'The Aeroplane' Oct 9th 1942

[Simpo Two]

A random hit which the historians amongst us (yes you Eric!) may enjoy perusing

http://cybra.lodz.pl/Content/7465/Aero_v63_no1637_...

[ianrb]

My browser blocks download of that file due to "potential security issues"!

[Mark V GTD]

Thanks for that. Love the adverts!

[Eric Mc]

Good stuff. I like the advertising especially.

There is an interesting ad for 1/72 scale models by a company called Scalecraft - an name I am not familiar with. I expect they were wooden models.

The "Killed in Action" list is pretty sobering.

[Mark V GTD]

It is. I didn’t know W/Cdr George Stainforth was killed in action. Every boys hero at the time of the Schneider Trophy seaplane races of the 30’s.

Edited by Mark V GTD on Saturday 22 January 21:18

[Simpo Two]

Mark V GTD said:

It is. I didn’t know W/Cdr George Stainforth was killed in action. Every boys hero at the time of the Schneider Trophy seaplane reaches of the 30’s.

Neither did I.

Boothman won the final Schneider Trophy race at 340mph but Stainforth went out a few days later and got the world record at 407mph.

And all for 12 shillings a week I expect. Remarkable men. http://600squadronassociation.com/wp-content/uploa...

[Dr Jekyll]

It's good to see how much there is to read even in the adverts, too many magazines now consist of little more than extended picture captions.