Flight 26 Oct 1944: RAF Hawker Tempest, No 201 Squadron, Vultee Valiant, Harvard
$ 2.3
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Please read item description FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER (October 26 th 1944) 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: Lightweight Tapered Roller Bearings In this issue: The Outlook (With air help and without, British air policy, The college of aeronautics plus a photograph of the King and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery on a visit to Holland) War In The Air (Sea-air operations in the Pacific, Death of Rommel – and others, Effect of air power in the West, Carriers in the Aegean, , The Philippines invaded. Includes photographs of a Hawker Tempest on a Belgian airfield, Japanese phosphorous bombs exploding over American Liberators, Parafrag bombs landing amongst Japanese aircraft and a camera being fitted to a reconnaissance Mosquito in Burma) Here And There (Closer co-operation, “Squirts” going strong, Finnish air mail hopes, Eire night flier, Pan-American giant, Speeding front-line supplies, Swedish-Finnish air traffic, Back to “Fighter Command”, To speak for South Africa plus a photograph of a Sikorsky helicopter carrying out air-sea-rescue trials) Thirty Years On – No 201 Squadron Holds A Birthday Celebration (A 3-page historical review of the first Royal Naval Air Service Squadron. Well illustrated with photographs of the Bristol Scout, the Short Sunderland, the Avro 504K, the Henry Farman, the Maurice Farman, the Curtiss J.N.4, the Morane Parasol, a Vickers F.B.19, the Nieuport, the Nieuhawk, the Sopwith Camel, the Sopwith Triplane, a Supermarine Southampton [x2] and the Saro London) Railway Air Services – Proposed Scheme Put Forward By The Combined Railway Companies (Aircraft and time-table. A 2-page article with a revolutionary proposition for travel within Europe) Air Power In The Battle Of France – Farewell Summary By Air Chief Marshal Sir T. Leigh-Mallory (Great days, Supply and evacuation) Behind The Lines – Service And Industrial News From The Inside Of Axis And Enemy-Occupied Countries (Jap A.A., Goering tightens black-out, Germany’s loss, Flying bomb from Norway, The victory weapon, New Recce car, Luftwaffe Aces, A Nazi report, New German weapon, Sub-contractors, Labour engineers) Hawker Tempest (A double-page photo-montage of the aircraft in flight together with a 3-view silhouette drawing) White Paper On Civil Aviation (A 2-page review and discussion concerning the proposed government policy on post war aviation. General principles for post-war, New air convention, , The international machinery, Questions and answers, Never discussed, Making no promises) Aircraft In Flying Attitudes (A one-page article illustrating an aircraft in silhouette form together with a small photograph of the aircraft and a descriptive text. The aircraft in this study is the Vultee Valiant [BT-13] trainer and is compared against the North American Harvard) Tomorrow’s Light Aircraft – II (Tail-down visibility, Reflections and focus, Comfort or people?, Flying instruments, Starting up) Service Aviation – Royal Air Force And Fleet Air Arm News And Announcements (Includes excellent photographs of pilots and their Tempests on a Belgian airfield, a Tetrarch light tank being driven off a Hamilcar glider, An RAF Liberator in India and a 12,000lb bomb being loaded into a Lancaster III) plus more including adverts for Sperry Aircraft Precision Instruments, Desoutter, the Lockheed Constellation, Blackburn Cirrus Engines, the Fairey Barracuda, Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah Engines, the DH Dragon Rapide, Gloster Aircraft, Schrader Airline Equipment, the General Aircraft Hamilcar, Airspeed, Black and Decker Portable Electric Tools and the Bristol Beaufighter The front cover page shows minor wear 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 remain sound and hold all pages securely. All pages are present and free from tears and significant marks although the pages do display some age discolouration as is typically found on newsprint of this age. This magazine is in very good overall condition considering its age. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR MULTIPLE WINNING BIDS If you are planning further bids I allow payment to be held for up to 22 days. Should you win more than one item please request a combined invoice BEFORE payment in order that the most economical postage can be offered.
