FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL

(March 8^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:  Rotax

In this issue:

The Rotodyne In Perspective  (Editorial comment)

World News  (Includes: Up-rated Gazelle, Developments at Dornier, Olympus 301 type-test, Westland and the Rotodyne, Piasecki 16H flies, U-2 crashes, Spiralle III, Hovercraft on wheels, Fairey remain independent, More RAAF Mirages plus artist’s impression of the Piasecki 16H and a lovely photo of a B.E.2c)

Air Commerce  (Caledonian Airways tragedy, “No” to Yeadon … “Yes” to Newcastle, BOAC Britannia Freighters, How many will fly foreign, The switch from first-class, A low-fare experiment fails, plus photos of a United Libyan Airlines DC-3, a Lockheed Jetstar, a Caravelle 3 and an Il-1 of the Romanian airline Tarom)

Kerosene Or JP.4  (Who said what and when)

Jet-Lift Erosion  

The Utmost Sale  (An examination of the British aircraft industry’s reputation in the Western Hemisphere.  Includes numerous photographs and artists’ illustration’s including the VC 10, the BAC One-Eleven, the Argosy, the Westland SR.N2 hovercraft, the Herald, the Short Belfast and the Short Skyvan)

In The Year Of The Jubilee  (3 superb photographs in full colour across two pages – Hawker Hunter F.6 Blue Diamonds, Gloster Javelin FAW.7 armed with de Havilland Firestreak missiles and the Westland Belvedere of RAF Transport Command)

Sport And Business  (Man-powered projects discussed, The production Morane Rallye, Vespa-Jet plus photos of a Mustang F21 and a PD-808)

Service Aviation  (Air Force, Naval and Army Flying News.  Includes photo of a Westland Wasp on HMS Ashanti)

Missiles And Spaceflight  (ESRO’s future assured, Scout 8 fired, Modest Discoverer, Stataltex firings plus photos of NASA’s first orbiting solar observatory and NASA’s Parasev paraglider research vehicle)

Glenn Meets The Press  (The US astronaut’s press conference after orbiting the earth.  A well-illustrated article including before and after mission photos and the Mercury-Atlas 6 timetable)

Russia’s “Anti-Missile”  (Includes photos of Russian missiles on transporters during anniversary parades)

Industry International  (Flight systems, Products and Company news)

plus more including adverts for the Short Belfast, the STOL Caribou, Plessey (full colour double centre page), Westland Helicopters and the BAC One-Eleven (double-page)      

The cover of this magazine displays only light bumps and knocks to the edges and corners (see photograph).  The staples are heavily rusted and the centre page has worked loose but the staples continue to hold all other pages securely.  All pages are free from tears, significant creases and significant marks other than some typical age-related discolouration to the page edges.  Overall, this magazine is in very good condition considering its age.