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//-->The Aviation HistorianThe modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying®Heat & DustIssue No102THE AVIATION HISTORIANIssue No 7Published quarterly by:The Aviation HistorianPO Box 962Horsham RH12 9PPUnited KingdomSubscribe at:www.theaviationhistorian.com(published January 15, 2015)The Aviation HistorianThe modern journal of classic aeroplanes and the history of flying®ISSUE NUMBER 10TMEditor’s LetterA VERY HAPPY new year to all our readers, and a warmwelcome to our tenth issue — double figures! — in whichwe’ve packed our bags for a truly international experience.Starting off in the Vale of Evesham, over which a frost-nibbledCyril Uwins set a new altitude record in 1932, we then headfor wartime Italy, where bitter political infighting preventedthe development of a series of truly world-class homegrownfighters. After an in-depth stop in America to look at theequally politically fractious procurement of the US MarineCorps’ AV-8A Harrier, we get low-down and dirty with theRF-51Ds of the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron inKorea, where the Mustang attrition rate was ferocious.On we go to the Middle East — Philip Jarrett’s World WarOne photographs of the RFC’s X Depot in Aboukir are simplystunning, while Ray Flude’s detailed account of the Allied1942 airlifts to Cairo brings to light an oft-forgotten yet heroiceffort on the part of British, Canadian and American airtransport pilots — before alighting in pre-revolution Iran,where the country’s first rotary-wing pilot recalls his not-always-pleasant experiences with the Cessna Skyhookhelicopter, further to our history of the type inTAH3.Finally, we wend our way back to our starting point in goodold Blighty, with former Air Transport Auxiliary dynamo JoanHughes being arrested for flying under a bridge on the M40 ina Tiger Moth disguised as one of International Rescue’sThunderbirds. It’s quite a journey —bon voyage!Nick Stroude-mail nickstroud@theaviationhistorian.comMick Oakeye-mail mickoakey@theaviationhistorian.comEDITORMANAGING EDITORPRODUCTION MANAGERAmanda StroudLynn OakeyFINANCE MANAGERFor all telephone enquiries:tel +44 (0)7572 237737 (mobile number)Dr David Baker, Ian Bott, Robert Forsyth,Juanita Franzi, Dr Richard P. Hallion,Philip Jarrett CRAeS, Colin A. Owers,Julian Temple, Capt Dacre WatsonEDITORIAL BOARDDavid & Angie Siddall,David Siddall MultimediaPublished quarterly byThe Aviation Historian,PO Box 962, Horsham RH12 9PP, United Kingdom©The Aviation Historian2015ISSN 2051-1930 (print)ISSN 2051-7602 (digital)While every care will be taken with materialsubmitted toThe Aviation Historian,no responsibilitycan be accepted for loss or damage. Opinionsexpressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflectthose of the Editor. This periodical must not, without thewritten consent of the publishers first being given, belent, sold, hired out or otherwise disposed of in amutilated condition or in any unauthorised cover by wayof trade or annexed or as part of any publication oradvertising literary or pictorial matter whatsoever.WEBMASTERSIf you do not wish to keep your copy ofThe Aviation Historian(impossible to imagine, we know),please ensure you recycle it using an appropriate facility.Printed in the UK byThe Magazine Printing Companyusing only paper from FSC/PEFC supplierswww.magprint.co.ukPERSONAL NOTE It is my sad duty to report thatTAHEditorial Boardmember Harry Fraser-Mitchell died on October 28, 2014. We were privilegedto have his advice, support and friendship. He will be much missed.FRONT COVERA Nieuport Scout undergoes maintenance in Egyptduring the Great War; more exquisite images on pages 64–71.MADE IN BRITAINBACK COVER:An AV-8A Harrier pilot of US Marine Corps unit VMA-542 prepares for a mission. The story of the type begins on page 40.THE AVIATION HISTORIAN3Issue No 10Hand-carved desktop modelsFrom chequerboard Camel . . .. . . to “Better On A Camel”A wide range of desktop modelaircraft from all eras, carved by handfrom kiln-dried mahogany and hand-paintedwith a perfect finish and careful fine detailing.Personalised andbespoke models area speciality — ourmaster craftsmenwill create a modelof any aeroplane orhelicopter, in any paintscheme, completely toyour specifications.dial post House, Worthing road, dial post, Horsham, West sussex rH13 8nQt: 01403 710207 e: barry@bravodeltamodels.co.uk www.bravodeltamodels.co.uk4THE AVIATION HISTORIANIssue No 1040CONTENTS3EDITOR’S LETTER6AIR CORRESPONDENCE12ON HEAVEN’S DOORSTEPIssue No 10Worcestershire-based author Tony Buttler investigates localreports of Cyril Uwins’s record-setting flight to 44,000ft overEvesham in a Vickers Vespa in September 193220HOW NOT TO CHOOSE A FIGHTERGregory Alegi provides fresh insight into Italy’s disastrouswartime procurement of a series of promising fighterspowered by Germany’s state-of-the-art DB 605 engine34ECHOES FROM DAWN SKIES: BIRDS OF A FEATHEROur serialisation of British pioneer F.W. Merriam’s long-lostmanuscript of memories from his contemporaries continueswith recollections by Ronald Kemp, and of F.P. Raynham40SELL IT TO THE MARINESChris Farara opens our two-part section on the AV-8A Harrierwith the story of the type’s development up to its introductioninto US Marine Corps service . . .48BIRD OF PREY1296. . . at which point Lon Nordeen takes over to detail theinvaluable jump-jet’s career with the “Flying Leathernecks”56THE POLKA DOT RIDGE-RUNNERSThe RF-51D Mustang pilots of the USAF’s 45th TRSarguably flew the most dangerous low-level missions ofthe entire Korean conflict, as Doug Gordon relatesmagnificent original photographs collected by mechanicGeorge Wright in Egypt during World War One64“THERE WERE FINS, WINGS AND COUNTLESSOTHER THINGS . . .”Philip Jarrett presents a selection of72AN EYE FOR DETAIL: GET CRUNGE!5674Next up in Juanita Franzi’s series on lesser-known airframesand their markings is an RAAF Mirage III that, albeittemporarily, became the mount of “AVM Hannibal Crunge”74FOLLAND’S FORGOTTEN MONOPLANES Pt 284“SOME SUPREME EFFORT . . .”The second of Ralph Pegram’s three articles on thelittle-known Gloster monoplane designs of Henry FollandIn June 1942 an Allied airlift of global proportions wasmounted to resupply British forces in North Africa in thewake of the fall of Tobruk. Ray Flude tells the full epic story96THE SHAH’S SKYHOOKSFurther to our history of the Cessna CH-1 Skyhook inTAH3,Iranian aviation historian Babak Taghvaee tracked downIran’s first helicopter pilot, Col Gholam-Reza Rahbariyan, tofind out more about the type in Iranian Gendarmerie service34106AGAINST ALL ODDSDavid H. Stringer concludes his definitive two-part historyof the USA’s post-war non-scheduled airlines — or “non-skeds” — from the Korean conflict to deregulation118ARMCHAIR AVIATION123LOST & FOUND124ALIAS THUNDERBIRD 6Pilot, airshow commentator and part-time air-trafficcontroller Melvyn Hiscock reveals the alter ego of TigerMoth G-ANFM, and explains how Joan Hughes landed her-self in trouble with the aircraft in 1967 — by failing to land106Issue No 10130OFF THE BEATEN TRACK5THE AVIATION HISTORIAN
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