THE AEROPLANE

(June 20^th 1958)

Special Feature – Materials & Processes

The Aeroplane magazine, first published in 1911and was published weekly until 1973 and was dedicated to aviation across the world.

This original 1958 issue includes many of the following regular features amongst its contents:

Matters of Moment – Aviation related updates and news snippets over the last week.  Includes photographs of the Westland Westminster, and a one-page article on the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter which includes a photograph of the Starfighter in flight

News of Aircraft, Engines and Missiles – Snippets, including small photos of the Westland Wessex assembly line and the Sud Aviation SE.116 Voltigeur in flight

Commercial Aviation Affairs – Transport news snippets.  Includes a small photo of two DHC Otters in flight, one a landplane the other an amphibian

Air Transport – News related to the world’s airlines.  Includes a small photo of the first production Sud-Aviation Caravelle and a small photo of the Eland-engined Convair 340 

Military Aviation Affairs – Snippets of news

News About People

Correspondence

Notes and Events

OTHER AIRCRAFT AND TOPICS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE INCLUDE:

DC-8 Details – A one-page photo-montage highlighting the salient features with descriptive text

Materials and Processes:

            Metals and Aeronautical Engineering – A 6-page illustrated paper by the Professor of Materials and Metallurgy at the College of Aeronautics

            The Contribution of Plastics to Aircraft – A 4-page, illustrated article in the use of plastics in aircraft production and finishes

            Metallic Sandwich Construction – A 5-page, illustrated article by the head of process development, A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd.  Includes a lovely photograph of the Avro 720 research aircraft

            New Techniques and Processes – 3 pages, illustrated

            Trends in Basic Fabrication – 3 pages, illustrated

            Suppliers of Basic Materials and Associated Equipment – A 5-page illustrated directory

Please see photographs for a visual indication of content and quality – this is the actual magazine you are bidding on.  Each issue includes a variety of advertisements, some in colour in later issues.

This magazine is in good / very good overall condition considering its age.  The cover does show some minor bumps, a couple of small tears to the edges, a heavy crease to the bottom corner of the front cover (see photograph) and rubbing to the spine.  The weight of this bumper issue has resulted in strain on the pages against the staples resulting in some looseness around the staples of the cover pages.  All pages are present, intact and remain secured.  Internally there are no tears, creases, or significant marks other than some typical light age-related discolouration to the page edges.