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TITLE:
1936 Aero Digest Bound Vol 29 Chance Vought Aircraft Engineering Library Ex-Lib
ITEM SPECIFICS:
- Title: Aero Digest (Aviation Engineering & Technology Bound Volume)
- Issues Included: Volume 29, Numbers 1-6 (Complete July through December 1936)
- Publisher: Aeronautical Digest Publishing Corp. (New York)
- Provenance/Origin: Engineering Department Library of Chance Vought Aircraft (Stratford, Connecticut)
- Format: Large Hardcover / Library Rebound Cloth Boards
- Language: English
- Genre: Aviation Engineering, Military Aircraft History, 1930s Technology, Corporate Ephemera
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Up for sale is a magnificent, historically significant piece of aviation history: a complete 1936 bound library hardcover volume of "Aero Digest" (Volume 29, July–December 1936). During the golden age of flight, Aero Digest was the leading technical journal for aerospace engineers, aircraft designers, and manufacturing executives worldwide.
AN AUTHENTIC PIECE OF CHANCE VOUGHT AIRCRAFT HISTORY:
This unique volume was pulled directly from the historical internal Engineering Department Library of Chance Vought Aircraft during their era operating out of Stratford, Connecticut. Chance Vought is renowned in military aviation history as the creator of legendary naval aircraft, including the iconic WWII F4U Corsair. This book contains their official internal corporate library property markings, making it an extraordinary artifact linking directly to the engineers who designed mid-century military aircraft.
TECHNICAL CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS (JULY–DECEMBER 1936):
- In-depth blueprints, structural schematics, and mechanical essays on 1930s aircraft infrastructure.
- High-level engineering calculations regarding aerodynamics, retractable landing gear, and controllable-pitch propellers.
- Dozens of pages of stunning, rare vintage aviation industry advertisements from titans like Bendix, Curtiss-Wright, and Douglas.
CONDITION DETAILS:
- Provenance Markings: Features original Chance Vought Aircraft Engineering Library stamps, property labels, and ink notations cleanly preserved on the inner endpapers and edge.
- Exterior Cover: Sturdy, industrial-grade library cloth-bound hardcover boards. Shows light standard age-related shelf wear and spine rubbing, but remains structurally square and flat.
- Interior Pages: All 6 complete magazine issues are bound securely together. Text, technical drawings, diagrams, and historical photo plates are clean, crisp, and fully legible. Free of modern highlighting or ink underlining.
- Binding: Extremely strong, tight, uncracked institutional binding designed to survive factory library use.
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