Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
The Fighter that Came in From the Cold - Mark Sheppard looks at the story behind the recovery of a rare Soviet MiG-3 fighter
Birth of the Spitfire - The last surviving member of the 1936 Spitfire design department, Harry Griffiths, talks to Ian Frimston PLUS we reveal previously unpublished Spitfire documents
Test Flying Memorial - An update on Aeroplane's project to create a Roll of Honour for British test pilots
Brooklands Concorde Comeback - Tony Harmsworth reports on the dedicated effort to preserve a Concorde at Brooklands
Laughter & Tears - Nick Stroud unearths a unique record of cartoons by USAAF Republic P-47 pilot Capt George Rarey
The Salamander in France - After World War Two, France tested five Heinkel He 162 Salamanders. Philippe Couderchon recounts their story
The Office - A detailed look at the cockpit of one of the most successful jet fighters ever ? the MiG-21
By Rapide to Palestine - Colin Dodds describes a somewhat frustrating United Nations D.H.89 expedition to the Middle East in 1948
COMPETITION - Your chance to win a flight for two in a Rapide Aeroplane and Air Atlantique give you the opportunity to fly in one of the latter's Classic Flight D.H. Dragon Rapides
Flying the Zero - Bruce Lockwood describes what the Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero is like to fly
Regulars:
News - All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
Contact! - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
Skywriters - Readers' letters on various topics
Flying Visit - A potted interview with Hawker Hunter owner Jonathon Whaley
Personal Album - Photographs taken at Brawdy's Air Day in 1968, from the collection of Gerry Manning
Looking Back - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 50 years ago
Picture of the Month - A reader offer from Aeroplane's photographic archive ? the English Electric Canberra B(I).8
High Society - Under the spotlight this month is the 656 Sqn Association
Navigator - Aeroplane's monthly reviews and listings ? see opposite
Crosswind - John Fricker provides sideways comment on the aviation world
Reader Holiday Offer - A Grand Aviation Tour of South Africa and a trip to Paris and the La Ferte-Alais show
Database - American Civil Trimotors:
Michael O'Leary describes the histories of the lesser-known three-engined airliners that proliferated in the USA during the inter-war period, and how the Great Depression put paid to their success regardless of their innovations. Includes scale drawings by Tim Hall
Our Navigator section at the back of the magazine tells you all you need to know about what to buy and where to go:
- Book reviews
- Internet review
- Information Exchange
- Reader offers
- Airshows & Events
- Next month in Aeroplane
- Aeroplane services - how to order back-issues and subscriptions, plus a newsagent regular order form
Front Cover Photo; Eurowings took this year's ERA Gold Award.
The Fighter that Came in From the Cold - Mark Sheppard looks at the story behind the recovery of a rare Soviet MiG-3 fighter
Birth of the Spitfire - The last surviving member of the 1936 Spitfire design department, Harry Griffiths, talks to Ian Frimston PLUS we reveal previously unpublished Spitfire documents
Test Flying Memorial - An update on Aeroplane's project to create a Roll of Honour for British test pilots
Brooklands Concorde Comeback - Tony Harmsworth reports on the dedicated effort to preserve a Concorde at Brooklands
Laughter & Tears - Nick Stroud unearths a unique record of cartoons by USAAF Republic P-47 pilot Capt George Rarey
The Salamander in France - After World War Two, France tested five Heinkel He 162 Salamanders. Philippe Couderchon recounts their story
The Office - A detailed look at the cockpit of one of the most successful jet fighters ever ? the MiG-21
By Rapide to Palestine - Colin Dodds describes a somewhat frustrating United Nations D.H.89 expedition to the Middle East in 1948
COMPETITION - Your chance to win a flight for two in a Rapide Aeroplane and Air Atlantique give you the opportunity to fly in one of the latter's Classic Flight D.H. Dragon Rapides
Flying the Zero - Bruce Lockwood describes what the Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero is like to fly
Regulars:
News - All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth
Contact! - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
Skywriters - Readers' letters on various topics
Flying Visit - A potted interview with Hawker Hunter owner Jonathon Whaley
Personal Album - Photographs taken at Brawdy's Air Day in 1968, from the collection of Gerry Manning
Looking Back - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 50 years ago
Picture of the Month - A reader offer from Aeroplane's photographic archive ? the English Electric Canberra B(I).8
High Society - Under the spotlight this month is the 656 Sqn Association
Navigator - Aeroplane's monthly reviews and listings ? see opposite
Crosswind - John Fricker provides sideways comment on the aviation world
Reader Holiday Offer - A Grand Aviation Tour of South Africa and a trip to Paris and the La Ferte-Alais show
Database - American Civil Trimotors:
Michael O'Leary describes the histories of the lesser-known three-engined airliners that proliferated in the USA during the inter-war period, and how the Great Depression put paid to their success regardless of their innovations. Includes scale drawings by Tim Hall
Our Navigator section at the back of the magazine tells you all you need to know about what to buy and where to go:
- Book reviews
- Internet review
- Information Exchange
- Reader offers
- Airshows & Events
- Next month in Aeroplane
- Aeroplane services - how to order back-issues and subscriptions, plus a newsagent regular order form
Front Cover Photo; Eurowings took this year's ERA Gold Award.
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