Did you read 'Speed & Power' in the 70s?
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GliderRider said:
A few weeks ago Yertis mentioned Speed & Power Magazine, which was effectively 'Boats, Planes & Trains' (+ Cars) on paper.
Were Yertis and I were the only readers, or did almost every Pistonheader who was of school age in the 1970s subscribe, beg or borrow a copy each week?
Definitely a reader. In theory, it was my younger brother who actually bought it, but I always read it from cover to cover.Were Yertis and I were the only readers, or did almost every Pistonheader who was of school age in the 1970s subscribe, beg or borrow a copy each week?
Apparently that was the first Hawk to fly.
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I don’t remember the magazine. We read comics like Bullet and the odd Warlord (Achtung Spitfire!)
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I don’t remember the magazine. We read comics like Bullet and the odd Warlord (Achtung Spitfire!)
For goodness knows what reason I threw them all away, but I suppose you can't keep everything. I've still got the S&P Annual somewhere, and I found this 'Warbirds' special the other day amongst some relics, which is a collection of Speed and Power center spreads:
We (Dad and I) also took a partwork called Wings – the Encyclopaedia of Aviation in (an apparently endless number of) weekly parts. It was written by a lot of the greats – FK Mason and Bill Gunston – for example. We got the binders and everything, I think the complete set was about a yard wide. At some stage off to the skip.I found some relics the other day too – one of the of the binder mail out boxes containing all the back covers which had interesting little articles and modeller's reference guides.
We (Dad and I) also took a partwork called Wings – the Encyclopaedia of Aviation in (an apparently endless number of) weekly parts. It was written by a lot of the greats – FK Mason and Bill Gunston – for example. We got the binders and everything, I think the complete set was about a yard wide. At some stage off to the skip.I found some relics the other day too – one of the of the binder mail out boxes containing all the back covers which had interesting little articles and modeller's reference guides.
louiechevy said:
Yup I had them all as well, I remember the cartoon with the father and his dippy son as well!
The S&P cartoon strip that I recall, was about an International Rescue-type organization that used existent military equipment for tackling similar disasters. From memory, the SEPECAT Jaguar was their preferred mud mover.Two articles that stuck in my mind were John Dodd's RR Merlin powered car complete with RR grille and Capri style roof, plus the Panther Six with four wheels at the front.
The balsa profile F-111 catapult glider, built from the full-size plan, flew very well.
I was absolutely heartbroken the day I went into the newsagents to get 'Speed & Power', only to be told they had stopped doing it, so I was getting 'Look & Learn' as its replacement.
Who wants to read about plants and creepy crawlies? 
GliderRider said:
The S&P cartoon strip that I recall, was about an International Rescue-type organization that used existent military equipment for tackling similar disasters. From memory, the SEPECAT Jaguar was their preferred mud mover.
Two articles that stuck in my mind were John Dodd's RR Merlin powered car complete with RR grille and Capri style roof, plus the Panther Six with four wheels at the front.
The balsa profile F-111 catapult glider, built from the full-size plan, flew very well.
I was absolutely heartbroken the day I went into the newsagents to get 'Speed & Power', only to be told they had stopped doing it, so I was getting 'Look & Learn' as its replacement. Who wants to read about plants and creepy crawlies?
But "Look and Learn" did have space and dinosaurs - so it wasn't all bad.Two articles that stuck in my mind were John Dodd's RR Merlin powered car complete with RR grille and Capri style roof, plus the Panther Six with four wheels at the front.
The balsa profile F-111 catapult glider, built from the full-size plan, flew very well.
I was absolutely heartbroken the day I went into the newsagents to get 'Speed & Power', only to be told they had stopped doing it, so I was getting 'Look & Learn' as its replacement.
Who wants to read about plants and creepy crawlies? hammo19 said:
Ah trip down memory lane.
Look and Learn
Speed and Power
Wings
Warplane
Air Pictoral
Aircraft Illustrated
Flight International
Read them all. Speed and Power was great,
Flight International still exists - although it recently went monthly after being a weekly since it was first set up in 1909.Look and Learn
Speed and Power
Wings
Warplane
Air Pictoral
Aircraft Illustrated
Flight International
Read them all. Speed and Power was great,
Air Pictorial was eventually merged into Aviation News - which you can still buy as well.
Eric Mc said:
But "Look and Learn" did have space and dinosaurs - so it wasn't all bad.
You are correct, but it was a bit swatty, the sort of thing children who later went to Grammar School might read. I shared Gliderrider’s disappointment, and also remember that day when they announced the ‘merger’. An early introduction to market economics.PS I later went to Grammar School
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