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Air Enthusiast Magazine Vol 2 #3 1972 March Mercure F-14 F-15 Trent-Meteor
Air Enthusiast Vol 2 # 3 1972 March Mercure
Published Monthly.
Contents:
109 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.
115 F-14 & F-15 :THE NEW WAVE OF WARPLANES The USAF and US Navy programmes to develop a new generation of supersonic fighters are discussed in this feature by Roy Braybrook.
119 MERCURE : A SHORT-HAUL GAMBLE The Dassault/Breguet Mercure, in the development and production of which five European nations are now collaborating, is a new attempt to corner the short-haul market with a highly specialised design. Its origin and characteristics are described in this feature, with a new cutaway drawing and colour illustrations.
126 THE RISE AND DEMISE OF A WEAPON In this first part of a complete history of transport gliders, AIR ENTHUSIAST outlines the development and operational career of a class of aircraft that enjoyed little more than a decade of useful existence but made its own distinctive contribution to operations on several fronts in World War II.
135 FLYING THE TRENT-METEOR The first flight of the world's first turboprop aircraft - an experimental Gloster Meteor - is described by its test pilot, Eric Greenwood, who encountered some unexpected problems on this historic occasion.
139 FIREFLY: A MASTERPIECE FOR MATELOTS In the "Warbirds" series, we describe the origins of the Fairey Firefly monoplane, developed in the early days of World War II as a carrier-based fighter for the Fleet Air Arm, and operational in small numbers before the war ended. Included in this instalment is a new cutaway drawing of the Firefly Mk I; the second part of the feature, which will appear in the May issue, will tell the story of post-war development and operations in Korea and the Suez campaign.
148 PLANE FACTS Answers to readers' enquiries, from the AIR ENTHUSIAST files: Koolhoven F.K.55; Ikarus Orkan; Opel-Sander Rak.1 ; Fanaero-Chile Chincol; Meridionali Ro 63; Northrop XB-35 and YB-49; Tsentralny Konstruktorskoye Byuro TsKB-27; Fleet Fort.
152 MODEL ENTHUSIAST The latest plastic aircraft kits reviewed and two pages of colour tone drawings of the Polikarpov 1-16.
154 IN PRINT New aviation literature noted.
159 FIGHTER A TO Z Continuing the AIR ENTHUSIAST encyclopaedia of the world's fighter aircraft, from the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin V to the AW 35 Scimitar.
161 TALKBACK Readers of AIR ENTHUSIAST offer comments and illustrations of general interest.
164 VETERAN AND VINTAGE Illustrations of four British aircraft - Sea Fury, Mosquito, Jackaroo and Spitfire - that are flying "in exile" in North America and Australia.
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