FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

(February 26^th 1954)

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:  The Short Seamew

Contents:

From All Quarters – Aviation related updates and news snippets over the last week

The Statement on Defence – Provisions and equipment progress for the three Services

Here and There – Topical notes

Memorandum on the Air Estimates

Tudor Developments – Background to the full certification of the Avro Tudor and a flight to Hamburg.  A 1½ page illustrated update

Cooling a Hot Ship – Operation of the Stratos EA 100 System in the Douglas X-3 high-speed research aircraft

Pembrokes for Belgium – First modified C. Mk I delivered.  A one-page illustrated report

“Available Jones” – The 500^th C-97 Stratofreighter and its antecedents.  A 1¼ illustrated review

High-Altitude Research – A B.I.S. lecture

Aircraft Intelligence – Great Britain: English Electric Canberra.  Canada: Canadair Sabre 5.  USA: Convair T-29D, Convair FY-1.  Includes photographs of the Convair T-29D and the Canadair Sabre F.5 and a 3-view illustration of the English Electric Canberra PR.7

Air Transport Newsreel  – A double-page photo-montage with descriptive text of transports flying with foreign and Commonwealth operators.  These include a Trans-Australia Convair which carried the Queen, a Douglas DC-7 Demonstrator, an SAS DC-6B, a Seaboard and Western Airlines DC-4, a Pakistan International Airlines Super Constellation and an Air France Breguet 763 Provence

Gibraltar-Bound in “Eagle” – A one-page photo-montage of HMS Eagle bound for Gibraltar with Hawker Sea Hawks, a DH Sea Hornet, a Grumman Avenger, a Douglas Skyraider and Supermarine Attackers

Correspondence

The Industry

Civil Aviation – Includes BEA plans and problems

Club and Gliding News

Service Aviation – Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News

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.

Although the cover page edges and spine display a little rubbing, together with light knocks and bumps to the edges and corners (see photograph), this magazine is in very good overall condition considering its age and with all pages firmly held by the rusty staples.  All pages are present, intact and free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration to the page edges typical on newsprint of this era.