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Save the Date: Nov. 9 – History Authors Book Sale

On Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport, Calif., will host a new book and aviation photograph sale – just in time for the holidays. Authors include many of the top names in aviation and military history, local history, as well as aviation photography. Authors on hand to sign books include:

William T. Larkins – Surplus WWII U.S. Aircraft and San Francisco Bay Area Avation

Jim Dunn – Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork

John Geoghegan – Operation Storm: Japan’s Top Secret Submarines and its Plan to Change the Course of World War II

Craig Harwood – Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West

Janet McGovern – Images of America: Redwood City and Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service

Pat Macha - Historic Aircraft Wrecks of San Bernardino County

Harry Bender – Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots

Eric Presten – Vintage Flyers III

Ron Strong – Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork

Scott Thompson: Final Cut: The Post-War B-17 Flying Fortress and Survivors

Nicholas A. Veronico – Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Restoring WWII’s Lost Aircraft

Bill Yenne – B-52 Stratofortress and U.S. Guided Missiles

Throughout the day, all of the authors will give 15- to 20-minute presentations on their books.

Photographers exhibiting and selling framed prints for the holidays will be David Leininger and Richard H. VanderMeulen. You’ve seen their photos on the covers of Air Force, Aviation History, FlyPast, In Flight USA, KitPlanes and dozens of other magazines.

For more information, contact the museum at 650/654-0200.