03-330. VERY EARLY AVIATION - Chicago Inter Ocean IL Sept. 6, 1903-P.1 col. 1 article headlined: "LANGLEY AIRSHIP IS TIED UP FOR REPAIRS/ Accident of  Friday Will Prevent Further Test of Machine for Several Days."  Up until 1942, the Smithsonian had insisted that Langleys machine was the first successful lighter -than- air craft, even though it failed to actually  fly. This was a rare FP report of this event.   $47

03-682. EARLY  JET  AVIATION - SF Chronicle CA Aug. 1, 1945- FP photo of  one of the 1st  U. S. jet planes, the P-80.  P.3 article with another photo: "THE SHOOTING STAR- The Fastest Airplane in the World."   $34

01-027. EARLY AERIAL WARFARE - Manchester Union, NH, Feb. 13, 1915- 2/3 f p headline: "Aerial Warfare is Waged Upon Largest Scale in History."   $22

02-293. EARLY AVIATION - Scientific American NY- Jan. 1, 1887- "A NOVEL FORM OF AERIAL VESSEL." FP engraving of a non-existent  flying machine. It resembles a cross between a blimp and a ship. Imaginative!   $47