CRUSADER
Crusader airframe coating was best described as the color of a newly-issued coin from the nearby Denver Mint.
The Story of the Shelton Flying Wing

Alexander Roca
Special illustrations by:
John Two McClure
Burt Mader
Sheridan P. Barnard


NEW!   Watch the original test flight - captured on 35 mm film in Denver, Colorado, Jan. 1935
NEW!   New choices for Ordering Crusader online! Direct link to our listing at Amazon.com Or,use PayPal
NEW!   Wear your own Crusader teeshirt! Direct link to zazzle.com.
  Hear the twin Menasco engines of Crusader roar over Denver - a sound not heard in 55 years!
  The aviation history book Crusader garners rave reviews in major magazines...
  Aeronautical design patent at center of Crusader controversy..read on...
  Take a tour of aviation history! Purchase Crusader with our easy-to-use order form...
  Can Aeronautics be Art Deco? For a discussion, see our news release
  New, popular priced edition of CRUSADER now available... details....
  Questions? Comments? Aeronautical or art deco anecdotes? E-mail us!
  Play Aviation Answers -- our exclusive Plane, Fame, Name Game

This is a cookie-free site!
Entire site contents © 2009 Rare Birds Publishing. All Rights Reserved