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NEWS AND
COMMENT
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FROM THE EDITOR
NEWS
• Mosquito prototype rolled out
• Vulcan makes final flight
• CH2A Mosquito wing attached
• Fw 190 airborne in Australia
• Spitfire for Texas Flying Legends
• Swiss rescue Storch to fly again
• Stinton Trophy for Stephen Grey
• Peter Holloway buys Ryan STA
… and the month’s other top aircraft
preservation news
HANGAR TALK
Steve Slater’s monthly comment
column on the historic aircraft world
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January 2016
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FEATURES
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CARRIER JET PIONEER
Film-maker Nicholas Jones hears
from Capt Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown about
his pioneering Vampire operations
from HMS
Ocean
70 years ago
CUNLIFFE-OWEN OA-1
One of the most unconventional
shapes ever to appear in British skies
BOULTON PAUL P111
The little delta jet’s contribution to
the development of powered flying
controls
A special section on
Soviet military aviation
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SOVIET MiGS OVER EGYPT
‘Fishbeds’ and ‘Foxbats’ in combat
against Israel
AEROPLANE
MEETS…
MIKE WOODLEY
Over 30 years of flying for the film
industry has afforded the boss of
Aces High many unique experiences
DATABASE:
FIAT CR42
Luigino Caliaro
profiles the legendary
Italian biplane fighter
of World War Two
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IN-DEPTH
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REGULARS
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SKYWRITERS
Q&A
Your questions asked and answered
AIRCREW
The inter-war tribulations of a DH60
Moth flying instructor
BOOKS
POLIKARPOV R-1
How derivatives of the Airco DH9
and DH9A played a significant role
in between-the-wars Soviet aviation
AUTOGYROS AT WAR
As the Red Army sought to defend
Moscow, the Kamov-designed A-7
autogyro supported ground forces
as an observation post
FLYING THE MiG-15
A ‘from the cockpit’ perspective
courtesy Kenneth Aarkvisla from the
Norwegian Air Force Historical
Squadron
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BLÉRIOT ANNIVERSARY RACE
1959’s memorable commemorative
dash between London and Paris
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COVER IMAGE:
A Fiat CR42 of Italy’s Regia Aeronautica
having just scored a hit against an RAF Blenheim IF
from No 30 Squadron during operations in Egypt. This
artwork, along with many others, is available to buy
from www.adamtooby.com.
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Aeroplane
traces its lineage back
to the weekly
The Aeroplane,
founded by C. G. Grey in 1911
and published until 1968. It was
re-launched as a monthly in 1973
by Richard T. Riding, editor for 25
years until 1998.
ESTABLISHED 1911
AEROPLANE JANUARY 2016
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ake no mistake, the UK air display scene
is in a state of flux. In part, this is down to
the consequences of the Shoreham accident.
As Steve Slater describes in his column this
month, the CAA has published an interim
progress report on its review of civil air displays, preparatory
to a final report early in the new year. This will allow the
implementation of recommendations in time for the start of the
2016 airshow season. Scheduled to conclude at different times,
meanwhile, are investigations by the Air Accident Investigation
Branch and the police, together with the coroner’s inquest.
Despite uncertainty as to what will result, organisers,
operators and pilots present at the British Air Display
Association (BADA) post-season symposium at Shrivenham
in November seemed far from downbeat. One positive note is
that it seems as though there will be no across-the-board hike
of insurance premiums. The message from aviation insurance
experts: if necessary, shop around.
Things are changing in other ways, too. The RAF has finally
confirmed that its long-standing flagship event, the Waddington
International Air Show, will not return once much-delayed
upgrade work on the Lincolnshire base is completed. It
cited “significant security concerns and operational risks”.
A statement went on to say that “an extensive survey of
alternative sites in the east of England has been carried out and
it has decided that it would be possible to hold an airshow at
RAF Scampton. However, further work is needed to address
significant legal, commercial and infrastructure issues… It will
not be possible to hold an airshow at RAF Scampton until 2017
at the earliest”. The RAF is now left with one public airshow,
M
E D I TO R
at Cosford. What a stark contrast to 1990, when — before the
impact of post-Cold War defence cuts — a programme of 17
full ‘At Home’ Days and Open Days was put on in the Battle of
Britain 50th anniversary year. The like we will never see again.
Towards the end of what was at times a difficult year for the
historic aviation community, there came a tragic sting in the
tail. On 14 November, French warbird and aerobatic pilot Marc
Mathis lost his life in the crash of an experimental HKW-01
ultralight near Strasbourg Airport in eastern France. Mathis,
always known as ‘Léon’, flew historic aircraft such as the P-40,
P-51, Yak-3, Yak-11 and Flug Werk FW190 with great elan at
displays for many years; his low-level inverted passes in his Zlin
526AFS aerobatic mount, meanwhile, were the stuff of legend.
Our condolences to ‘Léon’s’ family and friends.
On a very different note, at
Aeroplane
we continue to strive to
bring you an ever better magazine. From this issue, as you’ll see
on page 19, the writer of our ‘Letter of the Month’ will win a
£25 book voucher to spend with leading military and transport
publisher Crécy. We’ve also taken the opportunity to give our
long-running ‘Database’ section an overhaul, with a fresher look
but no reduction in the detail.
Incidentally, if you’re wondering where the promised
‘Aeroplane meets…’ interview with Ed Maloney is, this will now
run in a future issue. Something more to look forward to in our
pages during 2016 — for now, though, here’s wishing you a
very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Ben Dunnell
From the
CONTRIBUTORS
THIS MONTH
Ke n n e t h
AARKVISLA
Luigino
CALIARO
Bob
JA F F R AY
Pe t e
LO N D O N
Starting out as a glider pilot and going
solo at 15, Kenneth trained on
powered aircraft during his military
service in Norway. He was an airline
captain for many years, and recently
retired from piloting the Boeing 737
for Scandinavian Airlines. Kenneth is
the founder and manager of the
Norwegian Air Force Historical
Squadron, well-known for its Vampire
pair and now MiG-15 (SB Lim-2)
displays around the European
airshow circuit. He has thus far
logged a total of nearly 15,000 hours
on all types of aircraft.
Born in Italy, Luigino’s love of aviation
began at a young age. He has since
been able to fly air-to-air photo
sessions with all of the world’s most
major jet fighter types and aerobatic
teams, amassing around 200 hours in
military jets. For some years now his
main interest has been focused on
warbirds and aviation history. His
material appears in most aviation
magazines and he has published a
dozen books. This month, he
contributes our ‘Database’ section on
the Fiat CR42 biplane fighter of the
Second World War.
Bob’s early life was spent on a hill sheep
farm in the Scottish Borders. The
tenancy changed in 1946 to the Elliot
family, the younger brother being a
Royal Navy flier by the name of ‘Jock’;
his career was followed with avid
interest, mainly through
The Aeroplane.
It moved on to development and
experimental flying, not least with the
Boulton Paul P111. “I have attempted
to record something of his work
before it is too late”, says Bob. “My
own later years led toward social work,
but the interest in things aeronautical
has never flagged.”
Pete London is a former manager with
BAE Systems and Finmeccanica. Now a
full-time writer, his interests focus on
British aviation history as well as
heritage and the countryside. He has
written for aviation magazines since
1983 and is currently researching the
life of aviator-designer John Porte. As
his contributions to
Aeroplane
often
demonstrate, Pete enjoys examining
aviation’s quirky, one-off ‘might-have-
beens’, and in this edition he looks at
the radical — if unsuccessful — Cunliffe-
Owen OA-1 passenger type of the
inter-war years.
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