Description

The cover subject, a Sikorsky S-51 of Los Angeles Airways, heralds the opening instalment of David H. Stringer’s two-part history of America’s helicopter airlines. Also in this issue: the RAF V-bomber rear-crew ejection-seats controversy; test-flying the Supermarine Type 510; the Paveway laser-guided bomb in detail; the aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive; 1960s “jumping jeep” concepts: how the Miles Aerovan led to the Short Skyvan; a pre-WW1 ducted-propeller flying-machine; and much, much more.