Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Preservation Project: Ken Ellis delves into the methods used by the USAF to dispose of surplus aircraft
Engines: LJ.K. Setright takes a look at the sleeve valve engine and deschbes how such giants as the Bristol Hercules and Napier Sabre work.
Why I flew my Hunter under Tower Bridge: Alan Pollock recalls the day in 1968 when he flew his Hawker Hunter under Tower Bridge and ended his flying career.
Bookshelf: All the latest books reviewed.
Warplanes in Civvies: Continuing his series on warplanes that have seen civilian service Donald Hannah looks back at the Short Sunderiand.
Grecian Interlude: W.B. Morrison remembers the day a bulldozer took charge of a Waco glider.
Air Show '82: A look at what happened last month and what should be happening next month.
Airfield Archaeology: David Smith writes the first of a new series on the history and architecture of airfields. He starts with Hooton Park in The Wirral.
Aviation Archaeology: Peter Moran's regular column on happenings in the world of wreck digging.
Air-show '82 - Canadian style: Stuart Howe spent his summer holiday in Canada and came back with a fine report on the excellent work being put in at the Canadian Warplane Heritage airfield in Hamilton, Ontario.
Preservation News: Our newshounds around the globe report on all that's old in the aircraft world.
The Flying Bombs of Rabaul: Raymond Lamont-Brown recalls a mystery episode in World War II.
Museums of the World: By popular request Bob Ogden returns from his wanderings around the world and reports on a museum nearer home - the Cosford Aerospace Museum, near Wolverhampton.
COVER; Stuart Howe's camera catches The Canadian Warplane Heritage's Corsair and P51-D Mustang in this fine air-to-air shot INSET: The painting which recaptures Alan Pollock's breathtaking flight through the spans of Tower Bridge in 1968.
Engines: LJ.K. Setright takes a look at the sleeve valve engine and deschbes how such giants as the Bristol Hercules and Napier Sabre work.
Why I flew my Hunter under Tower Bridge: Alan Pollock recalls the day in 1968 when he flew his Hawker Hunter under Tower Bridge and ended his flying career.
Bookshelf: All the latest books reviewed.
Warplanes in Civvies: Continuing his series on warplanes that have seen civilian service Donald Hannah looks back at the Short Sunderiand.
Grecian Interlude: W.B. Morrison remembers the day a bulldozer took charge of a Waco glider.
Air Show '82: A look at what happened last month and what should be happening next month.
Airfield Archaeology: David Smith writes the first of a new series on the history and architecture of airfields. He starts with Hooton Park in The Wirral.
Aviation Archaeology: Peter Moran's regular column on happenings in the world of wreck digging.
Air-show '82 - Canadian style: Stuart Howe spent his summer holiday in Canada and came back with a fine report on the excellent work being put in at the Canadian Warplane Heritage airfield in Hamilton, Ontario.
Preservation News: Our newshounds around the globe report on all that's old in the aircraft world.
The Flying Bombs of Rabaul: Raymond Lamont-Brown recalls a mystery episode in World War II.
Museums of the World: By popular request Bob Ogden returns from his wanderings around the world and reports on a museum nearer home - the Cosford Aerospace Museum, near Wolverhampton.
COVER; Stuart Howe's camera catches The Canadian Warplane Heritage's Corsair and P51-D Mustang in this fine air-to-air shot INSET: The painting which recaptures Alan Pollock's breathtaking flight through the spans of Tower Bridge in 1968.
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