The Aviation Historian Magazine Issue 4 Zurück Ausgabe

Our fourth edition already, and the completion of our first year’s-worth of publishing! In this issue, discover the details of America’s Cold War project to build a nuclear-powered aircraft: yes, imagine a nuclear reactor cruising 40,000ft above our heads at 400 m.p.h.! — and, more importantly, imagine it going wrong . . . We also have a vivid first-hand account of what it was like to operate the Supermarine Seafire from an aircraft carrier; the forgotten story of Britain’s AD 1 non-rigid airship of 1929; and a history of Italy’s stylish Nardi Riviera amphibian of the 1950s. Meanwhile we have a double feature about Harrier two-seat demonstrator G-VTOL; we shed light on the little-known post-WW2 gun-running activities of photo-reconnaissance pioneer and Sidcot flying-suit inventor Sidney Cotton; and we examine the recent fuss about whether the Wright Brothers really were the first to fly an aeroplane. All these stories and many more are illustrated with high-quality archive photographs and bespoke artwork.