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Old 15th Nov 2022, 15:41
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Air Pictorial scans


Air Pictorial scans are now available. See post #17 for link.

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Old 15th Nov 2022, 16:33
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A great resource
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Old 16th Nov 2022, 08:41
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These really take me back. Thank you to whoever put the work in to make them available.
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Old 16th Nov 2022, 09:23
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That is wonderful, I really appreciate the enourmous effort that has gone into this. I think that it great that we can have a digital record of these historic publications. Perhaps it is just me, but I was fascinated by the adverts in these magazines.

Great job and thank you.
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a gold mine for "what aircraft", "what cockpit" etc etc
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Old 16th Nov 2022, 13:16
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September 1962........was my first purchase of "" Air Pic """!! . Bought it regularly for quite a few years. All stashed away in the loft......!!!

Thank you Discorde. !! How about going backwards into the 50s....??

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Old 16th Nov 2022, 15:58
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Air Pic was a must for me in the late 60's/early 70s.
Reminds me that a teacher nicked my copy on the school coach to our sports fields in Surrey. Must have been 1968 or 69.
He wanted to know what I was reading (it was an article on the Cessna 152/172 if I recall).
Suddenly he took an interest in it and borrowed my copy - I never got it back!

Once the scans get to the late 60s I will have to look out for that one and finish reading the article!

Excellent piece of work Discorde - many thanx!
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Old 19th Nov 2022, 17:21
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Cheers Discorde!

Rather taken with the image of the Beechcraft 120, a turboprop Queen Air with Turbomeca Bastans... The resemblance to the Swearingen Merlin II which a new fuselage sat on Queen Air wings (and was a progression from his Excalibur QA modification) is quite marked!



Edit: just looked this up in Rod Simpson's book, pic must be a mock-up as the prototype was never built.

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Old 19th Nov 2022, 18:41
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Just wow
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Old 19th Nov 2022, 21:55
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
Beechcraft 120, a turboprop Queen Air with Turbomeca Bastans
A 3-view from Jane's...






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Thanks, Discorde, Great job. I grew up on those magazines and what a wealth of information they contained. Funny to look at them now and how wrong many people in the industry were. All those VTOL dreams for one. Fascinating, and thanks again.

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Old 23rd Dec 2022, 18:49
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Great work, thank you. Nostalgia is definitely what it used to be!
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Old 16th Apr 2023, 10:11
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This post has been superseded.

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Old 17th Apr 2023, 00:39
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A magnificent piece of work Discorde, thank you. Now, if we could only have someone resurrect the "Flight" files life would be complete.
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Thank you Discorde - much appreciated.
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Old 3rd Aug 2023, 16:26
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This tranche of Air Pictorial scans (Sep 1962 - Apr 1965) has now been completed. It's possible that earlier and later editions will be added in the future.

Air Pictorial

Points of interest
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Those are great, thank you very much.
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What a magnificent thing to do - thank you!
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