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FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER

(July 8^th 1943)

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:  The British Power Boat Company

In this issue:

The Outlook  (9,000 miles saved – Victory in North Africa, Towards the setting sun, The glider flight across the Atlantic – A Waco is towed across the Atlantic by a Dakota.  Includes small photos of the Waco being towed and the crews)

War In The Air  (Air warfare on the Russian front, Italy’s plight, General MacArthur advances in the Pacific, U-boat losses, plus photos of a Caiudron C440 dropping leaflets in Syria, HMS Indomitable, a Liberator over Nauru Island and Kittyhawks of the RCAF flying over Alaskan mountains)

Here And There  (New Russian fighter, The helicopter fable, Eagle squadrons have RAF crests, Air strength in the Pacific)

Typhoon Bomber Squadron  (2,400 h.p. cannon-armed fighter-bomber, dive-bombing at 650ft per sec. :  500lb. blast bombs equal to 1,000-pounders.  A super 3-page article well illustrated with some excellent close-up photos)

Aircraft Types And Their Characteristics  (A page each on the Hawker Henley and the Miles Martinet each with a large photo and general arrangement drawings)

High Flying  (Importance of physical fitness, The fear of “passing out”, Effects of low air density on controllability)

The Gibraltar Air Accident  (A short report on the loss of a Liberator carrying General Sikorski)

Action-Damaged Aircraft Engines  (How “Bristol” power units are repaired.  A well-illustrated and detailed article)

School For Super-Gunners  (Accent on marksmanship at the C.G.S., Exchange of experience in developing instructional technique.  Includes a photo of a Mustang “attacking” a Wellington and a Spitfire “attacking” a Wellington)

Two-Way Lend-Lease  (“What’s mine is yours,” is the RAF attitude towards the USAAF)

The Messerschmitt Me 323  (A short profile on this German transport)

Service Aviation  (Royal Air Force  and Fleet Ait Arm news and announcements)

plus more including adverts for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Fairey Aircraft, the Mosquito, Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft Ltd and the Curtiss Commando

The magazine displays only very light knocks and bumps to the front cover page and minor rubbing to the spine (see photograph).  Although the staples are rusty as is common with magazines of this era, they remain sound and all pages are firmly held by both staples.  The magazine is in excellent overall condition considering its age with no torn, creased and significantly marked pages.