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(published October 2012)
The Aviation Historian
The modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying
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ISSUE NUMBER 1
Editor’s Letter
Nick Stroud
e-mail nickstroud@theaviationhistorian.com
Mick Oakey
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EDITOR
MANAGING EDITOR
PRODUCTION MANAGER
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Dr David Baker, Ian Bott, Robert Forsyth,
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Colin A. Owers, Julian Temple,
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Published quarterly by
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The Aviation Historian
2012
ISSN 2051 1930 (print)
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can be accepted for loss or damage. Opinions
expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect
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written consent of the publishers first being given, be
lent, sold, hired out or otherwise disposed of in a
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of trade or annexed or as part of any publication or
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WEBMASTERS
WELCOME TO THE first issue of a brand-new
independent publication created specifically for historic
aviation’s “true believers”; those of us with a deep,
abiding passion for man’s glorious triumphs — and
calamitous failures — in the quest to master the air
above us and the universe around us. In my view, these
victories and defeats form one of human history’s most
compelling adventures; one that we aim to chronicle.
In terms of content, we’ve eschewed items like news
and events listings, which are covered admirably
elsewhere, in favour of concentrating on forensically-
researched history, much of it little-known or previously
unpublished, gathered from the most authoritative
sources available, including first-hand accounts and
official documents whenever possible.
Of course, history should never be regarded as set in
stone; it is constantly evolving and new information is
coming to light all the time. I am convinced that a great
deal of such undiscovered information and specialist
knowledge resides with you, our readers, and one of the
central struts of our mission is to encourage the sharing
of knowledge among the true believers — so I’d love to
hear from you! Cleared for take-off . . .
■
We
would like to dedicate our first issue to the late
Johnny de Uphaugh, definitely a “true believer”.
FRONT COVER
Appropriately enough for our maiden voyage, our
cover image is the second Short Calcutta, G-EBVH, being towed out
on to the Medway for its first flight on May 3, 1928.
BACK COVER
From top to bottom: Hugh Hefner’s “Big Bunny” —
DC-9 N950PB; the bizarre Camco V-Liner; sheep in wolf’s clothing
— Spitfires in swastikas; Lightning F.1A XM177 at Wethersfield, 1961.
THE AVIATION HISTORIAN
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please ensure you recycle it using an appropriate facility.
Printed in the UK by
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using only paper from FSC/PEFC suppliers
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Issue No 1
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THE AVIATION HISTORIAN
Issue No x
contents
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editor’s letter
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26
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tHere i was…
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MessersCHPitts at FiVe o’CloCK!
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tHe tragedy oF FligHt tHree
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tHe Flying billboard
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surPrise, surPrise!
issue no 1
Yellow noses, crosses, swastikas . . . but not on Bf 109s.
Nick Stroud looks back at a surprise airshow act
Michael O’Leary investigates the TWA DC-3 crash that
killed Hollywood film star Carole Lombard
What’s 378 feet long, has three engines and floats?
EE Lightning vs Lockheed U-2 in 1962: we tell the full story
using official declassified documents and the recollections
of those who were there — on both sides
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nortHern exPosure
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aMeriCan ClassiCs
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Flying tHe Furrow
Jan Forsgren reveals how Gladiators and Harts fought
in the Finnish—Soviet Winter War of 1939–40
Rare photographs of flying-boats and floatplanes from
the Alpha Archive
Derek O’Connor charts the creation of an unusual
inter-war navigational aid across the Middle East
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HeF and tHe big bunny
High-altitude hedonism with Hugh Hefner and the Playboy
empire’s innovative DC-9 corporate jet
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under tHe windstoCKing
100
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one Furious suMMer
More rare photographs, this time lesser-known civil
inter-war types, from the collection of Philip Jarrett
The story of Capt Peter W. Brooks’s Hawker Fury FB.60
ferry-flight from the UK to Pakistan in 1949, told through
his own meticulously-kept journal and photographs
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wHy was tHe MerCury so long-liVed?
Graham Warner relates why Bristol’s 1920s-vintage Mercury
engine enjoyed such a long career
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ryan and tHe triangular PterodaCtyls
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out oF tHe blue
114
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Doug Moore describes how the genius of Francis Rogallo
led to the birth of “the craziest kite in the sky”
How Papa Smurf saved the T-45 Goshawk, by Mick Oakey
114
to belFast Via CalCutta
122
booK reViews
125
lost & Found
Guy Warner takes a look at the experimental Short Calcutta
service operated between Liverpool and Belfast in 1928
126
FroM PentHouse to worKHorse
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oFF tHe beaten traCK
issue no 1
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Jonathan Pote recalls an encounter with a Boeing 307
Stratoliner in Laos in the mid-1960s
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