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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
FAN-IN-A-RING ... SUCCESSOR TO THE PROPELLER? - The ducted or shrouded propeller, rotor or fan is by no means a novelty, a variety of prototypes having been tested with varying forms of this propulsion method both before and since World War II. Current work by Dowty Rotol and RFB, however, as described in this article, holds considerable promise for general aviation aircraft in the next decade.
A CLASSIC COMES OF AGE - The Northrop N-1 56/T-38/F-5/Tiger II family of supersonic trainers and lightweight fighters comes of age next month, and more than 3,000 examples of this classic design have now been delivered. The evolution of the N-156 to today's highly successful Tiger II is traced briefly in this article.
HAWK MONOPLANES - THE SECOND GENERATION - The second instalment in a three-part "War-birds" feature on the Curtiss P-40/ Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk family describes the variants from the P-40D to the P-40Q and the operational history of these variants with the USAAF.
ASYMMETRIC FLIGHT TRIALS - H A Taylor describes some of the pioneering test flying conducted at the RAE Farnborough soon after World War I, including engine-out trials with the D.H. 10 and inverted spinning in the Sopwith Camel.
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 Contracts.
PERSONAL VIEW - Roy M Braybrook continues his series with some thought-provoking and provocative comments on the current military turbine engine scene.
MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour profiles of de Havilland Vampires.
FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Daimler L 6 to Daimler L 17.
PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers' enquiries from the AIR INTERNATIONAL files: the RSR and IMM-1, and,the Curtiss-Wright CW-19 to CW-23 family.
TALKBACK - Readers of AIR INTERNATIONAL offer comments of general interest.
IN PRINT - New aviation literature.noted.
AIRDATA FILE - Technical data; photographs and general arrangement drawings for the Piaggio P.166-DL3.
A CLASSIC COMES OF AGE - The Northrop N-1 56/T-38/F-5/Tiger II family of supersonic trainers and lightweight fighters comes of age next month, and more than 3,000 examples of this classic design have now been delivered. The evolution of the N-156 to today's highly successful Tiger II is traced briefly in this article.
HAWK MONOPLANES - THE SECOND GENERATION - The second instalment in a three-part "War-birds" feature on the Curtiss P-40/ Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk family describes the variants from the P-40D to the P-40Q and the operational history of these variants with the USAAF.
ASYMMETRIC FLIGHT TRIALS - H A Taylor describes some of the pioneering test flying conducted at the RAE Farnborough soon after World War I, including engine-out trials with the D.H. 10 and inverted spinning in the Sopwith Camel.
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 Contracts.
PERSONAL VIEW - Roy M Braybrook continues his series with some thought-provoking and provocative comments on the current military turbine engine scene.
MODEL ENTHUSIAST - Modelling comments, the latest kits reviewed and two pages of colour profiles of de Havilland Vampires.
FIGHTER A TO Z - Continuing the AIR INTERNATIONAL encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Daimler L 6 to Daimler L 17.
PLANE FACTS - Answers to readers' enquiries from the AIR INTERNATIONAL files: the RSR and IMM-1, and,the Curtiss-Wright CW-19 to CW-23 family.
TALKBACK - Readers of AIR INTERNATIONAL offer comments of general interest.
IN PRINT - New aviation literature.noted.
AIRDATA FILE - Technical data; photographs and general arrangement drawings for the Piaggio P.166-DL3.
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