ASSEN JORDANOFF 1896-1967 AKA Asen Yordanov

ASSEN JORDANOFF Autographed Photo Courtesy of Tim Linder

ASSEN JORDANOFF Out of the author's album from 1912 to the present day From the Collection of Chris Mullen

 

Kenneth Behr - Diana Jordanoff - Assen "Jerry" Jordanoff " I've determined from a cover letter mentioning the photo that the scene was actually Jordanoff's Christmas 1942 party at Jordanoff Aviation Company, 595 Madison Ave., NY." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 9-28-06

 

FLYING AND HOW TO DO IT Autographed Copy of the Book in the collection of Tim Linder To contact Mr. Linder, click on his name.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Assen Jordanoff", using the Google search engine, (4-15-04), you will find about 153 links. If you search on "Assen Jordanoff" +aviation, you will still find some 60 links, most of them being offers for sale of his several books, many of them obsolete. It will require some patience to find websites which feature his life and career. Perhaps the most productive starting point is the one immediately below.

Assen Jordanoff - the man who contributed to America's airpower Brief biography of a great Bulgarian 11th revision, 26 Jul 2006 By Plamen Antonov       This biography by Plamen Antonov was just recently revised and updated and represents the most extensive and authoritative source for information on his life and career. Each feature of his life and career has been carefully researched and the resulting text is generously illustrated with rare photographs. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.      If time permits, I think you will enjoy going to his homepage and sampling some of the many other offerings. Of special interest to aviation enthusiasts are: Events and  Air-spaces      You can access them by clicking on the titles or from the Homepage which can be accessed by clicking on: Plamen Antonov's Pages

 

CLASSIC SERIES OF BOOKS      Assen Jordanoff was the author of a series of books from the 1930's on flying including:   FLYING AND HOW TO DO IT, Grosset and Dunlap (1932)   YOUR WINGS, Funk and Wagnalls Company, (1936)   THROUGH THE OVERCAST, Funk and Wagnalls, (1942)   MEN AND WINGS; The Story of Man's Conquest of the Skies, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Buffalo, (1942)   THE MAN BEHIND THE FLIGHT, a ground course for aviation mechanics and airmen, New York, London, Harper & brothers, (1942)   TUS ALAS. MANUAL PRACTICO DE AVIACION.- Editado en Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1941: Portada, 287 págs. + dibujos de Frank Carlson que ilustran el texto. Manual práctico de aviación; OctavoMayor.- Rústica.   POWER AND FLIGHT      As of this date, April 15, 2004, you will find offers of many of these books on the web. Simply use "Assen Jordanoff" as the search term on Google, or use the name of the book you are seeking. You will probably find some valid links, although others may be obsolete.

 

THROUGH THE OVERCAST by Assen Jordanoff Collection of Paul Lee, 4-2-05      "This is my autographed copy of Assen Jordanoff's "Through the Overcast". The gold watch which is seen on the book is inscribed on the back "Presented to Assen Jordanoff from Dean C. Smith". I've done a lot of research on Mr Jordanoff but Mr Smith is a little harder to find info on. I noted on your Dean C. Smith page, at the bottom, you have a couple of small pics of Mr Smith and his book "By the Seat of My Pants". I just found an ex library copy of the book online and purchased it. Hopefully Mr Smith's book might provide some insight as to what his connection with Assen Jordanoff was which led him to making a presentation of the watch."

 

TO ASSEN JORDANOFF FROM DEAN C. SMITH (for Cash) Collection of Paul Lee, 4-2-05

 

JORDANOFF WATCH Collection of Paul Lee, 4-2-05

HAPPY LANDINGS To C.W. Meyers, I wish happy landings, A. Jordanoff, 4/28/1939, Cleveland, Ohio." Collection of Paul Lee, 4-2-05

 

Assen Jordanoff died in 1967 From The Early Birds of Aviation ROSTER, 1996   Back