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This is the new format annual Aviation Historian.

Particular highlights of this issue include the cover story – Chris Gibson’s examination of BAe Dynamics’ Sea Eagle anti-shipping missile, illustrated with top-notch information graphics by Ian Bott – as well as Andy Saunders’ mythbusting article about the Battle of Britain, and James Kightly’s reappraisal of KLM Douglas DC-2 Uiver’s astonishing achievement in the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race.

Meanwhile, as always, there are lesser-explored paths of aviation history, and this time The Aviation Historian takes a look at French airmail rockets, early USAAC experiments in cabin pressurisation, the obscure Fleet Model 50 Freighter, de Havilland Puss Moth structural failures, and a forlorn attempt to improve the hapless Short Seamew.

All of the above barely scratches the surface of the rich and satisfying feast of history awaiting you.