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THE AEROPLANE
(August 28th 1953)
Front cover:
Advert: De Havilland Comet
In this issue:
Making A Noise
About Noise (Editorial)
Matters Of Moment (Pulse jets for rotation, Guided missile progress, New Argentine
aircraft, A change of venue, R.Ae.S. awards, Transatlantic mobility, Ouragans for
India, Gliding championship results, Air Vice-Marshal W.A.D. Brook – obituary. Includes a photograph of the Saab-210 Draken and
an excellent photo of a Victor bomber landing)
Racing At
Where Are The Small
Aircraft? (A ½ page article from the Australian
press)
Sea Skater (A series of 4 lovely photos of the Convair XF2Y-1 Sea-Dart landing
on water)
The Fighting
Services (RAF appointments, Middle-East
rescue, RAF
Canberras In “Momentum” (A 1½ page account of how Canberras tested the
Testing The Navy’s
Jet Engines (A 3-page article illustrated
with photographs and drawings)
The Air Forces
Of The Commonwealth Memorial (A double-page photo-montage
of the memorial to be unveiled by the Queen in October)
The Lockheed Super-Constellation
1049E (An excellent 4-page detailed
review of the aircraft which includes two lovely photos of the aircraft on the
ground, cabin layout plans, technical, performance and specification data. Development history, Design features, Passenger
arrangements, Crew compartment features, Freighting versions, Fact and fable)
A Piston-Engined
Flying Target (An excellent 2-page detailed
review of the U.120D ground-air gunnery target drone. Operation of the U.120D, Radio control system,
Technical data. Includes photographs of
the aircraft and its engine and a lovely ½ page cutaway drawing with 16 key points
identified and several expanded drawings highlighting design features)
Air Transport (A profit for CAA, Planning Indian nationalisation, A GCA let-down
accident, UAT and its Comets, Jugoslavia’s air line, Transport conference in
Italy, News in brief)
Gliding
Notes (Includes small photos of the
Schweizer 1-23B and the Laister-Kaufman)
News Of Industry (De Havilland cold-air unit, Celloseel jointing compound, Radio control
for the Jindivik)
Adverts include: the Universal Freighter, the Decca 424 Airfield
Radar, the Fairey Gannet, the Vickers Viscount, the Double Mamba Turboprop, the
Hawker Hunter, Marconi Airborne Radio Systems, Rotax (colour) and the Bristol
Type 170 Mark 32 Freighter
The front cover page photograph is a good indicator of the quality of this magazine which is in very good overall condition considering its age. The cover page display some minor bumps, and knocks to the edges and corners (see photograph). The staples are lightly rusted but sound and they continue to hold all pages securely. All pages are present and free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration to the page edges.