Aeroplane Monthly

Grapevine - Philip Jarrett returns with his monthly round-up of aircraft preservation news
Martin's three-jet experimental bomber - Bill Gunston describes the futuristic Martin XB-51 and tells how it was passed over by the USAF in favour of the B-57, the English Electric Canberra licence-built by Martin
Armstrong Whitworth's night bomber - Part 2 - Ray Williams continues his three-part account of the Armstrong Whitworth bomber, mainstay of RAF Bomber Command during the early part of World War Two
Skywriters
The classic aero engines - No 1 - The Gnome rotary Bill Gunston begins a ten-part series on ten classic aero engines and kicks off with the French Gnome, invented by Laurent Seguin in 1907
Armchair aviation
Alone across the Atlantic - G. W. Johnston recalls the first solo east-west non-stop flight across the Atlantic, made by Jim Mollison on August 18-19, 1932 in the de Havilland Puss Moth G-ABXY
A Camel for Biggies - Tony Harold describes the handling characteristics of Leisure Sport's Sopwith Camel reproduction C1701
From Sparrowhawk to Sparrowjet - Richard Riding describes the remarkable metamorphosis of the Miles Sparrowhawk
Preservation Profile - The history of John Greenland's Swiss-registered Fairchild 24.
Vickers Venom interceptor - Eric Morgan examines the racy Vickers Type 279 Venom interceptor, developed from the Type 151 Jockey during the late 1930s
Vintage Farnboroughs - With Farnborough 1982 imminent, we take a nostalgic look at Farnborough's past.through the lenses of Flight photographers' cameras

Front cover - Features the Leisure Sport Sopwith Camel reproduction flown by Tony Harold on what could be its last outing, photographed by FRANCOIS PRINS. A feature on this aircraft, written by Tony Harold, appears on pages 489-491.