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Old 3rd Mar 2006, 20:39
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Yes - RAF Flying Review was eagerly read by little lads in short grey flannels like me.

I have 2 copies left, one from July 1953 and one from February 1954. Each cost 1/- and had 48 pages...

July 1953:

'Out of the postbag' - various readers' queries
'I flew the V1 by Hanna Reitsch'
'Atom Bomber?' - William Green tells the full story behind the famous Avro Vulcan
'I jump for fun - Phyl Weir, Britain's only girl parachutist'
'First Jet Flight by Sir Frank Whittle'
'Flying a helicopter' - Dragonfly helicopter operations in Malaya
'Off Parade' - cartoons
'In the Air' - all the latest developments (XF-102, F7U Cutlass, Javelin, AAR Meteor, Mystere IV etc etc)
'Coronation Salute' - the full story of the flypast at Odiham which involved 600 aircraft flying from 40 aerodromes across the UK...
'Sgt Sly beats the Reds' - an E&E story about an RAAF Mustang pilot in Korea
'Win a Free Air Trip to France' competition
'News Digest' - various topical stories plus the odd 'grip and grin' photo.
'Girl of the Month' - a pin up of Debbie Reynolds in a bathing suit.
Plus several pages of classified adverts.

No turgid 'Air Power' propaganda or PR-polished crap. Just stuff which would appeal to all servicemen across the globe.

I wouldn't part with the magazines for £10000 in cash. Each!
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