FLIGHT

Aircraft, Spacecraft, Missiles

(December 9^th 1960)

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.

This is a special larger issue containing a feature on Airports and Ground Equipment

Front cover:

Advert:  English Electric Lightning

In this issue:

From All Quarters  (Handley Page Rumours, The 100km closed circuit, Opening night, In brief, RAF flying training and the clubs, RB.162 and 163.  Includes a lovely photograph of a Blackburn Buccaneer flying at low level and a Whirlwind carrying out a lift)

GERM Of An Idea  (A short illustrated article examining the feasibility of a “hovertruck”)

Missiles And Spaceflight  (Soviet satellite in low orbit, Nuclear rockets for space use, Douglas enters propulsion field. Includes photographs of Tiros 2 on its Thor-Delata booster prior to launch and an A-2 Polaris missile)

Sport And Business  (Includes small photographs of a Beechcraft Model 50 Twin-Bonanza and the Li’l Champ)

Flight System Survey  (Eurocontrol takes shape, Wind tunnel models by computer, UHF for Denmark, Tape recorders for sled tests)

Straight And Level  (Includes small photographs of an Aeronca C.3 and a Chrislea Ace)

Can We Make Our Airports Pay?  (Learning from American experience, London Airport’s late start.  A 3-page illustrated article)

Airports And Ground Equipment:

The Expanding Girdle  (An examination of the runway requirements to serve the big jets)

International Airports – Facts & Figures  (5 pages of tabulated details relating to 250 international airports)

From North, South, East And West To North And Central:  London Airport 1960  (A double-page photo-montage)

Airport Installations And Equipment – A “Flight” Guide To Representative British Services And Products  (1. Fixed installations – Lighting, Building and runways, Runway marking.  Radar, 2. Radio & Meteorology – Surveillance radar, Height finding radar, Precision approach systems, Direction finding and beacon equipment, Non-directional beacons, Weather and wind finding radar, Meteorological equipment, VHF ground/air communications, HF communications, Message recording and transmission, Public address systems, Control consoles.  3. Apron Equipment – General, Air conditioning and cabin pressure testing, Apron and runway cleaning, Baggage and cargo handling, Loading conveyor belts, Silencers and blast screens, Defrosting equipment, Fork-lift vehicles, Passenger steps, Toilet servicing, Ground power units, Tractors, Weighing equipment.  Fuel, Oil etc., 4. Servicing – Fuellers, Hydrant fuelling, Filtration equipment, Metering equipment, Valves and couplings, Oil dispensers, Oxygen and water/methanol replenishing equipment, Suppliers of fuels and oils.  5. Emergency Equipment – Ambulances, Crash/fire equipment. 6. Maintenance Equipment – Access equipment, Cranes and hoists, Jacks, Miscellaneous handling equipment, Positioning equipment, engine stands etc., Test equipment, Ventilation equipment. 7. Company Addresses.  A comprehensive 13-page feature well illustrated with photographs of an assortment of equipment throughout)

Service Aviation- Royal Air Force, Naval And Army Flying News  (RCAF senior post, Far East defence, Congo airlift, In brief plus a small photograph of a Vulcan of 617 Squadron flying over the tower at the RAF’s main base in Cyprus)

Air Commerce  (BOAC to Los Angeles, Westland 192Cs for BEA, Difficulties of the “Non-BIATAs”, Overtime on the Argosy, SAS “Imperialism” in Germany, Britain’s insolvent airports, RAeS all-day supersonic session, Noise on the approach, BEA-Olympic puzzle, Poo;ls on the table, What price used airliners?, Unwillingness to Gatwick, VEB.152 designer goes west, BEA’s image in the USSR, Brevities, From Dart to Spey, Vanguard starts work, Busy Comets.  Includes photographs of Caravelle engines being loaded in to a DC-3, An Argosy under assembly, the Britannia 100 prototype [x2], a V.952 Vanguard in flight)

plus more including adverts for Armstrong Whitworth Equipment, Normalair, Ultra Electronics Limited, Edghill Equipment Ltd., Cossor Radar & Electronics Limited, Te Pyrene Company Limited, Simmonds Aircraft Fuel Dispensers, Decca DASR-1 Surveillance Radar, Mercury Trucks & Tractor Co. Ltd., Ferranti Aircraft Equipment, the Handley Page Dart Herald, Rolls-Royce, Marconi 50cm Radar, Shell, Plessey (colour), the Hunting Jet Provost, the Folland Gnat Trainer, Martin-Baker, Triplex Windscreens, Good Year – Vanguard, Rotax, the Bristol Siddleley BS 53 Turbofan, BP – Air France (colour), British Oxygen Aviation Services, the Vickers Vanguard, Zwicky Refuelling Equipment, Dowty and the Hawker Siddeley Seaslug

Other than minor bumps, marks and knocks to the cover and page edges, rubbing to the spine and creasing to the bottom corner of the front cover page (see photograph).  This magazine is in good / very good overall condition as any significant wear is restricted to the cover pages.  All pages are firmly held by the rusty staples and are intact and free from tears and have no creases or significant marks other than some light age-related discolouration to the page edges.