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[AIRFIELDS] Osveschenie aerodroma [i.e. The Lighting of the Airfield]

Wegener, A.I.

Item #2075

Moscow; Izdanie akademii Vozhdushnogo flota imeni N.E. Zhukovskogo, 1924. 24 p.: ill. 25x17 cm.

Original illustrated wrappers. Spine is chipped with a fragment of it lost (no text affected). Otherwise good.
First and only edition. The manual was printed for the educational use with the printrun of 500 copies. At the last page the signatures of voenkom and the head of educational department of the academy are copied, allowing the edition to into publication.
The edition is glass-printed, including 9 drawings in text.

One of the first books on the subject, this work combines all the knowledge on the use of light at airfields and airports. It was written by Alexander Wegener (1882-1927), the well-known aviator and engineer. He has started his career in 1900s, when during Russo-Japanese War he was the member of 1st East Siberian Aeronautical Battalion.
In the summer of 1911, Captain A. N. Wegener, head of practical classes at the Gatchina School of Aviation, built the Wegener 1 biplane. According to the design, the aircraft was similar to the Farman-IV, but had seats for two people, a student and an instructor, covered by a fairing, with a switchable student-controlled (possibly a world first), as well as some design improvements. The plane was used as a training plane at the school. Wegener spent the entire 1912 in France, practicing at aircraft factories and schools. Military pilot (1913).
In 1913 he was sent to England to participate in special experiments in shooting from airplanes. From the beginning of the First World War, he commanded the 14th Aeronautical Company of the 9th Army.
In April 1916, he created and headed the first organization in Russia intended for State testing of aviation equipment - the Main Airfield near St.Petersburg. In 1918 he joined the Red Army.
On September 23, 1922, he was appointed the first head of the Air Fleet Academy.

In 1927 he was arrested and executed soon after on accusations of counter-revolutionary activity. This book is the 3rd publication Wegener produced in his lifetime. Despite its low print run it became a very influential work in the field of airport construction. It was supplemented with 9 drawings by the author.

No copies found in the Worldcat.

Price: $850.00