My first thought was 'Why would you get Amy Johnson to write about gliding?' but that just shows how little I know: she was an early member of the Yorkshire Gliding Club (founded 1934). The first non-military cover since February (out of the aviation-related ones, anyway). I'm not sure why the Regia Aeronautica got a whole feature to itself, when the Luftwaffe didn't seem to but a number of these aircraft saw action in Spain and the aeroplane (as did German ones, of course) and this issue was only a few months after the heavy raids on Barcelona by Italian bombers.ĩ July 1938: Amy Johnson, 'The Art of Gliding'.

Making up the numbers are a Meridionali Ro.37, a Caproni Ca.135, a Fiat CR.32, a Breda Ba.88 and a Breda Ba.65. The big cutaway is a Savoia-Marchetti SM.81, the little one is a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79B (normally three-engined, this was a twin-engined variant for export). Quite possibly meant to be generic.ġ1 June 1938: 'THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE', in cutaway! All helpfully labelled, too. The Red Army was the best-known practicioner but while the paratrooper looks vaguely Russian in uniform, the aircraft are too small to make out. Paratroops were only just a thing at this time. (This issue promises an 'Amazing HIGH SPEED HYDROPLANE PRESENTATION' to every reader, which seems like good value for 2d.) Anti-aircraft is still about aircraft, right? A Vickers QF 3.7-inch AA gun, which entered service in 1937. But that's not a Fairey Swordfish taking off, or at least not a very good one? HMS Ark Royal, I think, though it wasn't commissioned until December. This is the one at the top of the post.ģ0 April 1938. Look, this is hard, okay?Ģ3 April 1938: 'Amazing New Sky Birds of the British and French Air Forces'.

Pretty clearly a Hawker Hurricane, but the proportions are off and that nose is a bit Fury-ish. Ģ April 1938: Selby Lewis, 'I Fly at 400 Miles an Hour'. I've never seen these designs before and I'm sure they never got off the drawing board - if, that is, there was even any drawing board at all and it's not just massive artistic license. Resuming from where I left off with Modern Wonder - here are some rather fantastic French and British 'battle planes' from the cover of the 23 April 1938 issue.

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