigging for Air Mechanics RAF 39 pp. 3/5/1918 $75
R.A.F. FIELD SERVICE POCKET BOOK Apr.1918 101 pp. $75
LEWIS MACHINE GUN Savage Arms 65 pp. 1918 $60