"AVIATION STORIES AND MECHANICS," WINTER [FEBRUARY] 1928
Entry/Object ID
2001.200.1.1
Description
"AVIATION STORIES AND MECHANICS," WINTER [FEBRUARY] 1928
Color: Blue; Red; White
"Aviation Stories and Mechanics," Winter [February] 1928 issue, published by The Flying Publishing Company. The cover has the journal title in white letters at the top and a colored photographic image of Charles Lindbergh over a red circle and a blue background. At the bottom left is the issue price and the words "Winter Number." At the bottom right are some of the features in the issue, which includes topics like general impressions of flying; a poem about aviation; a recollection of flying in Europe by a journalist using a pseudonym, "Toodle D. Doo;" an article by a parachute jumper; the nearly-completed round-the-world flight of Brock and Schlee; the Gordon Bennett balloon race; the American Society for the Promotion of Aviation; a pictorial roll of honor for 1927 aviation superimposed over a map of the world; pieces on particular models of airplanes; an article on Arctic explorer Richard E. Byrd's opinion of the film "Wings;" the airplane of the future; a glossary of common aviation terms; an account of a flight from Amsterdam to Batavia; and a profile of aerial photography. The journal is amply illustrated and there are many advertisements. In poor condition, the artifact has matter cut out of two pages; tape repair on the bottom of the spine; many creases; surface soiling; paper discoloration; mustiness; and many stains and small tears.
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Aviation, Aviators
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), Flying Publishing Company, American Society for the Promotion of Aviation, Women aviators
