THE AEROPLANE

(September 21^st 1945)

Front cover:

Advert:  Dowty

In this issue:

Aeronautical Research  (Editorial)

Matters Of Moment  (De Havilland twins, Sir Arthur Tedder promoted, A British helicopter society, 8^th Fighter totals, IATA’s last meeting, Air affairs in Parliament, When machines fail, Brazilian Air Minister’s visit, In brief.  Includes two lovely photographs of the Avro Lincoln)

Battle Of Britain Anniversary Day  (A double page feature describing the public events.  Hendon, Spitalgate, Church Fenton, Filton [Bristol], Bramcote plus a photograph of the static display at Hendon)

The Airspeed Ambassador  (A one-page preview with an artist’s cutaway illustration)

A Classic Design – The Rolls-Royce Two-Stage Griffon  (An excellent 8-page review of this supercharged engine.  High altitude boost, Special features, Ingnition timing and automatic boost, General construction, Internal arrangement, Spring drive, Wheelcase, Supercharger, Pistons, connecting rods and valve gear, Airscrew drive, Induction, Main cooling, Lubrication, A retrospect.  Also includes a table of data including general specification and performance, numerous photographs, detailed drawings, diagrams and a superb double-page cutaway drawing with nearly 100 key areas identified)

The De Havilland Vampire – One De Havilland Goblin Turbo-Jet Unit  (A one-page photo-montage of the aircraft in flight with descriptive text)

The De Havilland Hornet – Two Rolls-Royce Merlin Piston Engines  (A one-page photo-montage of the aircraft in flight with descriptive text)

One Of The Few – II  (The second of four instalments of a diary written to his father by a 20-year-old fighter pilot, a member of No. 152 Squadron, who was reported missing during air operations over Brest in 1941)

News Of The Week  (Brief snippets together with small photographs of a Fairey Barracuda carrying an airborne lifeboat under the fuselage and a Topsy – Mitsubishi Army 100)

German Aeronautical Development – II:  Service Aero Engines  (Piston engines – Argus, BMW, Daimler-Benz, Junkers Jumo, Jumo 207, Klockner DZ 710.  A 2-page article which includes small photographs of the engines)

The Royal Air Force  (The Roll Of Honour – The 539^th Casualty List.  Please note six names have been highlighted with a biro mark at the side)

News From Industry  (Electro-plating, War work of British Thomson-Houston, New overseer, The Fairey tube-expander)

Adverts include:  G.Q. Parachutes & Parasuits, The Lodge Plug, Desoutter, Geneva-Loc Electric Actuators, Exide Aircraft Batteries, the Martin Mars, Fairey Aviation, the Hamilcar Glider, The Blackburn “Cirrus”, the Airspeed Ambassador, the Handley Page Hermes, the De Havilland Hornet, Vosper Shipbuilders and Engineers, the Bristol Freighter, the De Havilland Vampire, the British Power Boat Company, Morrex Industrial Wire and Fibre Brushes, Timken Tapered Roller Bearings, Miles Electric Actuator, the Chrislea Ace and Short Brothers

The cover does exhibit some bumps and knocks to the edges and corners (see photograph) however this magazine is in good overall condition considering its age.  All pages are present however the staples have rusted to a point of disintegration (not untypical on the low-quality wire staples used under the wartime economy regulations), and this has resulted in the pages being loose.  The pages are free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration to the page edges, typical on newsprint of this age.