FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL

(July 5^th 1962)

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:  Dowty Group Ltd.

In this issue:

World News  (VC10 flies, BUA trains naval pilots, SBAC officers, Live underwater ejection, Hawker Siddeley and th ACV, Bristol Siddeley re-organisation, Aviation at the Royal Tournament, , Fifty years of the CFS, Cranfield expansion proposed, Aubisque and Bi-Bastan, RAFA display at Filton, Air-cushion vehicle for £50.  Includes photographs of the first take-off of the Vickers-Armstrongs VC10, the first picture of the Northrop N-156F and the Reid & Sigrist Desford)

Air Commerce  (BEA and British railways, Sir John in rough waters, Hereil resigns from Sud, Integration in Mexico, BUA’s hovercraft plans mature, New British air taxi service, First carvair export order, Varig refuses 990s, Douglas jets for Ansett?, Sir Basil on the Super VC10, Olympic domestic services to close?, Will the Americans do Mach 2?, CPAL-TCA togetherness?, Air Inter Marche Bien, BOAC-Cunard sails away, Connivance at monopoly, Abnormal flap settings in Orly crash, Swissair’ paper profit.  Includes photographs of the VC10, a Swissair Convair 990 Coronado, a Comet 4 and an Aero Commander 560F)

Between Paris Shows – The French Industry In 1962  (A 4-page account of the present state of the French aircraft industry.  Includes photographs of a line-up of Etendard IVMs, Mirage IIICs and Mirage IIICJs, a mock-up of the Dassault Mystêre 20 executive jet, a Serp 841 rocket firing at half thrust, the pupils cockpit on a Mirage IIIB and a Super Broussard)

Fred’s Five  - And Chums  (Two large photographs with descriptive text of a formation of 5 Sea Vixens and 4 Scimitars, the second photo being a formation of the 4 Scimitars)

Fred’s Five  (An impressive double-page photograph of a formation of 5 Sea Vixens in inverted flight from 766 Squadron RNAS Yeovilton who will be in the Farnborough display)

Safety, Economy, Comfort In Air Transport – The Views Of Nine Eminent Authorities Summed Up

Ballonfest  (A 2-page illustrated report of an international balloon race held by Holland’s Haagsche Ballonclub)

Missiles And Spaceflight – Testing S-4  (A 3-page illustrated preview on the preparations for the testin of the second stage of the Saturn C-1 orbital launch vehicle)

Missiles And Spaceflight – France’s Space Programme: Part 1; Launch Vehicles  (A 2½ page article summarising all French launch vehicles from the diminutive Bélier to th impressive Diamant.  Illustrated with photographs of the Antares and the Bélier together with scale outline drawings illustrating the comparative size of each launch vehicle)

Missiles And Spaceflight  (NASA communication satellite, UTC hypergolic ignition, Black Brant 3, Record Firebee, Liquid-hydrogen experiment, Apollo lecture plus a photograph of the launch of a BAC Blue Water artillery missile)

Sport and Business  (Aviation centre moves, Canadian fly-in, Executive charter, BEAS instrument-rating aircraft plus a photograph of the Navion Model G Rangemaster)

Sport And Business – Light Aircraft At Cannes  (An account of the French International Light Aircraft Exhibition.  Includes photographs of a Scintex Super Emeraude flying over the Gulf of La Napoule off Cannes, the Fournier RF02, the Horizon 150 h.p. four-seater, the Jodel I50, the Scintex  Rubis and the Druine Condor)

Sport And Business – News from the USA  (Includes a photograph of the prototype Pazmany PL-I Laminar in flight)

Service Aviation – Air Force, Naval And Army Flying News  (RAF parachutists win, Observer Corps camp, Radio reward.  Includes a photograph of Pilots and Observers of the Royal Naval Flying School with their Sea Vixens)

Industry International  (Flight Systems, Products, Company News)

plus more including adverts for the VOR Beacon, Rist’s Wires and Cables Ltd., Ferranti Transformer Rectifier Unit TR.150 – Vickers VC10, Cunard Eagle Airways, the Avro 748, Desoutter Ball Bearing Die Sets, the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3, Flight Refuelling Fuel Systems Components, Normalair, Beagle Aircraft Limited and Wiggin Nickel Alloys

This magazine displays only minor wear to the cover pages (see photograph) and very light rubbing to the spine crease.  The magazine is in very good overall condition with all pages firmly held by the staples (rusty).  All pages are present, intact and free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some typical light age-related discolouration to the page edges.