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FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

(February 3^rd 1956)

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:  Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd. – Pioneer In Guided Missiles

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (New export record, Transport Command Britannias, American jets for Canada, Canberra navigators’ ejection)

Supermarine’s New Fighter – The Naval N.113 [Scimitar]  (The first officially approved photographs of this carrier-borne fighter-bomber)

Made In Spain – Design And Production In The Peninsula  (An excellent 4-page article with photos of the Hispano HA. 1112-K1L, the HA. 1109-M1L, the HA. 100-F1, the HA. 200-R1 plus more)

Here And There  (The 1,000 mph Voodoo, More Matadors, Super Sabres for Europe, plus a cutaway outline drawing of the Chance Vought F8U Crusader)

Aircraft Intelligence  (Updates on the Douglas AD-7 Skyraider, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet, the Marcel Dassault M.D. 550.  Includes drawings of the Hindustan HT-2 and a photo of a Stearman (Boeing) PT-13 converted for crop spraying)

Napier Eland Airliner – A British Turboprop Transformation Of The Convair 340  (A 2-page article with photos and drawings)

To Salute The Queen  (A double-page photo-montage of the English Electric Canberra)

Swedish Lance  (Includes photos of the A32 Lansen production line)

Miss Kenya’s Story  (Flying in a 30-year-old D.H.51)

Text-Book Ditching  (The story of a remarkable escape from the Atlantic)

Germany’s Aviation Industry – A Personal Report; Part II  (A 2-page article looking at the resurrection of the German aircraft industry)

Civil Aviation  (Another Silver City ferry, Friendship orders reported, Britannias by numbers)

Service Aviation  (Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm news.  Includes a photo of 2 Gloster Javelins taking off)

plus more including adverts for the Blackburn Universal Freighter, the Fairey Gannet, Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, the Handley Page Herald, and the Folland Gnat

The cover of this magazine exhibits some minor knocks and bumps together with some rubbing and slight fraying to the spine (see photograph).  The staples are heavily rusted but remain sound and continue to hold all the pages securely.  All pages are present, free from tears, creases, and significant marks other than some typical light age-related discolouration to the page edges.  Overall the magazine is in very good condition considering its age.