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The Aviation Historian
The modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying
®
SHADOWPLAY
PROCURING THE
F-4K/M
PHANTOM
ISSUE
25
Published quarterly by:
The Aviation Historian
PO Box 962
Horsham RH12 9PP
United Kingdom
Subscribe at:
www.theaviationhistorian.com
(published October 15, 2018)
The Aviation Historian
The modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying
®
ISSUE NUMBER 25
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Editor’s Letter
IT IS WITH some astonishment — and a great deal of pride
— that I find myself writing the Ed’s Letter for the 25th issue
of
The Aviation Historian.
When we launched six years ago,
our stated aim was to bring thoroughly researched, well-
illustrated articles — offering new insights and fresh perspec-
tives — to a readership with a better-than-entry-level
knowledge of aeronautical history, tired of seeing the same
old themes recycled endlessly into predictable retreads. Our
ever-climbing sales curve has proved that we were on to some-
thing, and it’s thrilling to be able to look back and survey
what has grown into a substantial body of work from some of
the world’s finest historical aviation specialists. Indeed, the
last 24 issues have contained a cumulative total of more than
300 articles from contributors all over the world, providing
in-depth information and analysis on aviation history from
Alaska to Zimbabwe. Thanks to the unswerving dedication of
the
TAH
team, the invaluable guidance of our Editorial Board
and the remarkably high standards of our authors — plus the
vital ongoing encouragement and support from you, our loyal
readership — we continue to soar onwards and upwards.
In
TAH25
we take a typically far-ranging approach, with
Viscounts, Dragon Rapides, Harrows and Doves covering the
civil aviation angle, while articles on the Luftwaffe’s bombing
capability in 1938, the UK’s painful procurement of the
F-4K/M Phantom, the career of the Soviet Union’s Yak-28PP
“SAM-jammer” and the RAF Far East Flight’s epic 1927–28
tour of Asia and Australia fulfil the military brief. Of course,
it wouldn’t be
TAH
without the “weird and (not so)
wonderful” — enter Convair’s pre-Sea Dart waterborne jet
fighter projects and France’s ill-fated SE.1010. A very warm
welcome to this “silver jubilee” issue — here’s to the next 25!
Nick Stroud
e-mail nickstroud@theaviationhistorian.com
Mick Oakey
e-mail mickoakey@theaviationhistorian.com
EDITOR
MANAGING EDITOR
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Amanda Stroud
Lynn Oakey
FINANCE MANAGER
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P. Hallion, Philip Jarrett HonCRAeS,
Colin A. Owers, David H. Stringer,
Julian Temple, Capt Dacre Watson
EDITORIAL BOARD
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The Aviation Historian
2018
ISSN 2051-1930 (print)
ISSN 2051-7602 (digital)
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FRONT COVER
With wingtip vortices trailing, two 56 Sqn Phantom
FGR.2s bank over the North York Moors.
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MADE IN BRITAIN
BACK COVER
The immaculately attired crew of a Continental
Airlines “Viscount II” prepare to board circa 1958.
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THE AVIATION HISTORIAN
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CONTENTS
3
EDITOR’S LETTER
6
AIR CORRESPONDENCE
10
THE CASE FOR APPEASEMENT?
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Issue No 25
Greg Baughen digs deep into the archives to reveal how a
pair of “dodgy dossiers” commissioned by the British in
1938 to assess Germany’s strategic bombing capability
may have led to appeasement at Munich that September
24
THE VISCOUNT COMES TO AMERICA Pt 2
Commercial aviation specialist David H. Stringer continues
his three-part series on the trio of American airlines that
bought the state-of-the-art propliner direct from Vickers
with Continental Airlines and its “Jet Power Viscount IIs”
34
THE SOVIET SAM-JAMMER
In 1970 the Soviet Air Force introduced a specialised
electronic-countermeasures variant of its Yakovlev Yak-28
bomber — the Yak-28PP — into service. Babak Taghvaee
chronicles its 25-year career in the USSR and Ukraine
44
BERLIN OR BUST
54
In the second article in his three-part chronological series
on the wartime use of air transport by the Axis forces — or
lack thereof — Ray Flude details Japan’s first and only
attempt to get a delegation to Berlin by air in 1943
54
MAKING A PIG’S EAR FROM A SILK PURSE . . ?
Professor Keith Hayward FRAeS takes an in-depth look at
the political aspects of Britain’s procurement of the USA’s
F-4 Phantom — and why deciding to fit the homegrown
Spey engine caused severe headaches in Whitehall
64
FILL ’ER UP!
Brian Gardner profiles the use of three Handley Page
Harrows by Flight Refuelling Ltd during 1938–40 to
investigate — and accomplish — the world’s first
commercial service employing air-to-air refuelling
76
RAF FAR EAST FLIGHT Pt 1: UK—SINGAPORE
76
90
In December 1928 four Southampton flying-boats of the
RAF’s Far East Flight completed a remarkable 27,500-mile
cruise from the UK to the Far East and Australia. Trevor
Lipscombe celebrates the 90th anniversary of the FEF’s
epic feat with the first half of a two-part article on the tour
90
TRAGIQUE — THE SUD-EST SE.1010
French aviation historian Joël Mesnard tells the short, tragic
story of the elegant — but dangerously unstable — one-off
SNCASE SE.1010 four-engined survey aircraft
100
FROM SKATE TO SEA DART
Convair’s 1950s XF2Y Sea Dart waterborne jet fighter is
relatively well-known; what is not is the extensive research
path taken by the company to get there. Matthew Willis
examines the obscure Skate, Cudda and Betta projects
112
CHANNEL-HOPPING WITH BEA
100
The John Stroud Archive continues with a whistle-stop
tour of the Channel Islands made by John aboard a BEA
Dragon Rapide in April 1947, as Nick Stroud relates
118
ARMCHAIR AVIATION
123
LOST & FOUND
124
THE MELON RUN
In 1965 McAlpine Aviation staff pilot Ed Wild was tasked
with organising a ferry flight of four de Havilland Doves and
two Herons from Jordan back to the UK — in formation
130
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
Issue No 25
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