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The Aviation Historian
The modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying
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THE AVIATION HISTORIAN
Issue No 7
Published quarterly by:
The Aviation Historian
PO Box 962
Horsham RH12 9PP
United Kingdom
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(published July 15, 2015)
The Aviation Historian
The modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying
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ISSUE NUMBER 12
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Editor’s Letter
WHEN WE PUBLISHED our first issue, in October 2012, we
did not know what the future held; so it is with enormous
pride that I welcome you to our twelfth issue, marking the
completion of our third year of operations. We continue to
unearth little-known and previously-unpublished material on
all aspects of aviation history from every corner of the planet.
It is impossible to overstate how much your continued and
growing support means to us.
TAH
operates alone; we do not
have an owner or corporation propping us up. We do not have
a big-budget marketing department or the benefits available
to large publishing companies. We fly alone in congested
skies, our independence precious and unique. We rely on your
support — because you value fearless, independent, high-
quality publishing. Thank you.
In this new issue it is a privilege to be able to publish for
the first time some of the exceptional photographs taken by
the late John Stroud — no relation, incidentally — on one of
the many globe-spanning info-gathering expeditions he
undertook during his extraordinary 75-year career in aviation.
We plan to bring you regular selections from A Flying History
Ltd’s recently-acquired collection of John’s rolls of 35mm film,
many of which have never been published anywhere before.
Since our launch we have brought you some 184 in-depth
features, complemented by rare photographs, maps, drawings
and Ian Bott’s incomparable info-graphics. To explore all that
TAH
has covered, download the regularly-updated PDF index
from our website — www.theaviationhistorian.com — where
you will also find film clips, feature previews, exclusive
animated graphics, our lively social media streams and lots
more goodies.
TAH,
in print and online, is the one-stop shop
TAH
for aviation’s “true believers”!
Nick Stroud
e-mail nickstroud@theaviationhistorian.com
Mick Oakey
e-mail mickoakey@theaviationhistorian.com
EDITOR
MANAGING EDITOR
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Amanda Stroud
Lynn Oakey
FINANCE MANAGER
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Gregory Alegi, Dr David Baker, Ian Bott,
Robert Forsyth, Juanita Franzi, Dr Richard
P. Hallion, Philip Jarrett HonCRAeS,
Colin A. Owers, David H. Stringer,
Julian Temple, Capt Dacre Watson
EDITORIAL BOARD
David & Angie Siddall,
David Siddall Multimedia
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The Aviation Historian,
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The Aviation Historian
2015
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FRONT COVER
50 years ago the Soviet Union brought its state-of-
the-art airliners to the Paris Air Salon, including the Il-62 and An-22.
MADE IN BRITAIN
BACK COVER
One of the magnificent — and previously unpublished
— photographs taken by John Stroud in Pakistan in February 1962.
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CONTENTS
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EDITOR’S LETTER
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AIR CORRESPONDENCE
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OUR MAN IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Issue No 12
The late David Lockspeiser recalls a memorable Hawker
liaison tour of 1959, which included an unexpected detour
to Burma to investigate a series of Sea Fury crashes
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OVER THE WEATHER
Edward M. Young details the pioneering high-altitude
weather research work undertaken by TWA in the 1930s, in
which pilot “Tommy” Tomlinson pushed himself to the limit
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SQUARE PEG . . . ROUND HOLE
Canadian aviation historian Donald Nijboer explains why
the sparkling Spitfire proved to be a dismal divebomber,
despite the valiant efforts of Canada’s No 126 Wing
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THE SCARFACE KLAN
Warren E. Thompson chronicles the 18-month Vietnam
campaign of US Marine Corps HueyCobra unit HML-367
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OVER THE PASS AND DOWN THE VALLEY
We open a new series, featuring images from recently-
discovered rolls of film taken by renowned British aviation
journalist John Stroud, with a DC-3 trip to the Hindu Kush
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FROM SWORDFISH TO FIREFLY
In the concluding half of his biography of British test pilot
Duncan Menzies, Matthew Willis looks at the Fairey years
— including a hair-raising close-call in a Fulmar
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AN EYE FOR DETAIL: THEIR WORK IS DONE!
Juanita Franzi’s series on lesser-known markings continues
with the temporary scheme adopted by a pair of RAAF
DHC-4 Caribous on departing Papua New Guinea in 1975
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LOCKHEED’S FADING SUNTAN
Between Kelly Johnson’s cutting-edge U-2 and SR-71
designs for Lockheed sits the outlandish hydrogen-fuelled
CL-400 Suntan project; Dr David Baker tells the full story
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SWEDEN’S FORGOTTEN DESIGNER
Although born in Austria, designer Edmund Sparmann
spent most of his career in Sweden, where he designed
the attractive Sparmann S 1-A, as Jan Forsgren relates
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VIS — THE ALLIES’ ADRIATIC EYRIE
Bob Livingstone profiles the wartime use of the Adriatic
island of Vis off the Yugoslavian coast, which served as an
invaluable emergency landing field for stricken Allied aircraft
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À PARIS AVEC LES SOVIETS
In 1965 the Soviet Union turned up mob-handed at the Paris
Air Salon with a brace of its latest civil aircraft; Thomas
Newdick reveals why it was more than merely posturing
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BLOWTORCHES & BIG BIRDS
Rounding off his two-part series on Alaska’s Ladd Field and
the cold-weather testing units based there, Dave Stern
takes a look at the post-war years of “Sub-Zero Inc”
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ARMCHAIR AVIATION
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LOST & FOUND
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ECHOES FROM DAWN SKIES: HALFORD SAVES
THE DAY
Our serialisation of British pioneer F.W. Merriam’s
long-lost manuscript of memories from his contemporaries
continues with Frank Halford’s recollection of Amy Johnson’s
record-setting flight to Africa in a Puss Moth in 1932
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