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“One of the three safety team down the back, Steve Hart, began reporting on the state of the fire. Grey smoke first, quickly turning to black, then the first flames and numerous reports of panels breaking away and the wing appearing to be melting. Steve then reported that flames were coming out of the thrust-reversers. With thousands of pounds of fuel being driven out at 350 m.p.h., we resembled a blowtorch.” That was Flight Lieutenant Art Stacey RAF describing the moments that led to the ditching of hush-hush intelligence-gathering Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW666 in the Moray Firth in May 1995; just one of the unmissable articles in this 22nd quarterly edition of The Aviation Historian. Elsewhere in the issue we explore “Rechlin 104”, a mystery aircraft which appeared on RAF photo-reconnaissance images in 1942; the Hawker P.1129 strike aircraft project, a candidate to fulfil the specification that would become the TSR.2; and rare photographs of a Westland Wyvern prototype undergoing engine-runs. Plus: 1953 D.H. Comet world tour, Gabonese Presidential Guard, wing-root drag, SFO Helicopter Airlines, and Supermarine Walrus in Argentina. All this, and much more, is illustrated with high-quality archive photographs and bespoke artwork.

Issue 22 “One of the three safety team down the back, Steve Hart, began reporting on the state of the fire. Grey smoke first, quickly turning to black, then the first flames and numerous reports of panels breaking away and the wing appearing to be melting. Steve then reported that flames were coming out of the thrust-reversers. With thousands of pounds of fuel being driven out at 350 m.p.h., we resembled a blowtorch.” That was Flight Lieutenant Art Stacey RAF describing the moments that led to the ditching of hush-hush intelligence-gathering Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW666 in the Moray Firth in May 1995; just one of the unmissable articles in this 22nd quarterly edition of The Aviation Historian. Elsewhere in the issue we explore “Rechlin 104”, a mystery aircraft which appeared on RAF photo-reconnaissance images in 1942; the Hawker P.1129 strike aircraft project, a candidate to fulfil the specification that would become the TSR.2; and rare photographs of a Westland Wyvern prototype undergoing engine-runs. Plus: 1953 D.H. Comet world tour, Gabonese Presidential Guard, wing-root drag, SFO Helicopter Airlines, and Supermarine Walrus in Argentina. All this, and much more, is illustrated with high-quality archive photographs and bespoke artwork.

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