FLIGHT

Aircraft, Spacecraft, Missiles

(August 10^th 1961)

The magazine published for the serious aero enthusiast and the official organ of the Royal Aero Club.  Packed with technical and specification data and well illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout.

Front cover:

Hawker Siddeley Aviation – The Argosy

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (Farnborough 1961, HAS overseas changes, Caribou weight plus photos of the Canadair CF-104 and the Lockheed F-104)

This Is The Trident  (A double-page photo-montage with descriptive text of the De Havilland Trident on the tarmac)

Missiles And Spaceflight  (Third Minuteman flight, Joint NASA/Industry satellite plans, First world space records, Titan progress, Chemistry in orbit, Ion engine flight-tests planned.  Includes a photo of the Atlas-Agena launch vehicle with the Ranger 1 spacecraft)

Target Telemetering  (An article describing the targeting telemetry of the Australian designed Jindivik target aircraft.  Includes a photograph of the Jindivik on its launch trolley)

BAC One-Eleven  (A review of the British Aircraft Corporation’s new jet successor to the Viscount.  This 5-page review includes silhouette drawings of the BAC One-Eleven and the Viscount, a photo of the Rolls-Royce Spey 505-14 by-pass turbojet, comparative performance data, cabin plans and a basic fuselage structure plan.)

Russia’s Helicopter Airliners  (A double-page photo-montage with descriptive text of models and cutaway models of the Mi-6 and the Yak-24P)

Sport And Business  (Development of a lightweight airborne radar beacon, An Aero 145, Qualifying competitions.  Includes photos of the Rollason Druine Condor, the Piper Aztec, a Mooney Mk 21, the Meta-Sokol and the Piaggio P.166)

“Local” Flying – In Search Of Aeronautical Inn-Signs  (An off-beat but interesting 2-page article)

Air Commerce  (ATLB Public Meeting 21 [continued] – Cunard Eagle in Scandanavia, Application for Nice, Silver City’s Madeira Cake, Overseas Aviation’s resources; Goodbye BUA Viscount Safaris, BUA redeploy at Gatwick, Falcon’s fleet, An airport authority, “Walk-On” Gatwick-Prestwick, BOAC 1960-61: A postscript)

Service Aviation – Air Force, Naval And Army Flying News  (Services at Farnborough, Singapore to Andover, Last operational Meteor plus a photo of a couple of Royal Navy Wessex helicopters at Yeovil)

plus more including adverts for the Sikorsky HSS-2, Fairey Engineering Ltd., the BAC One-Eleven, the Vickers Vigilant anti-tank missile (double-page), the VC10 & Super VC10 and Boeing Jetliners

Other than a few bumps, marks and knocks to the cover and page edges (see photograph) this magazine is in very good overall condition and with all pages firmly held by the rusty but sound staples.  All pages are present, intact and free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration to the page edges.