JF Ptak Science Books  Quick Post

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I found this very fine aviation catalog today down in the studio–it seems to have everything you need to identify and replace or much of the small (and not so small +) bits in aircraft in 1946.  It comes to us from Air Associates, and is their Aviation Supply Catalog No. 19.  The first 66 pages or so are loaded with hardware, tubing, engine maintenance parts, and such. The there’s a highly illustrated section: aircraft windshields, “blind flying equipment”, “quick attachable parachutes”, aircraft seat cushions, safety belts, inflatable rubber boats, aircraft landing flares, propellers (6pp), runway delineators, windcones, aircraft instrumentation (9pp), radio accessories, tools (6pp), navigational computers, pilot logs, flight clothing (2pp), goggles (2pp), communication bits (2pp). It is a gorgeous work, and I think I need one of those flight suits. (This is available for purchase via the blog bookstore.)