Author: SANDWELL, A.H.; NUTT, ARTHUR; MALONE, PAUL; BRADBROOKE, F.D.; RITCHEY, V.J.
Title: Canadian Aviation Magazine, August 1939
Description: Montreal, Canada: Aeronautical Publications Limited, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. 52 pages. Features: Cover photo of part of the Sportsman Pilots Association Fleet at Gray Rocks Airport in the Laurentians; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Goodyear aviation tire full-page ad; Nice two-page ad for Fleet Aircraft's Commercial Aircraft features photo of a Model 50K being loaded; Editorial on our new customer - The Air Tourist; At the Sportsman Pilots Association Annual Outing; Sandwell's Page - observations on current topics; Aircraft Engines and their Development; England - Egypt with Imperial Airways; Old Country Gossip; Full-page Lockheed ad with title "Across Europe in 4 Hours!"; Nice full-page photo ad for Imperial Airways; News from the West Coast; Trans-Ocean Flying; Airlines and Transport; Fantastic photos at the end of the first England - Canada Air Mail Flight by Imperial Airways show the 24-ton Caribou flying boat afloat and a group of dignitaries and crew members including C.D. Howe; Paul Malone describes his flight from Southampton to Alexandrea, Egypt; Small photo of Grant McConachie, President of Yukon Southern Air Transport; Aircraft and Engines; Full-page ad for the Cygnet; Photo of a new Harlow PC-5 with perforated flaps extended; Photo of the new Boeing B-17B; Great colour full-page ad for Player's cigarettes shows sailors working under the 15" guns of H.M.S. Warspite in the Mediterranean; Wonderful centerfold photo ad looks down on a couple flying the new De Havilland Moth on a clear day; Nice BG Corporation full-page ad salutes the U.S. Army Air Corps on its 13th Anniversary - with a great photo showing their planes flying over Manhattan; Taylorcraft full-page ad; Amazing photos of Wellington I bomber fuselages being erected in large numbers at Weybridge - the geodetic construction is remarkable to view; B-A Gasoline ad shows the Tops III, the world's fastest 225 class speedboat which set a new world speed record at Picton; Photo of the T.C.A. hangar at Winnipeg which is being doubled in size; Interesting photo of a demonstration of the Griswold Fognozzle , an efficient device for rapidly extinguishing fires; Photo of Norie Nishio and Bob McLellan - Vancouver model aircraft champions for 1939; Full-page ad for the Cup Coupe; Nice photo ad for Junkers inside back cover shows inspector testing a wing; People in the News; Statistics; Empire Air Defence; Canadian Air Defence; Airports; Radio; Flying Schools and Training; Model Aviation News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows two photos of American Export Airlines' "Transatlantic" being fueled at Halifax; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Aviation Magazine, August 1939 Sportsman Pilots Association Fleet at Gray Rocks Airport in the Laurentians; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Goodyear aviation tire full-page ad; Nice two-page ad for Fleet Aircraft's Commercial Aircraft feat. Good .

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