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Old Aviation Humor books

A long list of books with aviation humor and/or cartoons. Many of these books, see year of publication, are not available for purchase anymore. You will have to start looking at second-hand bookshops or flea-markets. We will give as much info as possible, and an automatic request form will be provided to ask information at a specialist aviation bookshop with a large stock of second-hand books.

We provide the following info, alphabetically according to writer :

Title

Writer

Year of publication

ISBN number, if available

Short description, or opinion

What a way to fly

Binning, Bob

1987

0-85091-2997

An Australian book with lots of good anecdotes and cartoons about flying. Warning: not to be taken within 24 hours of flying. Very good

Ciel, mon avion

Brunel, Roger

1990

no isbn

French language. Nice cartoons

Ace McCool

Desmarais, Jack

2000

0-969-7322-7-9

Old columns from “Canadian Aviation” between 1971 and 1987.Now reprinted as collector edition by Happy Landings. Very good stories

The harrier

Dick, Iain

1990

no isbn

Pilots notes are illustrated by cartoons.

Tiger pilots notes

Dick, Sqn Ldr Iain

1991

no isbn

All instructions in the pilots notes are explained in a cartoon. Every Tiger Moth pilot should read this. Nice

Please don't sit next to me

Ellis, Matt

2000

1-930669-00-3

A lot of airline related cartoons, featuring 'Captain Bob'. Good humor

The victim's guide to air travel

Fiddy, Roland

1994

1-85015-430-9

Excellent small booklet with aviation cartoons.

Vrolijke tips voor een vliegreis

Fiddy, Roland

1994

90-6555-563-3

Nice cartoons, Dutch translation of Victims guide

Rodscher Zwo

Flieger Magazin

1998

3-00-003709-8

Komik zwischen Himmel und Erde. German/English. Second book with RT conversation as published in magazine with additional cartoons. Nice book

Rodscher

Flieger Magazin

1995

3-89-365467-4

Komik zwischen himmel und erde. RT conversation as published in magazine with additional cartoons. Nice book, partly in German.

Breaking the laugh barrier

Fradon, Dana

1961

no isbn

Paperback with excellent cartoons that defy the laws of gravity.

Der lustige Fliegerkalender 1965

Friebe Luftfahtbedarf

1965

no isbn

24 aviation cartoons, and calendar. In German

ATCartoons

Germans, Martin

1990 ?

no isbn

Private publication with ATC cartoons. Excellent humor

Plane insanity

Hester, Elliott

2002

0-312-26958-7

An insider view of air travel with anecdotes on travel, sex, social etiquette and passenger behaviour. Well written.

Whoops airlines

Hughes, Mike

1998

0-9664130-0-8

Cartoons about airline life and stupid passengers. Some original views

Air sick humor

Joric, William K

1999 ?

0-9676534-0-1

Collection of the aviation stories as available on Internet. 110 pages and a lot of good humor.

Aviation Humor

Keller, Core F

2002

0-595-25631-7

Poking fun at airplane and helicopter pilots, comparing them. Not very funny and not much text.

Punch met vleugels

Langdon, David

1962

63-295-62

Dutch version of selection of cartoons, since 1843, from Punch magazine. All about aeronautical matters. Excellent

Punch in the air

Langdon, David

1983

0-86051-251-7

Very good collection of cartoons from Punch

Say no more

Leeuwis+vanAndel

1989

90-800375-2-4

Say when

Leeuwis+vanAndel

1990

90-800375-3-2

Say how

Leeuwis+vanAndel

1995

90-800375-4-0

Say coffee or tea

Leeuwis+vanAndel

2001

90-800375-5-9

Aviation cartoons and anecdotes. About Cabin Attendants only. Some cartoons from earlier books.

Say again

Leeuwis+vanAndel

1982

90-800375-1-6

Aviation humor and cartoons. The F16 is looked at from all sides and humor mainly about military aviation. English language and 9th printing in 2001

Flying can be fun

Locher, Dick + Kilian, Michael

1985

0-88289-449-8

Glossary of aviation words. Many of them explained by a, sometimes funny, cartoon.

Skidmarks in the sky

Markin, Doc + Christian Beloit

1985

0-9615223-0-5

An irreverent look at aviation history, many events are being mentioned and explained in a slightly distorted way.

Kresleny letecky humor

Martenek, Miloslav

1991

no isbn

Thin booklet, approx 36 pages, with Czech aviation humor. Fortunaly almost no text but good cartoons. Nice

Aerocartoons

Mauch, Helmut

1982

no isbn

Big, thick, book with large cartoons by Mauch. Nice

There I was manual

Mills, Wendy

1985

0-9510860-0-6

Thin booklet, 36 pages, with some humor and cartoons. Nice

Waarom ik zo de pest heb aan vliegen

Mintzberg, Henry

2000

90-5594-163-8

Dutch translation about things that can, and will, go wrong when travelling by air.

Plane crazy

Moorman, Joseph

1995

no isbn

Thin, small booklet with cartoons about airline life.

Fasten your seat belts

Oling, Jay

1965

no isbn

Small booklet with about 50 pages of aviation cartoons. Nice

The real aviation enthusiast

Philpott, Bryan

1987

0-9511-665-0-6

Explanations, humourous, of all characteristics of the aviation enthusiasts that can be found at the Int Air Tattoo, or other places. With cartoons and pics. Nice

The Luftwaffe guide book to basic survival at sea

Prodger, Mick

2002

0-780764-316197

Reprint, in English, of old German book. Many cartoons and short explanations

Follow me

Public Relations Lufthansa

1985 ?

no isbn

Collection of cartoons from all over the world. About 75 years of aviation

Then and now

Ray, Mike

1985

no isbn

Collection of cartoons comparing then with now.

Flying high

Rich, Elisabeth

1970

no isbn

Light hearted “how-to” book about life as a stewardess.

Fliegerlatein

Rottiers, Walter

1988 ?

3-925505-00-8

Collection of 99 cartoons. Some text in German. Good humor

Flying funnies

Schuman, Eric

1997

1-87-412560-0

Airline cartoons, approx 80 pages. funny

Aviatia Rade

Scripcaru, Vasile

1945

973-97984-7-0

Reprint, in 1998, of old cartoons by Rumanian cartoonist Scripcaru

Love at first flight

Spalding, Charles

1943

no isbn

Humorous book about career of pilot who joins Navy in 1943 and his happenings during training.

Hard fly

Stapleton, Ed + Arch Humpartzoomian

1988

1-55770-116-4

Cartoons for and about cabinattendants, sometimes quite funny

You want to build and fly a WHAT?

Starks, Dick

1992

0-932579-06-x

The boisterous, wildly exaggerated true story of a teacher who goes to build a replica ww1 airplane. And flies it.

Mayday, spin instructions please

Stevens, Bob

1990

0-8306-8964-8

A decade of the best aviation cartoons, as published in Private Pilot, about light aircraft. Excellent cartoons and some explanations.

Prop wash

Stevens, Bob

1983

0-910497-01-x

Private publication with cartoons to explain a lot of aviation terms. Excellent

There I was, flat on my back

Stevens, Bob

1975

 no isbn

Excellent book with many cartoons about life in USAF.

There I was

Stevens, Bob

1968

no isbn

Cartoons about flying matters in an after WW2

More there I was

Stevens, Bob

1974

no isbn

Follow up of earlier book, now with jets and Vietnam as well.

If you read me, rock the tower

Stevens, Bob

1980

no isbn

Aviation by excellent cartoonist. Mainly USAF matters.

Cleared to laugh

Swift, Dan + Lacroix, Tom

1992

1-56027-142-6

Cartoons about light aviation. Approx 120 pages. Nice humor but some found in other books.

Aus der luft gegriffen

Udet, Ernst

1992

3-925505-03-2

Reprint of old book (1928) in German. Old cartoons and short text (gothic !)

I'd rather be flying

Vasko, Donna

1980

0-9604308-0-6

Collection of cartoons and one-liners about aviation

Pie in the sky

Wallace, Garth

1993

0-9697322-0-1

The humorous tale of an instructor who learns to run a small town flying school.

Blue collar pilots

Wallace, Garth

2000?

0-969-7322-2-8

It's time to recognize the real pilots: the rednecks who don't fly aircraft that fly themselves. The differences between blue and white collar pilots.

Fly me

Wenzel, Bill + Cornelius Wohl

1974

no isbn

Excellent cartoons and short anecdotes in small paperback.