FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

(March 2^nd 1956)

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:  De Havilland Propellers – In Production For The Handley Page Herald

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (British missiles, Major C.F. Abell – obituary, Statement on defence – The “nuclear counter-offensive”, The air estimates plus a photograph of the Northrop SM-62 strategic missile known in the USAF as the SNARK)

The Long Rifle And Its Sight  (A short review of the air-to-air refuelling potential of B-52s by the Boeing 707 tanker – the KC-135 and the Bombing Radar Navigation Equipment [“Brane”].  Includes photographs of refuelling of a B-52 by the Boeing 707 prototype, the Brane bombing navigation system and the nose of a B-52 developed to use it)

Here And There  (Export Record, The Little One, Dornier back in business, Whirlwinds for Fison Airwork, A second F.D.2, Holland’s helicopter show, The Cairo Canberra, Closer link.  Includes photographs of a Bristol Sycamore and the preperations for firing a Redstone missile)

New DC-8 Disclosures  (Conway version offered, First performance and cost data for four distinct models)

Aircraft Intelligence  (News from France, USA and Great Britain.  Also includes photos of a Percival Provost T.52 of the Royal Rhodesian Air Force, a Fairchild C-119G of the Italian Air Force, a Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune of the Japanese Self Defence Force and a Hunting Percival Pembroke of the Finnish Air Force)

Enterprise In Airscrews – First Details Of A Mighty New De Havilland Airscrew And The Story Of 21 Years Of Achievement  (An excellent 12-page article tracing the development of the airscew.  Exceptionally well illustrated throughout this article includes photographs of the Bristol Briatannia, the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley prototype, the Vickers Viscount, the DH Mosquito, the Spitfire, the DH Hornet, the Vulture-engined Tornado, the Lancaster I and the Bristol Theseus Lincoln test-bed)

Civil Aviation  (Debut of the Viscount 700D, Airports for the DC-8 and 797, Brevities.  Includes photographs of a Convair 340 of Finnish Air Lines and the Viscount 700D)

Club And Gliding News

Service Aviation – Royal Air Force And Fleet Air Arm News  (Lord Trenchard’s funeral, Service pay increases)

plus more including adverts for Lockheed (colour), the Blackburn Beverley, the Napier Oryx, Armstrong Siddeley Aero Engines (colour), Lucas (colour), Desoutter Tools, the Fairey Gannet, the Alvis Leonides, Martin-Baker, Bristol Aero-Engines Limited, the Gloster Javelin (colour), the Folland Gnat and the Bristol Proteus Turboprop Engine

The cover of this issue exhibits only minor knocks and bumps and some light rubbing to the edges together with the original owner’s name written in pencil at the top of the front cover page (see photograph).  The staples are rusty but remain sound and all pages are held securely.  All pages are present, free from tears, creases and significant marks with the magazine being in very good overall condition for its age.