{"id":179,"date":"2012-02-24T20:59:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T20:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=179"},"modified":"2012-02-27T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T14:06:16","slug":"inside-the-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2012\/02\/24\/inside-the-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Museum staff has been having fun <a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2012\/01\/31\/library-special-collections\/\">pulling books for the Special Collection<\/a>.\u00a0 It is fun because we keep coming across interesting inscriptions written inside the books.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/02\/Scott-God-is-my-co-pilot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-183\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/02\/Scott-God-is-my-co-pilot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Signed both underneath his picture, dated May 11, 1992.  A second note on the title page reads, \u201cTo the Northern California \u2018Friends of the Aces\u2019 Best wishes in your efforts-\u201d\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott, Robert L. God Is My Co-Pilot. New York: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, 1943.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a select few of the ones we found.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Scott, God is my co-pilot by The Academy of Model Aeronautics, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/modelaircraft\/6780493330\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7048\/6780493330_eb702d1313.jpg\" alt=\"Scott, God is my co-pilot\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott, Robert L.\u00a0 <em>God Is My Co-Pilot<\/em>.\u00a0 New York: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, 1943.<\/p>\n<p>Signed both underneath his picture, dated May 11, 1992.\u00a0 A second note on the title page reads, \u201cTo the Northern California \u2018Friends of the Aces\u2019 Best wishes in your efforts-\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Garber, Wright Bros birth of aviation by The Academy of Model Aeronautics, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/modelaircraft\/6780493326\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7188\/6780493326_ff28338486.jpg\" alt=\"Garber, Wright Bros birth of aviation\" width=\"394\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garber, Lester W.\u00a0 <em>The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation<\/em>.\u00a0 Wiltshire: The Crowood Press, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Signed on the cover page, \u201cFor All My Friends at the AMA \u2013 I have learned much from building and flying model airplanes over the past 55 years. \u00a0Lester Garber July 19, 2005\u201d \u2013signature blurred slightly to protect Mr. Garber.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Hawks, Once to every pilot by The Academy of Model Aeronautics, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/modelaircraft\/6780493322\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7038\/6780493322_2b491a9e30.jpg\" alt=\"Hawks, Once to every pilot\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hawks, Captain Frank. <em>Once to Every Pilot<\/em>. New York: Stackpole Sons, 1936.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by Frank Hawks in upper corner of cover page. Below this is written, \u201cThis book was given to me by Gene Quesada who received it personally from the author Frank Hawks in 1936 \u2013 Quesada was there a 1<sup>st<\/sup> Lt. I want to give it to Mike, Pat and Jeff (^ &amp; Joe \u201851) when they reach the age old enough to read and understand it. All the pilots spoken of in this book were the outstanding airmen when I was getting the flying bug. 10-10-49 Harold G. Fulmer (?)\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Museum staff has been having fun pulling books for the Special Collection.  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