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AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SINGLE ISSUE FROM THE PRE-WAR UK
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Description of contents from the POPULAR FLYING
fan enthusiast website:
This issue of Popular Flying magazine contained a
free supplementary print illustrated by Howard Leigh - An Imperial Airways Air
Liner Approaching Cape Town
Contents
This issue runs from page 1 to page 56 (56 pages)
Page 4 Contents Page
(The contents page is on the same page as a small
photograph with the caption A modern aircraft works. The new De Havilland factory at Hatfield, in
Hertfordshire)
Page 5 A Rolls Royce Advert
Page 6 Above the Fog A British Continental
Airways aircraft approaching Croydon Airport
Page 7 The Editors Cockpit W. E. Johns
(Subtitled These Air Lines! Johns criticises
the practices of certain airlines but in fairness to Imperial Airways I will
say that they do not come into the picture)
Page 10 Early Aero-Naval Co-Operation An
article of great historical value Dr. Helmut Klotz
(Being an account of the first occasion on which
a German Naval action was directed from the air)
Page 14 The Flight over the North Magnetic Pole
Edward Green
Page 18 My Most Thrilling Flight Capt. J. E.
Doyle, D.F.C.
(This account was not published in 1936 in the
book Thrilling Flights)
Page 20 Recollections and Reflections III
(illustrated with German Official Photographs) A. J. Insall
Page 22 on this page is a copy of the letter
dropped by two British airman following the death of Lieut. Immelmann.
(It reads We have come over to drop this wreath
as a tribute of the respect the British Flying Corps held for Lieut.
Immelmann. We consider it an honour to
have been detailed for this special work.
Lt. Immelmann was respected by all British airman, one and all agreeing
that he was a thorough sportsman)
Page 24 Getting into Aviation S. O. Smith
(Technical Superintendent of Phillips and Powis Aircraft Ltd.)
Page 25 Visibility Nil Flying-Officer H. F.
Palin, R.A.F.O.
Page 27 Between Life and Death The story of a
Parachute Jump that nearly Failed Gerhard Ruda
(Recently in Carlsruhe, a town in Upper Silesia,
an air display was arranged, and several well-known flyers turned out for the
show. With these came Gerhard Ruda, a
skilful and experienced parachutist, unaware that he was to escape the fate of
many parachutists by a second of time.
We heard of the affair and asked him to tell us what happened, so here
is his story in his own words, which, while they may not conform to B.B.C.
standards, are equally if not more convincing Ed.)
Pages 28 and 29 The Centre Pages Silent Flight
An attractive set of photographs just received
from Germany, where free ballooning is still widely practised as a sport
Page 30 Flying Wires News from Home Airports
(These brief news items make no reference to the
very first Spitfire flight which took place on 5th March 1936)
Page 32 Para-Shoots Drops of International
News
Page 34 Caribbean Picnic A Complete Story
Wilfrid Tremellen
Page 38 Models and Modellers How to make a
model propeller Edward Sherbourne
Page 42 Under the Windstocking
(Readers Correspondence
One letter from a correspondent speculates about
the possibility of what we would now recognise as guided missiles. Johns comments I suppose it will come to
that in time)
Page 44 Trade Notices
(One of these says The weekly air mail service to
Nigeria and the Gold Coast began on Sunday, February 9th.
It will take five days to reach Nigeria and
another three days to make the Gold Coast)
Page 56 The Buyers Log
On the inside back cover the usual John Hamilton
book advert returns the top half of the advert is for 9 George Rochester
books (four of which have their dust jackets illustrated). Undoubtedly the most popular author of
flying stories says the caption. The
bottom half of the advert is The Airmans Bookshelf and advertises 12 further
John Hamilton titles, including Thrilling Flights and The Air V.C.s by
Johns (six of which have their dust jackets illustrated)