Old aircraft tech book reprints…

Stumbled upon this last night:

http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/product/aircraft-apprentice-leslie-macgregor/

which in turn lead to a total of 14 or so in the series, 10 of which are listed here & they’re each less than $20:

http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/aviation-collection-released/

Quote from the first link:

During the past few years a definite need has arisen for more men who possess mechanical skill. It is indeed strange that a shortage should exist in this particular field, when one considers that nine boys out of ten show definite mechanical instincts very early in life.

No doubt a large percentage of parents have stifled these natural instincts and have advised their sons that the desk is more conducive to refinement and position than the workbench. Thus, the so-called white-collar job has lured many thousands of young men into positions for which they do not have the proper enthusiasm. The resulting overcrowding has retarded their promotion.

The Machine Age is here, but it will surely melt away, as did the Ice Age, if we do not encourage the mechanical instincts in our boys. We must train them in the shops so that these instincts will be converted into practical skills.

Therefore, the purpose of this book is to secure the interest of those boys who possess a mechanical instinct yet know nothing as to how it is practiced and are desirous of entering that constantly expanding field, the manufacture of aircraft.

All 14 books:

http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/aviation-collection/

My intent is to buy the set 🙂 Ordered the two I linked to so far.

In related news I was looking online for an aircraft sheetmetal book to help someone repair holes in their Spartan trailer. I found the one I was looking for & discovered that it’s out of print. My copy which is about 25 years old cost me around $10 or so. Used copies are now going for $250+