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FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER
(August 13th
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: Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. – Pioneer
In Guided Missiles
In this issue:
From All
Quarters (Canberra’s new cousin, BOAC Princess plans, A 10,000 mph bomber,
Forest warfare, Competitive parachuting, High pressure Fido, Strictly on the level,
Viscount fleet for Capital Airlines, US self-criticism – a vigorous defence of
Britain, Research helicopter, Farnborough in prospect, The Salmon and the Tiger,
UK-Canada trade directory. Includes photographs
of the KH-15 helicopter, the Grumman F9F-9 Tiger in flight and two photographs of
the Martin B-57B)
Here And
There (Handling a B-47, Fast to Copenhagen, New Guinea’s defence, Miniature
Farnborough, Electronic response simulator, Chance for the fair sex, At the
radio show, Helicopter evening, Big and little circles, Disaster averted. Includes photographs of the Lockheed XFV-1
Salmon, the Convair XFY-1 and a towed target glider)
Far-North
Exercise – With The RAF Flying College Hastings Towards The North Geographic
Pole (A 2½ page well illustrated article)
Supersonic
Interceptor – Twin-Sapphire English Electric P.1 [Lightning] Flies At Boscombe Down
(A 1½ page review with 4 lovely photographs o the aircraft on the
ground)
Air Support
Demonstrated (A one-page review of a display to demonstrate the
use and effect of various types of air support in modern warfare. Includes small photographs of four RCAF
Sabres, a Fleet Air Arm Dragonfly 3 and paratroops dropping from a C-119)
Logistic Lockheed
– The New C-130 [Hercules] Assault Transport Now Ready For Taxying Trials (A one-page review
with a large photograph of the aircraft)
Chiltern
Air Races (A one-page account with photographs of a Speed
Six, a Miles Messenger, a Moth Major and a Blackburn B.2)
Aircraft
Intelligence (A review of the latest aircraft from the USA and
Great Britain. These are the ASM Re-heat
Canberra, the Folland Midge, the Boeing 707, the Boeing B-52A and the North
American TF-86. Includes two photos of
the Lockheed C-130 together with 3-view artist’s illustrations of the Beech
T-34A Mentor)
504 To Hunter
At CFS (A double-page photo-montage of aircraft from the Central Flying School
including 3 large photographs of mixed aircraft formations photographed in 1931,
1938 and 1954 including aircraft as varied as the Gloster Gamecock, the Bristol
Bulldog II, the Avro Anson, the Hawker Hart, the DH Venom, the Canberra and many
more)
Aspects
Of The Hunter (A one-page photo-montage of the Hawker Hunter with
six photographs and descriptive text)
Auxiliary
Power In Aircraft (Some thoughts on early and modern practice, Promise
of the small gas turbine)
World
Gliding (A 3-page account of the world championships with photographs of the
Superspatz, the Olympia 4, the Slingsby Sky, the Slingsby T.42 and a Condor 4)
Britannia
Bulletin – A Progress Report From Bristol’s Turboprop Airliner (A 2-page report with a photograph of the production line and a
cabin layout plan)
The
Industry (Annular-piston disc brakes, Precision revolution counter, Preventing
cockpit condensation)
Civil Aviation (Renfrew: a BEA statement, The American airlines strike, Avianca Constellation
lost, Super Connie from Sydney, Central African Viscounts, Hatfield’s new tower,
Brevities. Includes photographs of a CAA
Viscount and an aerial shot of Dublin’s terminal building)
From The
Clubs (Includes a photograph of a Pasotti F.6 Airone)
Service
Aviation – Royal Air Force And Fleet Air Arm News (No. 602 Squadron, Shackletons in Ceylon, Battle of Britain service,
Fighter station badges, Tour by Vampire trainer, RAF appointments)
Plus more
including adverts for the Blackburn Universal, the RAF, the Short Seamew, Dagenite
Aircraft Batteries, the Gloster Javelin, Shell and BP Aviation Service, the Rolls-Royce
Dart – Viscount, Smiths Aircraft Instruments Limited, Fairey Guided Weapons, the
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, Martin-Baker, Field Aircraft Services Limited, the
Napier Eland, Canadair, Marconi, the Westland Helicopter School, Dowty (colour)
and the Bristol Olympus
The cover of this issue exhibits some knocks, bumps to the cover page edges and rubbing to the spine (see photograph). The staples are rusted but sound, holding all pages securely. All pages are present, free from tears, crease and significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration to the page edges and some marking to the back cover page. This magazine is in very good overall condition considering its age.