First trans-Pacific flight to Australia...

THE WORLD, New York City, June 9, 1928 



* 1st Trans-pacific airplane flight ends

* Southern Cross monoplane to Australia

* Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith 



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Pacific Plane Spans Sea; Flyers Safe at Brisbane" with subheads with pictorial. Another related photo on the back page. (see)

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Mongaup Pond NY airplane disaster....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 11, 1934



* Mongaup Pond, Catskill Mountains

* Curtiss T-32 Condor II airplane crash



The front page has a banner headline: "HUNT AIR LINER IN CATSKILLS" with subheads. Early reporting here. related photo on the back page.

Complete 32 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton &a... See More  

1946 Goodland, Kansas C-47 crash...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 20, 1946 



* Goodland, Kansas 

* C-47 military transport crash 

* Airplane - aviation disaster 



The front page has a small one column heading: "13 Are Killed in Air Crash" (see) First report coverage on the United States Air Force C-47 military transport airplane crash near Goodland, Kansas

Complete with 16 pages, light toning at t... See More  

Hélène Boucher killed in airplane accident...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1934



* Helen Boucher killed

* French aviatrix - pilot

* Airplane crash accident



The bottom of the back page has a two column photo headed: "French Woman Air Record Holder Killed"

Page 8 has a small and discrete one column heading: "French Aviatrix Killed in Crash; Held Altitude Mark" (see)

Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in nice ... See More  

1962 Mercury-Atlas 7 space flight...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. May 24, 1962



* Project Mercury-Atlas 7 space flight

* Astronaut Scott Carpenter - Aurora 7



The front page has a banner headline: "Carpenter Sighted on Raft In Atlantic" with subhead and photo of Carpenter. (see)

Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Howard Hughes wins Harmon Trophy....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1937



* Aviator Howard Hughes

* Aviatrix Jean Batten

* Harmon Trophy presentation



Page 9 has a one column heading: "Air Prize For Hughes; Jean Batten Honored" with subhead and photos. See image for report here. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.

Other news, sports and ... See More  

Gilberton, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 22, 1935



* Gilberton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

* Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company

* Colliery explosion disaster

* Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder case



The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "11 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST, GAS IN PENNSYLVANIA" with subheas. (see) First report coverage on the Gilberton, Pennsylvania coal mi... See More  

Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial...

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Air Force One premier weekend full-page ad...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 26, 1997 (Calendar Section only)



* Premier weekend of Air Force One

* Harrison Ford... Glenn Close

* Full page ad in a Hollywood area newspaper (L.A.)



A terrific issue published on the premiere weekend of the motion picture hit "Air Force One" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment ind... See More  

1998 launch of the International Space Station...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 21, 1998



* International Space Station launched

* Low Earth orbit space modular



The front page has a one column heading: "Space Module Blazes a New Trail in Orbit" First report coverage continues inside. This space station is still in use today.

Complete with all sections (100+ pages), great condition.... See More  

Amelia Earhart lost in 1937...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE,  July 10, 1937.

 

* Amelia Earhart famous disappearance

* Over the Pacific Ocean - Fred Noonan



The front page has a one column heading: "Navy Launches Final Phase of Earhart Hunt" Small related map on page 2. (see)

Complete with all 24 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings... See More  

Notre Dame wins 1930 football title...

THE DETROIT NEWS, December 11, 1930 



* Knute Rockne exhausted with coaching football

* Notre Dame officially are National Champions 

* Last season before airplane crash death

* Fighting Irish college football



The front page of the sport's section (page 29) has a banner headline: "'ROCKNE, ILL, TO RETURN TO MAYO'S FOR TREATMENT" with subheads and small photo... See More  

Tenerife airport disaster... Worst ever...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 28, 1977



* Tenerife airport disaster

* Boeing 747 jet airliners airplanes

* Canary Islands



The front page has nice banner headline: "550 DIE AS JETS COLLIDE ON RUNWAY; 304 Californians Aboard in Canary Islands Disaster" with subheads, related photo and map. (see) More on pages 14 & 15. First report coverage on the Tenerife airport disaster in which tw... See More  

Kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby...

THE DETROIT NEWS, March 4, 1932 



* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping

* Early reporting - "Crime of the Century"



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "LINDBERGH AND WIFE APPEAL TO KIDNAPERS" with subheads and pictorial of Charles Jr..

Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More  

From the Confederate stronghold of Charleston...

THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, April 30, 1863  Not surprisingly there is much reporting on the Civil War including: "The Yankee Army of Robbers" "Our Naval Prospects" "Progress Of The War" "From Vicksburg--The Yankee Gunboats Running the Gauntlet...Burning of a Yankee Transport, etc." "The Habeas Corpus Act Again" and more.

A single ... See More  

1930 Fayetteville, Tennessee airshow disaster...

THE DETROIT NEWS, April 28, 1930



* Fayetteville, Tennessee

* Air show stunt disaster

* Airplane circus



The top of page 37 has a one column heading: "PLANE KILLS 8; PILOT IS HELD" with subhead. First report coverage on the air show disaster at Faytteville, Tennessee which was one of the very 1st air show disasters.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with ... See More  

1931 Betty Robinson airplane crash...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1931



* Betty Robinson airplane crash - dead ?

* Winner of 1st Olympic 100-meter for Women

* Youngest athlete to win gold medal (16 yrs. old)



Page 3 has a one column heading: "Elizabeth Robinson Hurt In Air Crash" with subhead. (see) Robinson was thought to be dead and was put in the trunk of car and taken to the morgue where it was discovered she was ... See More  

Aviator Howard Hughes airplane flight record..

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 15, 1936



* Aviator Howard Hughes 

* Transcontinental airplane speed flight record

* Goodwin, Arkansas airplane crash disaster



The top of page 21 has a two column heading: "10-Hour Travel From Coast Seen By Hughes After Record Flight" with subhead and photo. (see)

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "17 Are Killed in Crash Of ... See More  

Pan Am Flight 214 disaster... Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapped...

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 9, 1963 



* Pan Am Flight 214 - Elkton MD

* Boeing 707-121 airplane disaster



The top of the front page has a banner headline: "82 Killed in Crash of Pam Am Jet" (see) Nice for display.

Incomplete issue containing 18 of the 26 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine,  nice condition.



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Aviator Howard Hughes airplane flight record..

THE DETROIT NEWS, January 15, 1936



* Goodwin, Arkansas airplane crash

* American Airways Flight 1 disaster

* Douglas DC-2 airliner



The front page has a banner headline: "17 Dead Taken From Air Wreckage" with subheads and 2 related photos. Nice for display.

Complete in 36 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.... See More  

Discoverer 13 capsule recovery a 1st...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Aug. 12, 1960



* Discoverer 13 XIII satellite

* First capsule successful recovery

* Very 1st man made object retrieved from space



The front page has a banner headline: "U. S. Rockets Huge Balloon Into Space Orbit" with subhead. Also a three column heading: "U. S. Space Capsule Returned to Earth" with lead-in: "Plucked From Ocean&q... See More  

A wonderful issue on the California Gold Rush...

THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 1848  



* President James K. Polk

* State of the Union Address

* Discovery of California gold



A great newspaper to find the state-of-the-union address by a President, and this issue has all of pages 1, 2, and a bit of page 3 taken up with that signed in type by: James K. Polk.

Within his message, and on the front page, he devotes much space ... See More  

Early airplanes tests... Glenn Curtiss...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 21, 1911



* Aviator pioneer Glenn Curtiss - aviation

* Early Naval Air Station Island flight tests

* Early biplanes for war ? - airplanes w/ photos



The top of page 3 has a four column heading: "CURTISS HOPES TO PROVE EFFICIENCY OF BIPLANE AS AEROSCOUT IN TIME OF WAR" with subheads and related pictorial. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in goo... See More  

Sputnik begins the space race...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - EXTRA, Oct. 5, 1957 



* Sputnik 1 (1st report)

* World's 1st orbiting artificial satellite

* Space race begins



This would be one of the very best Sputnik issues to be had, with a very nice & bold two-line banner head proclaiming: "RUSS STAELLITE CIRCLING GLOBE". Included as well as an artist's conception: "...of what the Russian sate... See More  

Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak unveiled...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 6, 1947



* Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak airplane unveiling

* United States Navy turbojet research aircraft



The top of page 13 has a three column photo with heading: "The New Trans-Sonic Plane Is Displayed By The Navy" and a two column heading: "First Jet Plane to Test Trans-Sonic Speeds Is Unveiled by Navy and Douglas Company" (see)

Complete with 48... See More