THE AEROPLANE

(July 30^th 1954)

Front cover:

Advert:  Dowty Fuel Pumps – For Gas Turbines

In this issue:

Matters Of Moment  (A NATO training air display, Standardising automatic ejection, VTO progress, An inexplicable attack, Canadian sub-contract, One day late, For compressor testing, An Australian award, Preserving history, Project Pinwheel, Over from Belfast, A new compass.  Includes photographs of 3 DH Venom N.F.2 night-fighters in flight, a Jet Provost, a lovely photograph of the Meteor developed to investigate prone flying, the Rotor-Craft RH-1 Pinwheel and the second prototype of the SE 5000 Barodeur light fighter)

Opening Week Of The Championships  (A preliminary report from the first week of the world gliding championships in Derbyshire plus a large photograph of the German HKS-1)

Competitors Of Many Nations  (A double-page photo-montage of many of the competing pilots in the world gliding championships)

The Fighting Services  (Forty-two years of the CFS, Defence exercises – the first phase, ADC to the Queen, No. 14 Squadron standard presentation.  Includes photographs of four Sea Hawks in flight and the Auster A.O.P. Mk. 9)

On A Raid From Scampton  (A report on one aspect of the RAF exercise “Dividend” involving high altitude raids by Canberras)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – Radio Aids For Approach And Navigation  (A 4-page review illustrated with photographs and diagrams)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – A New Philosophy In Practice  (A 3-page review of the Zero Reader flight director)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – The Autopilot/Compass Combination  (A 2-page examination of the way development is moving towards a future when pilot-monitored automatic landings will be a normal routine)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – The Transport Pilot’s View  (A discussion on the present and future radio requirements.  Pictorial display wanted, Reducing the strain, Importance of handling qualities plus a photograph of a Viscount 707’s crew radio control layout)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – Aids For The Helicopter  (Aids to navigation, Control aids)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – Powered Flying Control Systems  (The problem of feel, Elimination of mass-balance, Some power units for control systems, Built in safety, Manual reversion, Hydraulic power unit, Proimary and secondary systems, System changeover, simulating feel, Capsule control,.  An 8-page article illustrated with photgraphs and diagrams)

Flying Aids And Power Controls – Autostabilisation Equipment

Air Transport  (About T.A.A.’s Viscounts, The Gatwick report, Test fflying for Fleet, An airship pioneer – Colonel Paul Leroy, News in brief)

News Of Industry  (Mechanical handler, A compact calculator, Scientific instruments, Mobile starter unit)

Private Flying  (Tea patrolling at Denham, Useful tutor, News from Yeadon, A new NPL division, The Cierva Memorial prize 1954)

Adverts include:  the Short Seamew, Dockers Aircraft Finishes, Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd., the Fairey Aviation Company Limited, the Avro Shackleton Mk.3, the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, Marconi, Smiths Aircraft Instruments Limited, Martin-Baker, the Gnat Light Jet Fighter, Blackburn Turbomeca, Alvis Leonides, the Decca Navigator Company Limited and the Bristol Sycamore

This magazine is in very good overall condition.  The front cover page exhibits some minor marks and bumps (see photograph).  The staples are rusty but sound and they continue to hold the cover and all pages securely.  All pages are present and free from any tears, creases, or significant marks other than light-age-related discolouration typically found on newsprint of this age.