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Cover jacket filled by colour painting of in flight Shackleton passing over surfaced submarine, at sea
non-fiction
Record of development, generally WW2 to approx 1980, and usage and various Nations involvement, plus brief history of individual planes identified by their serial numbers, AVRO's MARITIME HEAVYWEIGHT THE SHACKLETON
Includes loose amendments
non-fiction
Technical overview of Gipsy I aircraft engine circa 1931
gipsy aero engine
non-fiction
Air navigation orders covering administration & procedures for airworthiness
non-fiction
List of books & reports on gas turbine, jet propulsion & rocket power as of 1951
early gas turbine/ jet engines
Manual in book form
non-fiction
Flght manual for Partenavia P68 aircraft
flight manual
Manual in spiral bound book form
non-fiction
Overview of all systems , procedures & perfomance for Beechcraft Baron twin engine aircraft , circa 1967
systems
Loose 2 page " booklets"
non-fiction
Insrtructional notes for RAAF applicants on mechanics, physics & mathematics, circa 1940s
mechanics
non-fiction
Brief history of aerospace engineering courses at RMIT 1941 to 1991
non-fiction
Overview of standards for unified screw threads, circa 1950s
black hexagon bolts
Inner case marked with S/N ECTK 632
non-fiction
Overview of process of brazing ( joining metals using molten filler ) for aluminium & its allooys, circa 1957
2 copies of this item
non-fiction
Overview of the practices of arc welding using aluminium
Manual in 3 ring folder form
non-fiction
Series of articles from The Model Engineer magazine circa late 1940s
Duplicate item
non-fiction
Technical guide for training on engine maintenance for Macchi trainer, circa 1969
non-fiction
Guide for training on maintenance of Aermacchi trainer airframe components, circa 1967
non-fiction
Technical training notes for TACAN navigational system on Macchi trainers, circa 1969
non-fiction
Guide for the training of ground staff on the Macchi trainer, circa 1967
macchi trainer ground staff
Duplicate item
non-fiction
Establishment of drafting practices to be used in preparation of aircraft drawings
Duplicate item
non-fiction
Elementary overview of aircraft engines for students, aircraft mechanics, apprentices circa 1943
First few pages slightly water damaged
non-fiction
Study of the application of analytical geometry to a practical mathematical definition of aircraft contours & structures, circa 1944
non-fiction
Introduction to aeronautical engineering for students engaged in all types of aeronautical work, circa 1937
Marked with a note in red: OBSOLETE This publication is not subject to Amendment Action
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