Air Clues
Fat Albert
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wilts, UK
Age: 63
Posts: 287
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Air Clues
Sorting through a store room at work we have discovered a large quantity of old issues of Air Clues. There are about 25 consecutive years worth dating from 1973 -74 onwards.
Rather than bin them I thought I would ask first if they are of use to anyone.
If they are then please let me know.
Rather than bin them I thought I would ask first if they are of use to anyone.
If they are then please let me know.
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Annapolis, MD
Age: 86
Posts: 429
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Don't bin them, someone will be able to use them as training aids. When I came over here in '83 and joined the Auxiliary USAF, i.e. Civil Air Patrol, I used them as training aids for the the cadets on my squadron, especially the "I learned about flying from that" articles.
I'm doing a different sort of flying now, but try your local Air Cadet Squadron.
Cheers, Bob C
I'm doing a different sort of flying now, but try your local Air Cadet Squadron.
Cheers, Bob C
It's amazing what turns up when people clear offices.
The Education Section (as it was, none of this stupid 'Force Development' nonsense) library at Brize were about to throw out a lot of old magazines, but they were rescued by one of the TTF navigator instructors who gave them to me.
A lot of wartime and other historic stuff, now either on permanent loan to the Yorkshire Air Museum or donated to the Shuttleworth Collection.
There were also 2 copies of the very first Recognition journal (Volume 1 Number 1), dated September 1942. I kept one of those, along with the 2 copies of 'Royal Air Force Flying Review', dated Jul 1953 and Feb 1954. One of which describes the 1953 Royal Review - involving 300 static aircraft and a flypast of 'over 600' others.
Them were 't days.....
The Education Section (as it was, none of this stupid 'Force Development' nonsense) library at Brize were about to throw out a lot of old magazines, but they were rescued by one of the TTF navigator instructors who gave them to me.
A lot of wartime and other historic stuff, now either on permanent loan to the Yorkshire Air Museum or donated to the Shuttleworth Collection.
There were also 2 copies of the very first Recognition journal (Volume 1 Number 1), dated September 1942. I kept one of those, along with the 2 copies of 'Royal Air Force Flying Review', dated Jul 1953 and Feb 1954. One of which describes the 1953 Royal Review - involving 300 static aircraft and a flypast of 'over 600' others.
Them were 't days.....
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Europe
Posts: 414
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Find someone with a website who is willing to scan and host them please, then we can all see them 
Not sure about copywrite issues, but they were for flight safety and are still great lessons learnt (erm, identified!). They were Restricted but can't see that being a problem now.
Not sure about copywrite issues, but they were for flight safety and are still great lessons learnt (erm, identified!). They were Restricted but can't see that being a problem now.
1953 Coronation Review
Beagle,
The book 'Coronation Wings' by Eric Bucklow lists, describes and illustrates every aircraft on the ground and in the air that day, 641 in the flypast and 318 on the ground. A marvelouse piece of work.
Them were 't days.....
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Why oh why would I wanna be anywhere else?
Posts: 1,305
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
When I worked in Adastral House in the late 80s the reference library there had every copy of Air Clues plus countless other documents (I remember looking at a hand amended copy of KRs dated 1920 to reference some pay query or other).
One wonders what happened to that lot once Adastral closed its doors.
One wonders what happened to that lot once Adastral closed its doors.
Fat Albert
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wilts, UK
Age: 63
Posts: 287
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks for the reponses both on here and by PM. I have been surprised by the level of interest in these old editions. They will be going to Cosford where they will hopefully be put to good use.
Fishtailed, it is indeed an excellent work.
Amazing what could be done 55 years ago! The list of pilots reads like a Who's Who of aviation - including Neville Duke who had a TOT of 16:06:50 at 580KIAS in his Hunter F1, to be followed a mere 10 sec later at 16:07 by Mike Lithgow in a Swift F4, also at 580KIAS. After which the Swift's engine seized, but he managed to dead-stick it at Chilbolton!
Hazledon, Trubshaw and Falk flew the first V-bomber prototypes in the Royal Review; whilst the Victor and Valiant had been somewhat pedestrian at 250KIAS and 300KIAS respectively, Roly's 400KIAS in the Vulcan must have been spectacular!
Them were indeed 't days!!
Amazing what could be done 55 years ago! The list of pilots reads like a Who's Who of aviation - including Neville Duke who had a TOT of 16:06:50 at 580KIAS in his Hunter F1, to be followed a mere 10 sec later at 16:07 by Mike Lithgow in a Swift F4, also at 580KIAS. After which the Swift's engine seized, but he managed to dead-stick it at Chilbolton!
Hazledon, Trubshaw and Falk flew the first V-bomber prototypes in the Royal Review; whilst the Victor and Valiant had been somewhat pedestrian at 250KIAS and 300KIAS respectively, Roly's 400KIAS in the Vulcan must have been spectacular!
Them were indeed 't days!!
Thanks for pointing out my spolling miskate!
In addition to his work on the Victor, his forced landing of a burning Dart Herald was an astonishing feat of skill. See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-Hazelden.html .
In addition to his work on the Victor, his forced landing of a burning Dart Herald was an astonishing feat of skill. See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-Hazelden.html .
