Description: Please read item descriptionFLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER(September 19th 1952)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: Hawker HunterIn this issue:The Time To Clinch (Editorial)At The Controls Of The Universal (A 2-page illustrated article describing the flight back from Farnborough to its base at Brough. Includes a number of photographs: the aircraft in flight, the cockpit controls, the crew cabin and others)From All Quarters (Hurricane to Hunter, RAF “at Home” Day, Ben Gunn’s gallant try, Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck – obituary, The Farnborough accident, Cumberbatch Trophy presented to TEAL)Spaceflight Conference – Delegates From A Dozen Countries Attend Third Astronautics ConferenceHere And There (Prince Nicholas in RAF, Rhine airfield protest, British Commonwealth lecture, “Bournemouth” flies again, Dropped letter, A notable “Flight” drawing, Split seconds, 106 US bombers damaged, Wingti isotopes, BOAC’s jet crews, Security cargo, In brief. Includes photographs of Winston Churchill inspecting a BEA Elizabethan, British paratroopers boarding a USAF C-119 Packet at Stradishall and an illustration of an Avro Ashton)Two-Row Leonides – First Description Of The New 14-Cylinder Alvis Radial (A lovely illustrated 1½ page review)A Layman At Farnborough – What The Flying Display Means To One Wholly Unversed In TechnicalitiesOur American Correspondent Reports698 Avro Delta Bomber [Vulcan] (A lovely 3-page report on the Avro 698 [Vulcan] with 8 lovely photographs of the aircraft – 7 in flight. Very much a 3-page photo-montage)Foker’s New Factory – Current Activities Reviewed (A 1 ½ page illustrated article)Static Show In Retrospect – Further Notes On Items Of Technical Interest Exhibited at Farnborough (A 4-page illustrated feature)Civil Aviation (More Viscounts for Australia?, IATA conference opens, Charter notes, Air transport and the Empire, Brevities, Progress with the SIPA 200, From the clubs plus small photographs of an Anson used on charter operations from Nairobi and an East African Airways Lodestar)Shoreham Short-Circuit – Throttle Benders On A Five-Mile LapService Aviation – Royal Air Force And Naval Aviation News (Exercise ‘Mainbrace’, RAF appointment, Air operations in Malaya, New RNVR squadron, Loss to a mess, With the RCAF Sabres at North Luffenham)plus more including adverts for Black & Decker, the Shorts Sealand Amphibian, the Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier, ‘Scotch Boy’ Masking Tape, the Vickers Valiant, Vinten Instrumentation Cameras, Teddington Controls Ltd., the Fairey Gannet, the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (colour), Westland S.51 & S.55 Helicopters, Shell and BP Aviation Service, the Gloster Javelin, the Avro 698 [Vulcan], De Havilland Propellers, the Alvis Leonides – Bristol 173 Helicopter, Esso, Rotax Complete Electrical Systems for Aircraft (colour), Oldham Aircraft Batteries, Timken Tapered-Roller Bearings in Helicopters (colour) and the Bristol Type 171 Mk.4 Sycamore The cover of this magazine exhibits some minor knocks and bumps to the page edges and corners, minor chipping to the edges (see photograph). The staples are rusty but sound and continue to hold all pages securely. All pages are present and free from tears, creases and significant marks other than some typical light age-related discolouration to the page edges. The magazine is in very good overall condition considering its age.
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Location: Malton, North Yorkshire
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Binding: Paperback
Place of Publication: London, UK
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Maurice A. Smith
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Worldwide
Publisher: Iliffe & Sons Ltd.
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1952
