THE AEROPLANE

(August 28^th 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 Coventry  (A one-page illustrated account of the National Air Races last meeting)

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 Lincolns again for Malaya, Exercise Mariner plus a photograph of two Westland-Sikorsky Dragonflies on HMS Perseus)

Canberras In “Momentum”  (A 1½ page account of how Canberras tested the UK air defences during operation “Momentum”.  Includes a photo of Canberras being refuelled and a Canberra in flight)

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.