FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

(March 15^th 1957)

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:  Vickers Vanguard

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (British supersonics, SC.1 ready to fly, Gyron support withdrawn, City of London Squadrons disbanded, German Sycamores, Bréguet Trophy for Paul Morain, RAF manpower and equipment, Fiat G.91 prototype lost, Report on the Swift, The Duke at Decca, More Zip fuel, Sixth “504” reunion.  Includes photographs of a Grumman S2F Tracker in flight and the Hiller research “flying platform” in operation)

A.W. 650 Philosophy – The Background And Current Progress Of A Promising Civil Military Transport  (Includes photographs of a mock-up of the project aircraft, ultimately the Argosy, under construction plus two small 3-view outline drawings)

Here And There  (Royal night-flying practice, Supersonic Prince, Friendly visit, F-86 conversion, Helicopter exploration, Messerschmitt reorganisation, Manchester aeronautics degree, Pioneering in reverse, Beryllium buyer, Hustler latest, Aeronautcal meteorology course, Spring on wheels.  Includes photos of a DHC-3 Otter of the United Nations and the dirigible ‘Los Angeles’ caught by a breeze and standing vertical on its launch tower)

Production Up-To-Date  (A French constructor on modern tooling methods, The tenth Louis Blériot Lecture)

Victor And Victors: A Radlett Conjunction  (A publicity photograph of a Handley Page Victor flying extremely low down a runway in front of two Vauxhall Victor motor cars)

Call Of The North – Alaskan Operators Launch A Come-To-The Arctic Campaign  (A report on the attempts of TWA, Pan American and Canadian Pacific Air Line’s attempts to promote tourism to the Far North in conjuction with other airlines, notably Wien Alaska Airlines.  Includes photographs of a Wien Norseman fitted with skis and a Wien DC-3)

High-Energy Fuels – Some Possibilities And Profitabilities  (Fuel handling, Pumping and storage, Manufacture, Conslusions)

Prophecy In Aeronautics – Part I: A Study In Perspectives  (A 2 ½ page illustrated article)

The Name Of A Saint Lives On In Dublin’s Fair City  (A half-page photograph of an Aer Lingus Viscount 707 at Dublin Airport bearing the name Lorcán Ua Tuathail [St Laurence O’Toole])

One Year Supreme  (A full-page photograph of the Fairey F.D.2 supersonic research aircraft)

Naval Types  (A double-page photo-montage with descriptive text: A formation of four Fairey Gannet A.S.I anti-submarine aircraft, a Hawker Sea Hawk carrying out a mirror airfield dummy deck landing, a formation of four De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 all-weather fighters and a Douglas Skyraider AEW.1)

DHC-4 Caribou – An Important New TransportIn The DH Canada Tradition  (A short one-page preview including specification data, cabin configurations, an artist’s impression and a small 3-view general arrangement drawing)

Sagittario II Light Fighter  (A half-page preview, with photograph, of the Italian Aerfer Sagittario II)

Cinderella Transformation: A Dakota For Aden Airways – And Its Unusual History  (A 1½-page illustrated article)

The Industry  (Napier apprentices’ prizegiving, Technical Publications Service, Dielectric test set, New flexible ducting, In brief)

Service Aviation – Royal Air Force And Fleet Air Arm News  (Royal farewell to No. 601 Sqn., CAS in Australasia, New Air Chief Marshals, WRAF senior appointments, Record Malayan drop, The Beverley accident, FAA strength, RAF appointments, Goodwill mission plus a photograph of an RAF Sycamore delivering a British casualty from the front line)

Civil Aviation  (Air France orders more 707s, Capital Comets on Puerto Rico Run?, Air Safety Board changes, Britannia across the Atlantic, Solid blades for Stratocruisers, Manchester to the continent by Eagle, Bermuda revisions, Electra engine programme, Flight-time limitations, A survey of accidents, Frienships to check Australian aids, The pilots take stock, Jet Springbok?, The Bristol 200, Flight engineers and the Britannia, Brevities.  Includes photographs of a Bristol Britannia, an East German Illyushin Il-14P and a Boeing 707 taking-off)

plus more including adverts for Briggs Motor Bodies (colour), the Safeland Arresting Net, Type 2 Pacitor Electronics Fuel Contents Gauge, the De Havilland Otter, Philips Electrical Ltd., Hobson Feel Simulator Units, Canadair Limited, the Handley Page Victor, Rolls-Royce Propeller Turbines – Vickers Viscount, GoodYear Aviation Products, Armstrong Siddeley Aero Engines (colour), Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Guided Missiles, Vickers Aircraft-Type Hydraulic Pumps and Motors, Marconi Radio, Radar and Navigational Aids, the Fairey Delta 2, the Hunting Percival Jet Provost, Alvis Leonides Aero Engines, the R.A.F. (double-page), Martin-Baker Mark 4 Fully Automatic Lightweight Ejection Seat, Folland Aircraft Limited, the Irvin Parachute Assembly Back type Mk. 16, Fibreglass Limited, Flight Refuelling Ltd., De Havilland Engine Research (colour), the Hawker Hunter (colour), Weston Aircraft Instruments, State Express 555 – cigarettes, Burnley Aircraft Products, Kelvin Hughes and the Bristol Britannia

The magazine displays minor marks and knocks to the edges of the cover pages (see photograph) and rubbing and slight splitting in areas.  The staples are rusted but they remain sound and hold all pages securely.  Internally all pages are free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some age-related discolouration to the page edges.  Overall this magazine is in very good condition considering its age.