FLIGHT

Aircraft, Spacecraft, Missiles

(August 3^rd 1961)

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:

Cellon Aircraft Finishes

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (In Parliament, Exports and Farnborough, More Gnat triners for RAF, Hovercraft inventor Honoured, Smiths Aviation co-ordination, Auster AOP.11 and AOP.12, Sikorsky-Sud Super Frelon, In brief.  Includes photographs of a DH Heron of the Queen’s Flight, a grainy photograph of two Soviet Beriev Be-8 flying boats, the STOL Breguet 940 and a small cutaway profile drawing of the AOP Beagle Auster)

Commanche Wins At KIdlington  (A 2-page illustrated report of the Royal Aero Club’s 1961 Business and Touring Aircraft Competition.  Includes photographs of a Piper Super Cub, a Helia Super Courier and a Cessna 310D)

Missiles And Spaceflight  (Commercial satellite contract signed, Tiros camera fails, US Navy tracks satellites, AEI and Skybolt)

Project Ranger  (A 4-page review of the history of the project and details and technical data of the rocket and spacecraft together with a description of the experiments it is designed to carry.  Spacecraft description, Spacecraft controller, Ranger tracking, Ranger 1 scientific experiments.  Includes four photographs of the spacecraft)

Russian Air-Launched Missiles  (A one-page review)

Sport And Business  (Includes photographs of the Druine Turbulent [x2], the Rohini two-seat training glider and an R6 on tow behind  Cessna175)

56 Squadron Shows Off Its Lightnings  (An excellent 4-page photo-montage of 56 Squadron’s Lightnings in flight. Some superb photographs including a full page photograph looking down on the underside of an armed Lightning in inverted flight plus a ¾ page photograph of a formation of six aircraft)

Flight System Survey  (Simulating the Lightning, Solartron completes phase 2, Three divisions for IEE, Headset developments, Search and rescue and homing, Radio for Iraqui ports)

PZL-101 Gawron In The Air  (A one-page review of this Polish light aircraft configured for glider towing, transport, crop spraying and dusting.  Includes specification, technical and performance data in addition to two photographs of the aircraft on the ground)

The Production Of Aircraft Heat Transfer And Insulation Equipment – By Delaney Gallay Ltd.  (A 2-page illustrated article)

Air Commerce – ATLB Public Meeting 21 [Continued]  (BEA sum up their objections, Viscounts and One-Eleven Only, Questions from Mr Gardiner, BEA’s four assumptions, The Anglo-Swiss bilateral, Tradair’s application for Basle.  Includes photographs of a BAC One-Eleven and a CL-44D)

Air Commerce  (Progress with the Carvair, BOAC strike postscript, Ferry fares stay, Bonanza set fair, One-Elevens for CAA?, Questions in the House, Brevities.  Includes photographs of a Boeing Vertol 107, a Boeing 720B and a Convair 880 Model 22M tking off from San Diego)

BOAC 1960-61 – A Report On The Corporation’s Year

Service Aviation – Air Force, Naval And Army Flying News  (No 120 honoured, Thinner blue line, RAF/Navy integration, In brief plus a photograph of a Dragonfly)

plus more including adverts for Firestone, the Piper Commanche, the Northrop T-38 jet trainer, the Avro Vulcan, the Rolls-Royce Spet By-Pass Jet, the BEAGLE Airedale, Westland Helicopters, Shell Aviation Service and Lockheed – Caravelle

The cover page displays some minor knocks and bumps to the page edges together with some rubbing to the edges (see photograph).  The magazine is in very good overall condition considering its age with all pages firmly held by the rusty but sound staples.  The pages are free from tears, significant creases and significant marks other than some typical light age-related discolouration to the page edges typical on newsprint of this era.