Of course there were other subjects than aeroplanes featured. Here's the Recce Journal from 60 years ago:
H.M.S. Vanguard, in case you're wondering!
Civvie aircraft were also featured, such as this de Havilland Comet from September 1949:
But this was the sort of thing which encouraged air-minded small boys like me to want to join the RAF:
I
think they're 43 Sqn Hunter F1s, eh Courtney?