Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
REGULARS:
NEWS - All the latest preservation news from the UK and, around the world, presented by Tony Harmsworth
LOST AND FOUND - Philip Jarrett asks for help to identify a mystery 1920s bomber
CONTACTS - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
SKYWRITERS - Readers' letters
FLYING VISIT - A potted interview with aerobatic pilot Mark Jefferies, by Melvyn Hiscock
PICTURE OF THE MONTH - This month's photograph features a Skyraider aboard HMS Eagle
LOOKING BACK - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 56 years ago - March 1953
HIGH SOCIETY - The Miles Aircraft Collection is this month's subject
CROSSWIND - John Maynard's regular comment column
FEATURES:
YAK TO THE FUTURE - Paul Coggan looks at preserved, rebuilt and scratchbuilt Yak-3s, -9s and -11s around the world
AFTER THE FLOOD - Major Alan Thompson recounts the life of Guy Gibson VC in the years after the Dams Raid
IN THE WORKSHOP - Melvyn Hiscock visits Airframe Assemblies on the Isle of Wight
MOSQUITO UPDATE No 6 - Jack Meadows reports from Canada on the project to put Mosquito B.35 VR796 back in the air
THE MOSQUITO ...AS ONE PILOT SAW IT - In the final part of his series David Ogiivy explains the techniques required to fly ? and land ? the "Wooden Wonder" on one engine
CUTAWAY KINGS: ARTHUR BOWBEER - Tim Hall returns with a new episode in his occasional series on eminent aviation technical artists
OBITUARIES - Farewell salutes to Ann Welch OBE and Sqn Ldr Ken Brown CGM
A CENTURY OF ... AERODYNAMICS - Harry Praser-Mitchell encapsulates 100 years of the science of flight
CLAIMS TO FAME - In his second article reassessing the jaioneers who, some believe, flew before the Wrights, Philip Jarrett focuses on France's Clement Ader
GOMPER SWIFT PROFILE:
COMPANY HISTORY - Richard T. Riding recounts the life and career of Nicholas Comper, his company, and its most successful venture, the diminutive and popular C.L.A.7 Swift
SCALE DRAWINGS - Three-view drawings of the Pobjoy R-engined Swift and Gipsy Major-powered variant by Tim Hall
A STUDY IN SPRUCE - A detailed technical description of the Swift by Richard T. Riding PLUS performance data for the Swift with various engine configurations
COMPER SWIFT PRODUCTION - Richard T. Riding traces the individual histories of all 41 Comper Swifts known to have been built
POWERING THE SWIFT - The prototype Swift was built with the 35 h.p. ABC Scorpion, but it was the 75 h.p. Pobjoy R that became the type's standard engine. Richard T. Riding examines the various engines fitted to the Swift during its career
PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE - F.D. Bradbrooke flew the Swift for a report in the December 23, 1931 issue of The Aeroplane, and found himself "uncommonly pleased" with it
SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SWIFT? - Richard T. Riding reports from Grimsby, where Aviation Metalcraft fabricates the 800+ metal parts required to build a replica Comper Swift
Just when you think it's all over...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, video and flight-sim reviews
- Internet review
- Reader offers
- Information exchange
- Airshows and events
- Next month in Aeroplane
- Aeroplane services
NEWS - All the latest preservation news from the UK and, around the world, presented by Tony Harmsworth
LOST AND FOUND - Philip Jarrett asks for help to identify a mystery 1920s bomber
CONTACTS - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
SKYWRITERS - Readers' letters
FLYING VISIT - A potted interview with aerobatic pilot Mark Jefferies, by Melvyn Hiscock
PICTURE OF THE MONTH - This month's photograph features a Skyraider aboard HMS Eagle
LOOKING BACK - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 56 years ago - March 1953
HIGH SOCIETY - The Miles Aircraft Collection is this month's subject
CROSSWIND - John Maynard's regular comment column
FEATURES:
YAK TO THE FUTURE - Paul Coggan looks at preserved, rebuilt and scratchbuilt Yak-3s, -9s and -11s around the world
AFTER THE FLOOD - Major Alan Thompson recounts the life of Guy Gibson VC in the years after the Dams Raid
IN THE WORKSHOP - Melvyn Hiscock visits Airframe Assemblies on the Isle of Wight
MOSQUITO UPDATE No 6 - Jack Meadows reports from Canada on the project to put Mosquito B.35 VR796 back in the air
THE MOSQUITO ...AS ONE PILOT SAW IT - In the final part of his series David Ogiivy explains the techniques required to fly ? and land ? the "Wooden Wonder" on one engine
CUTAWAY KINGS: ARTHUR BOWBEER - Tim Hall returns with a new episode in his occasional series on eminent aviation technical artists
OBITUARIES - Farewell salutes to Ann Welch OBE and Sqn Ldr Ken Brown CGM
A CENTURY OF ... AERODYNAMICS - Harry Praser-Mitchell encapsulates 100 years of the science of flight
CLAIMS TO FAME - In his second article reassessing the jaioneers who, some believe, flew before the Wrights, Philip Jarrett focuses on France's Clement Ader
GOMPER SWIFT PROFILE:
COMPANY HISTORY - Richard T. Riding recounts the life and career of Nicholas Comper, his company, and its most successful venture, the diminutive and popular C.L.A.7 Swift
SCALE DRAWINGS - Three-view drawings of the Pobjoy R-engined Swift and Gipsy Major-powered variant by Tim Hall
A STUDY IN SPRUCE - A detailed technical description of the Swift by Richard T. Riding PLUS performance data for the Swift with various engine configurations
COMPER SWIFT PRODUCTION - Richard T. Riding traces the individual histories of all 41 Comper Swifts known to have been built
POWERING THE SWIFT - The prototype Swift was built with the 35 h.p. ABC Scorpion, but it was the 75 h.p. Pobjoy R that became the type's standard engine. Richard T. Riding examines the various engines fitted to the Swift during its career
PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE - F.D. Bradbrooke flew the Swift for a report in the December 23, 1931 issue of The Aeroplane, and found himself "uncommonly pleased" with it
SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SWIFT? - Richard T. Riding reports from Grimsby, where Aviation Metalcraft fabricates the 800+ metal parts required to build a replica Comper Swift
Just when you think it's all over...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, video and flight-sim reviews
- Internet review
- Reader offers
- Information exchange
- Airshows and events
- Next month in Aeroplane
- Aeroplane services
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