AIRSCENE - The monthly round-up of news and background to the news, presented under section headings for Military Affairs, Civil Affairs, Aircraft and Industry, and new Civil and Military Aircraft Contracts.
BRONCO — THE WILLING WORKHORSE - Designed to an unusual specification for a light armed reconnaissance aircraft, the North American OV-10A is now operated by three US services in Vietnam with considerable success. This feature describes the origin and characteristics of the Bronco, with new illustrations and details of recent versions for the US armed forces and for export. Also included is a flight assessment of the Bronco by North American's chief test pilot.
FROM ISLANDER TO TRISLANDER - A detailed account of the evolution, of one of Britain's current best-selling civil aircraft, now available in a.dozen different versions, and its development into the intriguing Trislander.
IN PRINT - New aviation literature noted.
FIGHTERS IN THE RAF: Part II — Trial by Fire. The second part of a three-part discussion by Roy Braybrook of the development of fighter tactics in the RAF. This instalment covers the introduction of the mono- plane, shortly before World War II, and the RAF's successes and short-comings during that war.
MiG 3— UNDISTINGUISHED FOREBEAR OF A DISTINGUISHED LINE - The line of MiG jet fighters from the MiG-15 to the MiG-23 has done much to establish the fighter strength of the Soviet Air Force in the last 20 years, but no comparable success attended the earlier MiG piston-engined fighters which are the subject of this feature, including the first detailed cutaway drawing.
FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR enthusiast encyclopaedia of the world's fighters, from .the Alcock A.1 to the ANF-Mureaux 114.
THE BILLION DOLLAR BOMBER - Concluding this intriguing feature on the Soviet Union's first strategic bomber and its derivatives, part four describes the turboprop-engined Bear. Still in service for electronic reconnaissance, as shown in the new illustrations in this issue, Bear is a direct descendant of the Boeing B-29, via the intermediate stages described in previous instalments of this feature.
VETERAN AND VINTAGE - Details and illustrations of a long-life English Electric Canberra and a well-preserved Messerschmitt Bf 109G.
MODEL ENTHUSIAST - The latest plastic aircraft model kits reviewed and a page of colour profile drawings of the Mitsubishi Zero-Sen.
A VIOLENT FINNISH WIND - Details and a cutaway drawing of a little-known Finnish prototype, the VL Pyorremyrsky.
PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers' enquiries, from the AIR ENTHUSIAST files: Hirosho G2H1 and Naval Air Arsenal H7Y1; Bristol Babe; LAZ-3 (DAR-3a); Baynes Bat; Tarrant Tabor; Savoia-Marchetti S.M.86.
TALKBACK - Readers of AIR enthusiast offer comments of general interest.