Aero archive
Monday 1st February 1988
A tribute to distinguished 'Aeroplane' contributor, the late, Roland 'Bee' Beamont.
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Friday 20th September 1946
Bonding with Redux. A detailed assessment of the alternative to riveting in aircraft construction with references to its use in the de Havilland Dove and Sea Hornet XX. Includes materials performance analysis.
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Friday 15th June 1945
'Flying Slow' During 1937 requirements were specified by the Royal Navy for a shipboard aeroplane capable of an extremely slow cruising speed combined with long duration; GAL 38 Fleet Shadower; Airspeed AS39.
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Friday 29th December 1944
... a Fairey Swordfish catapulted from Gosport aerodrome ... in those days the Fleet Air Arm had brought the catapult to a high degree of reliability, though to the general public it was a novelty.
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Sunday 5th December 1943
'The Electro-Hydraulic Turret' The power-operated turret was a British invention, and a British development. No other country saw in it a new factor in air tactics, or a new branch of aeronautical engineering, but it has proved to be both.
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Friday 17th September 1943
...women for the first time are promoted to service in a Group I trade.
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Blenheim Mk IV