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Air Enthusiast Magazine Vol 2 #4 1972 April Giant Voice 1971 Heinkel HE280
Air Enthusiast Vol 2 # 4 1972 April Giant Voice 1971
Published Monthly.
Contents:
166 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 Aircraft Contracts.
171 MIRAGE F . A TANGIBLE ILLUSION Now in production and
destined to become the next air defence fighter to enter service with the Armde I'Air, the Mirage F also has a promising export potential and could well enjoy as much success as its predecessor, the Mirage Ill. The factors that led Dassault/Breguet to develop the Mirage F are fully discussed in this feature, which includes a new and exclusive cutaway drawing.
177 JOURNAL OF AN AIR WAR For the second time in adecade,twomember nations of the British Commonwealth recently took up arms against each other, thus bringing the air forces of India and Pakistan into short but bitter conflict. In a detailed, day-by-day account of the air war, our correspondent in New Delhi gives the official Indian view of the operations, and we illustrate, in colour, the hastily-applied camouflage patterns of some of the Indian aircraft.
184 HEINKEL HE 280 - THE FIRST JET FIGHTER Although it never reached operational service,the Heinkel He 280 was conceived and tested as the world's first jet fighter. Its origin and development, bedevilled by politics and a clash of personalities, are related in detail.
189 HALS-UND-BEINBRUCH TO VFW-FOKKER . . . BUT WHAT CHANCE THE VAK 191B? The VAK 191B could become the world's second operational VTOL fighter but in this account of developments to date, Roy Braybrook questions the viability of the project.
191 GIANT VOICE 1971 William Strandberg provides an account and a colour pictorial of the recent Strategic Air Command Bombing and Navigation Competition.
195 TALKBACK Readers of AIR ENTHUSIAST offer comments of general interest.
196 RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CANADAIR SABRE A pilot's view of this famous fighter is provided by David Hunt, and we publish a cutaway drawing and a run-down of Canadair Sabre production.
204 MODEL ENTHUSIAST The latest plastic aircraft kits reviewed and a page of colour profile drawings of the Canadair Sabre.
207 TRANSPORT GLIDERS-THE RISE AND DEMISE OF A WEAPON PART II We continue the survey which began last month, with a type-bytype review of the transport gliders developed in Argentina, Australia, France, Great Britain and Germany. The series will be continued next month.
213 THE SAXON'S RETURN - FLYING THE AIRSPEED HORSA In the popular "Viewed from the Cockpit" series, Alexander Johnston describes what it was like to fly one of the most-used of wartime gliders, and a cutaway drawing reveals its salient characteristics.
217 FIGHTER A TO Z Continuing the AIR ENTHUSIAST encyclopaedia of the World's fighter aircraft, from the ArmstrongWhitworth Meteor NF 11 to the Arsenal VB 10.
219 PLANE FACTS Answers to readers' enquiries, from the AIR ENTHUSIAST files: Fleet 10G and Fort; McDonnell 220; Northrop N1M; Fairchild FC-2.
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