FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

(May 31^st 1957)

Paris Show Guide

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:

Advert:  Blackburn & General Aircraft Limited

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (The Vickers VC10, Statement on the S.R.53, Gazelle-powered Bristol 192, More about Bloodhound, The long way to Tokyo, Bristol’s new wind tunnel, Armstrong Siddeley and AiResearch.  Includes photographs of the Gloster Javelin production line, the Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile being test-fired, a formation of 3 Folland Gnats and an Avro Vulcan at Waddington)

Thunderchief – Republic Aviation’s Supersonic Fighter / Bomber  (A one-page update review which includes a small 3-view general arrangement drawing)

Exercise Vigilant – Fighter Command’s Javelins And Hunters Meet A Threat  (A 2-page account of the year’s annual defence exercise.  Includes several lovely photographs of participating Gloster Javelins and one of Hawker Hunters taking-off)

Here And There  (Spirited Successor, SAC Command, Forty-nine to go, Highest yet?, Lighter-than-air race, RAF at the tournament plus a photograph of a Bristol Mk. 21 Freighter)

Service Aviation – Royal Air Force And Fleet Air Arm News  (Comet in Canada, BEM for RAAF airman, RCAF trophy winner, RAAF Antarctic operations, Beverley accident Court Martial, In brief)

Civil Aviation  (BOAC orders VC-10s, BEA’s jet transport, Viscount flight development, Wing pods or tail clusters?, BEA’s record April, The Central African agreement, Avro’s supersonic transport, “Request Decca Departure”, Fifteen Viscounts off the shelf, ICAO’s European conference, Skyways “Livestock” special, Brevities.  Includes photographs of a Boeing 707-120 being assembled, a KLM Viscount 803 cabin and a large KLM hangar at Schipol airport)

Club And Gliding News  (Includes a photograph of the first De Havilland Comet 2)

The Paris Show – A First Appraisal Of The 22^nd Salon  (Civil transports, Light and utility aircraft, Helicopters, Research, Military, Engines, Missiles and targets.  A 10-page feature well illustrated throughout including photographs of the Northrop Snark, a Metasokol, the Hurel Dubois H.D.34, the F.N.-333 amphibian, the Super Aero, the Dornier Do. 27, the Alouette Gouverneur, the S.E. Durandal, the S.O. Vatour, the Dassault Etendard IV, the Hispano Saeta jet trainer, numerous photos of new engines plus more)

Irish Birthday – Aer Lingus Celebrate 21^st Anniversary  (Operational history, Equipment, Economics.  A 3-page historical review of the first 21 years of Aer Lingus well illustrated with photographs of the D.H. 84 Dragon ‘Iolar’ – the first Aer Lingus aircraft, D.H. 86A Express ‘Eire’, an L.749 Constellation, a DC-3, a Vickers Viking, a Bristol Wayfarer and the Vickers Viscount [x3])

Jet Provost In The Air  (A 3-page review of the RAF’s jet trainer and the methods which can be adopted and a comparison to training twenty years earlier.  Includes photographs of the Provost in the air and on the ground, the instructor’s controls and the electrical equipment and batteries behind the nose cone)

Comet 4B Postscript – And Further Thoughts On Jet v. Turboprop Economics

Current Work At The N.P.L. – Aerodynamic Developments On Show

Airoplane – The Inflatable Wing M.L. Utility Mk. I Demonstrated  (A fascinating 1½ page well-illustrated review of this strange machine)

Highway To The Air – Moving Aircraft By Road  (A lovely 1½ page article describing this specialised haulage work.  Includes photographs of an Me 109, a Junkers Ju 88, an Airspeed Oxford, a Comet 1A and a Viscount being transported by road)

The Industry  (The Aircrew company’s agreement, Hordern-Richmond rotor blades approved, A new crash tender, Canadair re-organisation, In brief plus a small photograph of a Merryweather crash-fire tender)

plus more including adverts for Dowty Single Circuit Spill Burner Systems (colour), Boulton Paul Power Control Units, Pratt & Whitney Jet Engines (double-page), Coseley Engineering Co. Ltd., Goodmans Vibration Equipment, Elliot Inflatable Dinghies, Dockers’ Aircraft Materials, G.Q. Parachute Co. Ltd., The Atar Powerplant, Short Brothers and Harland Ltd., Field Aircraft Services Limited, the De Havilland Beaver, the Sea Hawk, the Napier Gazelle – Westland Wessex, Redifon Flight Simulators, Rolls-Royce Gas Turbines, the Vickers Viscount, Plessey – Bristol Britannia (colour), Rotax Complete Electrical and Starting Systems for Aircraft (colour), Lucas Fuel and Combustion Systems for Gas Turbine Engines (colour), Lockheed Hydraulics (colour), the Fairey Gannet, De Havilland Engines – Saunders-Roe Skeeter, Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited, the Saunders-Roe S.R. 53 Mixed-Unit Interceptor (double-page), Avro Aircraft Canada, Armstrong Siddeley Viper – S.R. 53, Lockheed Avery Self-Sealing Couplings, the Handley Page Dart Herald, Sperry Integrated Control and Instrument Systems, Dunlop, Bellman Hangars Limited, Teddington Cabin Temperature Control, Garringtons Forged Blades for Gas Turbines and the Bristol Britannia

The cover of this magazine exhibits only light rubbing along the spine and minor marks and knocks to the edges and corners of the cover pages (see photograph).  The staples are virtually rust-free and sound continuing to hold all pages securely.  All pages are free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration typical on newsprint of this age.  This magazine is in very good overall condition for its age.