Portals Into the Sky: A collection of Vintage Cockpit Photographs

 

Portals into the Sky, provides a photographic journey back in time for aviation enthusiasts to see forgotten cockpits of vintage aircraft.

 

 

For many aviation enthusiasts an aircraft cockpit represents a portal to freedom – the open sky. Opening this book’s cover lets a reader step back in time over its 111 pages. Readers see large cockpit detail photographs, often with an aircraft view insert, and supporting text that provide a glimpse into many obscure or forgotten plane details. Over 100 different aircraft, are pictured, spanning aeronautical advances from a Wright Brothers’ 1911 Model B to a 1964 Cherokee. There is an emphasis on aircraft of the mid-1940s through 1950s which includes general aviation, military aircraft, racers and commercial airliners. Unique cockpit photographs of autogiros, operational flying cars and manufacturer prototypes are included. Professional fliers, restoration experts, new pilots, aviation enthusiasts, model builders and youngsters who fly with Mom & Dad will find hours of enjoyment visualizing flight with yesterday’s flight controls. 

 

 

 

 

Rearwin, Commonwealth, Funk, Douglas, Taylorcraft, Piper, Cessna, Luscombe, Boeing, Grumman, Republic, North American, Hockaday, Fleet, Stinson, Bellanca, Aeronca, Culver, Globe Swift, Globemaster, 707, Convair, Connie, Constellation, Martin, Skyraider, Ercoupe, Lockheed, Fairchild, Beechcraft, Bonanza, Lear, Navion, WACO, Beaver, de Havilland, Airphibian, Cherokee, glider, pusher, Stratocruiser, Johnson, Myers, Cosmic Wind, Curtiss, Robin, Sea Bee, Spruce Goose