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More of an Art than a Science

In 1946 responsibility for British aircraft procurement was transferred from the wartime Ministry of Aircraft Production to the Ministry of Supply. Professor Keith Hayward FRAeS relates how the move simply created new headaches

The Grand Tour pt 1

100 years ago Argentinian pioneer aviator Pedro Zanni devised an ambitious flight that would circumnavigate the globe. Ricardo M. Lezon opens a two-part series on Zanni's adventure with the pilot's extensive preparations

Sweden's Super Spitfire

With the war in Europe over, Sweden explored producing an indigenous state-of-the-art piston-engined fighter – enter the Saab J 27, which, perhaps sadly, remained on the drawing board, as Tony Buttler FRAeS explains

Bad Gyrations

Dr Peter Hobbins investigates the tragic crash of Bell 47 VH-AHF during a filming flight over Sydney Harbour in December 1966, and the long blame game that followed

Combat Bullseye pt 2

Using newly released documents, Chris Gibson concludes his two-part series on the USAF's 1967 trials of SAC's B-58 Hustler as a prospective tactical bomber in Vietnam

We're All Right, Jacks!

British Women Pilots' Association Archivist Beverley Harrison chronicles the history of the Women's Junior Air Corps, established in 1939 to provide opportunities for young women to become involved in aviation

Special K

During the Second World War the US Navy's Goodyear airships played a largely unsung but important role hunting German U-boats. Michael J. Hardy traces the wartime careers of the company's K-, G-, L- and M-class "blimps"

Tsetse!

Our regular series detailing the operational and technical development of some of Britain's most significant aerial weapons continues with Chris Gibson's history of the Molins Gun, as fitted to the DH Mosquito, accompanied by Ian Bott's detailed illustrations of how it worked

The Maple Leaf Airline pt 2

Maurice Wickstead continues his now three-part history of Trans-Canada Air Lines with the wartime years

Pushing the Envelope: Ercoupe & Eon

Our series of test-flying reports from the glory days of the Royal Aircraft Establishment continues with Lt-Cdr Eric "Winkle" Brown's assessment of a pair of civilian tourers

Tip of the Assegai

Andrew Thomas opens a new two-part series on the operational history of the DH Vampire in Rhodesia

The Professionals?

Former Fleet Air Arm pilot the late Cdr John Ford recalls taking a Sea Hawk away from base for the weekend, only to blow a hole in his credibility as a safe pair of hands

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