Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
FEATURES:
INSIDE DUXFORD'S SECRET COMPOUND - Join Aeroplane for an exclusive chance to explore the Aircraft Restoration Company and Historic Flying Ltd
BY BOX TO AFRICA - Michael O'Leary reports on a Fairchild C-119's journey to film the remake of The Flight of the Phoenix
BLACK PEGASUS RIDES AGAIN - Tim O'Brien recounts how a 267 Sqn RAF Dakota had a narrow escape during a daring mission behind enemy lines in wartime Poland
VINTAGE AIRCRAFT: TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY? - Des Barker asks the Big Question in the second of our extracts from his new book on air display safety
PILOT BIOGRAPHY: WILLIAM "EARL" BROWN - Robert F. Dorr profiles a Korea/Vietnam veteran
MOVING THE EMPIRE - Giuseppe Picarella wraps up his historical survey of World War Two Japanese experimental transports
THE PREGNANT LANC - Brian Van de Water describes a novel solution to the problem of transporting spare engines for airliners
CREATURES OF THE AIR - Pictures of aircraft in bizarre animal-inspired paint schemes, from the archives of Philip Jarrett
DATABASE - D.H.89 DRAGON RAPIDE:
TYPE HISTORY - De Havilland historian and Rapide pilot Colin Dodds describes the early development of the elegant D.H.89
SCALE DRAWINGS - Three-view illustration of the Rapide by Tim Hall
SPEED & COMFORT - The Rapide offered style and reliability, and is described by Colin Dodds in technical detail
RAPIDE VARIANTS - A mark-by-mark analysis of the various versions
DRAGON SIX TO DOMINIE - By 1935 the Rapide had attracted military interest. An armed version was built and the unarmed Dominie entered RAF training and transport service
THE ELEGANT BOMBER - An unlikely candidate for front-line combat, the Rapide saw action in Spain and Israel
POST-WAR WORKHORSE - Affordable, reliable surplus Dominies flooded the civil market for the post-war airline boom
OCTANE & LEATHER - Captain Ray MacKenzie Biyth, who flew G-AIDL from Caernarfon in the 1980s, offers the pilots perspective
SURVIVORS - A list of Rapides in museums, storage and in the air
REGULARS:
NEWS - Preservation news, presented by Tony Harmsworth
LOST AND FOUND - Philip Jarrett asks for help in identifying two mystery 1930s flyers
CONTACT! - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
SKYWRITERS - Readers' letters on a wide variety of topics
FLYING VISIT - A potted interview with eminent aviation artist and pilot Michael Turner, by Melvyn Hiscock
LOOKING BACK - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 75 years ago ? April 1929
PICTURE OF THE MONTH ...This month's photograph features ^P^Wotographic the dear old Avro Anson
HIGH SOCIETY - This month: the Aircraft Engine Historical Society
CROSSWIND - John Maynard's regular comment column
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 & flight-sim reviews
- Internet review
- Reader offers
- Information exchange
- Airshows & events, plus Film Quiz results & prizewinners
- Next month in Aeroplane 91 Aeroplane services
INSIDE DUXFORD'S SECRET COMPOUND - Join Aeroplane for an exclusive chance to explore the Aircraft Restoration Company and Historic Flying Ltd
BY BOX TO AFRICA - Michael O'Leary reports on a Fairchild C-119's journey to film the remake of The Flight of the Phoenix
BLACK PEGASUS RIDES AGAIN - Tim O'Brien recounts how a 267 Sqn RAF Dakota had a narrow escape during a daring mission behind enemy lines in wartime Poland
VINTAGE AIRCRAFT: TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY? - Des Barker asks the Big Question in the second of our extracts from his new book on air display safety
PILOT BIOGRAPHY: WILLIAM "EARL" BROWN - Robert F. Dorr profiles a Korea/Vietnam veteran
MOVING THE EMPIRE - Giuseppe Picarella wraps up his historical survey of World War Two Japanese experimental transports
THE PREGNANT LANC - Brian Van de Water describes a novel solution to the problem of transporting spare engines for airliners
CREATURES OF THE AIR - Pictures of aircraft in bizarre animal-inspired paint schemes, from the archives of Philip Jarrett
DATABASE - D.H.89 DRAGON RAPIDE:
TYPE HISTORY - De Havilland historian and Rapide pilot Colin Dodds describes the early development of the elegant D.H.89
SCALE DRAWINGS - Three-view illustration of the Rapide by Tim Hall
SPEED & COMFORT - The Rapide offered style and reliability, and is described by Colin Dodds in technical detail
RAPIDE VARIANTS - A mark-by-mark analysis of the various versions
DRAGON SIX TO DOMINIE - By 1935 the Rapide had attracted military interest. An armed version was built and the unarmed Dominie entered RAF training and transport service
THE ELEGANT BOMBER - An unlikely candidate for front-line combat, the Rapide saw action in Spain and Israel
POST-WAR WORKHORSE - Affordable, reliable surplus Dominies flooded the civil market for the post-war airline boom
OCTANE & LEATHER - Captain Ray MacKenzie Biyth, who flew G-AIDL from Caernarfon in the 1980s, offers the pilots perspective
SURVIVORS - A list of Rapides in museums, storage and in the air
REGULARS:
NEWS - Preservation news, presented by Tony Harmsworth
LOST AND FOUND - Philip Jarrett asks for help in identifying two mystery 1930s flyers
CONTACT! - Paul Coggan comments on the preservation scene
SKYWRITERS - Readers' letters on a wide variety of topics
FLYING VISIT - A potted interview with eminent aviation artist and pilot Michael Turner, by Melvyn Hiscock
LOOKING BACK - Nick Stroud browses in The Aeroplane of 75 years ago ? April 1929
PICTURE OF THE MONTH ...This month's photograph features ^P^Wotographic the dear old Avro Anson
HIGH SOCIETY - This month: the Aircraft Engine Historical Society
CROSSWIND - John Maynard's regular comment column
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 & flight-sim reviews
- Internet review
- Reader offers
- Information exchange
- Airshows & events, plus Film Quiz results & prizewinners
- Next month in Aeroplane 91 Aeroplane services
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