1990s Aviation Objects

Taylor, Robert with Charles Walker. Robert Taylor Air Combat Paintings, Volume II. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1991. First Edition. Gray cloth boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine. Original pictorial dust jacket. Presented is a first edition printing of Robert Taylor Air Combat Paintings, Volume II by Charles Walker and Robert Taylor. Published in 1991 by David & Charles, this book features a foreword by Group Captain Peter Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC. The book is Volume II, of six total volumes, of Taylor’s dramatic aviation paintings...

Circa 1990s used aeroplane propeller. An unusual item that somehow came into my possession. The propeller was sold through - Newton Propeller, Powys, UK...

Chennault, Claire Lee. Way of a Fighter. Tucson, Arizona: James Thorvardson & Sons, 1991. Limited edition. Signed by Max Chennault, Tex Hill, Erik Shilling, and Joe Rosbert. Original dust jacket. Presented is Claire Lee Chennault’s memoir, Way of a Fighter. With a print run of only 1,300, this limited edition copy was released in 1991. The first edition was published in 1949, and this 1991 limited edition is highly collectible not only for the rarity but also the signatures. Three Flying Tiger...

Lovell, Jim and Jeffrey Kluger. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Signed and inscribed by Jim Lovell on...

Shepard, Alan, Slayton, Deke, Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1994. First Edition, signed by Alan She...

An exceptional vintage fibreglass and resin composite 1:72 scale promotional model of a Concorde in full British Airways 'Landor' livery and mounted on original chrome plated screw-i...

Presented is a collage with Robert Taylor’s limited edition print of “Out of Fuel and Safely Home” and a true Army Medal of Honor. Numbered 1084 out of only 1250, the print is signed by Robert Taylor and five WWII fighter pilots who flew B-17s: William Lawley, Jim Barker, L.A. Mitchell, D. Litsinger, and Richard T. Headrick. Together with the medal, Taylor’s print is archivally framed in a custom built mat and frame. The limited edition print is numbered 1084/1250. This edition is printed on archival paper with high quality fade-resistant ink. Taylor’s pencil signature is just below the numbered copy on the bottom left margin. In the same bottom margin, the title of the work is clearly printed with a description below that reads, “A B-17 Fortress of the American 8th Air Force, with two engines out, make a successful forced landing in an English cornfield. After an eight hour Mission, with tanks dry, the pilot brings the mighty warbird down safely in the first available field.” Five signatures from WWII pilots...

This dramatic scene by Robert Taylor is signed in the bottom margin by six WWII pilots: John Alison, Tex Hill, Don Lopez, Charles Older, Ed Rector, and Wiltz...

Aldrin, Buzz, Barnes, John, Encounter with Tiber. New York: Warner Books, 1996. Signed First Edition. Original dust jacket. Presented is the first edition of Buzz Aldrin's ?Encounte...

Cernan, Eugene and Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Stated first edition. Original dust jacket. Presented is astronaut Eugene Cernan's book, The Last Man on the Moon, which he wrote with Don Davis. This is the stated first edition of the book which was published in 1999. Cernan has signed and inscribed the book on the title page in black ink. Eugene Andrew Cernan (1934-2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 Mission, he became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the Apollo Lunar Module after fellow astronaut Harrison Schmitt on their third and final lunar excursion, he is the last person to have walked on the Moon. Cernan traveled into space three times; as pilot of Gemini 9A in June of 1966, as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969, and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972. Cernan was also a backup crew member of the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14...

Leather Flying Helmet. A lightweight leather flying helmet made from supple dark brown leather with a brown cloth lining. The WWII style leather aviator pilots cap has covered earflaps with popper fastening, goggle loop at the rear, adjustable leather straps for chin and forehead and with an elasticated rear. There is a Goodwood Aero Club, 2017 Member enamel lapel pin...

Side table made with a Boeing 747 gearing engine in titanium. Rare piece.