Description: Please read item descriptionFLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER(April 4th 1946)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: Saunders-Roe – A Flying Boat Of The Future Over RangoonIn this issue:The Outlook (Diminuendo, Crescendo, The flying-boat again plus a photograph of a Tudor I and Tudor II flying in loose formation)An Australian Fighter – Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation’s CA-15 Long-Range Escort (An excellent one-page review of this Mustang resemblance aircraft with a Rolls-Royce Griffon 61 engine. Illustrated with a photograph of the aircraft and 3-view silhouettes)Britain’s Test Pilots No 3 – Group Capt. P.W.S. Bulman, C.B.E., M.C., A.F.C. (A 2-page review which includes photos of the Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Fury and “the other” Hurricane of 1923)Here And There (Helicopter Lecture, Guinea Pigs by air, Navigation brotherhood, Ambitious programme, Experts only, US polar project, Delicate freight, Air survey, News in brief plus a photograph of a USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt launching a salvo of 5in. rockets)Armstrong Siddeley Turbines (The Python I high-powered turbine/airscrew unit, A.S.X. construction and development, Axial-flow compressor and two-stage turbine, Starting and the fuel supply. An in-depth 4½ page article, well illustrated with photographs, drawings and charts)Whitley And Albermarle (Two very different Armstrong-Whitworth types, First and last impressions, Structural compromise, A 2½ page comparative review of both aircraft by someone who flew them. Illustrated with two photographs of the Albermarle in flight and one of the Whitley)By Air To The Isles – Resumption Of Channel Islands Services (Commercial aviation at is best, Operation figures. A three-page illustrated article with several photographs including the airline’s Rapides)“London Airport” (Heathrow renamed, Future development plans, Parallel runways and central terminal block)Atlantic Air Conference Ends (Standardising airfield requirements, North Atlantic area defined, Landing systems, Upper-air Met. Stations)Civil Aviation (Long-range ferrying, More agreements, Cheaper continental travel, Air travel simplified, Brevities, plus a photograph of a Bell Model 47 helicopter)Electrical Measurement Of Strain – Examples Of Modern Strain-Gauge Technique Interestingly Presented (Definition, Interesting unit, Development, All-round uses, Gauge relationship)Service Aviation – Royal Air Force And Naval Air Arm News And Announcements (Middle East merger – three RAF formations combine, Naval artificers at Arbroath, RAF regiment in action. Includes photographs of a Mosquito P.R. Mk. 34, the Fairey Swordfish and the Fairey Spearfish)Adverts include: Westland Aircraft Limited, the Shorts Sandringham, the Blackburn Cirrus – the Taylorcraft Auster J.1., Desoutter, the Fairey Aviation Company, the Rolls-Royce Propeller Turbine Engine, the British Parachute Co. Ltd.,the Napier Sabre, Flight Refuelling Limited, the Handley Page Hermes, Taylorcraft Auster and the Bristol Freighter The front cover page shows only light wear in the form of minor rubbing to the edges and the staples are rusted, which is typical of the low grade material used during and immediately after the war however they continue to hold all pages securely. All pages are present and free from tears, creases and significant marks although the pages do display some light age-related discolouration as is typically found on newsprint of this age. This magazine is in excellent overall condition considering its age.
Price: 6.85 GBP
Location: Malton, North Yorkshire
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Type: Books
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
Era: 1914-1945
Country/ Organization: Worldwide
Theme: Militaria
Service: Air Force
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
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