Genealogy of Piper Aircraft

Cub Driver sez:
Devon Francis's Mr.
Piper and His Cubs, and the genealogy is on the endpapers. The book
was published in 1973 by Iowa State University Press, but a reasonable
guess is that it was financed by Piper Aircraft.


Looks like it's out of print but there are some interesting resources from ISU
Press, which is now Blackwell.

http://www.blackwellprofessional.com/aviation.html

A search on ABE www.abebooks.com shows many copies of Mr. Francis's
book. I don't know if the paperback contains the genealogy (a
paperback by nature doesn't have endpapers) but I'm pretty sure it's
in there somewhere. Any hardcover edition would have it.

If the genealogy is available as a poster, that's a better bet. It's
obviously reduced for the book (say 9x12 inches). And the book is more
of a curiosity piece than a valuable reference.

On 02 Jan 2005 05:33:17 GMT, (StellaStar) wrote:

Cub Driver sez:
Devon Francis's Mr.
Piper and His Cubs, and the genealogy is on the endpapers. The book
was published in 1973 by Iowa State University Press, but a reasonable
guess is that it was financed by Piper Aircraft.


Looks like it's out of print but there are some interesting resources from ISU
Press, which is now Blackwell.

http://www.blackwellprofessional.com/aviation.html

It was available as a poster (about 2' x 3'). I've seen a few copies on
various walls over the years. About 4-5 years ago, I was at a job fair
where the New Piper team was giving away a copy -- just one. They were
raffling it off, using resumes as entries.

Gerry

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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A search on ABE www.abebooks.com shows many copies of Mr. Francis's
book. I don't know if the paperback contains the genealogy (a
paperback by nature doesn't have endpapers) but I'm pretty sure it's
in there somewhere. Any hardcover edition would have it.

If the genealogy is available as a poster, that's a better bet. It's
obviously reduced for the book (say 9x12 inches). And the book is more
of a curiosity piece than a valuable reference.

It was available as a poster (about 2' x 3'). I've seen a few copies on
various walls over the years. About 4-5 years ago, I was at a job fair
where the New Piper team was giving away a copy -- just one. They were
raffling it off, using resumes as entries.

Gee, I've got one of these posters hanging on the wall in my hangar that I
picked up somewhere along the way.

I had no idea it was valuable.
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Iowa City, IA
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