THE AEROPLANE

and

ASTRONAUTICS

(March 25^th 1960)

Military Aircraft Special

Front cover:

Advert:  Blackburn Low-Pressure Air Starters – Blackburn NA.39 [Buccaneer]

In this issue:

Matters Of Moment – Aviation related updates and news snippets over the last week

Aviation News In General – Interesting notes from across global aviation

What Sort of Supersonic Transport?

Air Transport – News related to the world’s airlines

Commercial Aviation Affairs

Features of the Boeing 720 – ½ page review

The Fighting Services – News from the British and Commonwealth Air Forces

Astronautics and Missiles: Co-operation in Space Research

Space-Age Leviathan – A one-page photo-montage with descriptive text illustrating the construction of the first Saturn booster

Military Aircraft: Britain’s Air Defence Policy

Military Aircraft: The Future of Manned Aircraft – A 2-page article includes lovely photographs of the Vulcan B2 and the Lightning F.1

Military Aircraft: Front-Line Carrier – A double-page photo-montage with descriptive text of HMS Bulwark designed to carry one Royal Marine Commando with a complement of helicopters, landing craft and vehicles

Military Aircraft: Front-Line Military Aircraft – Eleven pages of front-line aircraft by country.  Each aircraft is described and complemented by a small photograph

Military Aircraft: Military Aircraft of the World – Four pages of tabulated data outlining specific data for each aircraft including powerplant, dimensions, performance, crew etc.

Personal Flying

Gliding Notes

Correspondence

Industry Record

Please see photographs for a visual indication of content and quality – this is the actual magazine you are bidding on.  Each issue includes a variety of advertisements, some in colour in later issues.

The front cover page exhibits some minor bumps and light rubbing to the cover page edges (see photograph).  The staples are heavily rusted but sound with all pages securely held.   All pages are present and free from any tears and significant marks other than light age-related discolouration to the page edges, typical on newsprint of this era.  The magazine is in very good overall condition considering its age.