Air Britain Digest
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Ranking with the best periodicals about
aviation history you will find, Air Britain Digest is thin, compared with the Journal
American Aviation Historical Society and very British (surprise!) with its focus on
registration numbers, spotters' information but international in the subjects covered. It
is very well written, photographed and edited. The copies in AeroKnow came to us from one
man, David Welch, an intrepid Brit, professional pilot who visited the collection in
1990, and whose correspondence was a delight for years. Obvious at first glance in the
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Air Britain Digest 43/4 Winter 1991
HS Hawks ops w Switz AF CPA
Il-18 hist PA
Air Zimbabwe hist PA
Wibault 280 (3e mono France trans) hist PDA
Lampich L-1 (Hungary 1e 1s ltpln) PA pros
Lampich L-2 (Hungary 1e 1s) hist PA
Lampich NL XXI (bip 2s trnr) PApro
Lampich NL XXII (bip 2s trnr) PA pro
Lampich L-9 (2s lw mono) pro A
Lampich D-2 (2s lw mono trnr) il A
Dietrich DP II (Hungary 1s bip PA 3v
Banhidi Gerle (Hungary 2s bip ltpln) PA
Air Britain Digest 43/3 Autumn 1991
Lampich L-2 Roma (1e ltpln Hungary) hist PA
Beech Staggerwing first blt hist PA
Museo Nacional de la Aeronautica (Argentina) PA
Air Atlantique (Eng) al hist PA
Luftfahrausstellung in Hermeskeil (Germany mus) PA list
Brit mil ac n Argentina A corr
Short G Class "Golden Hind" demise PA
Air Britain Digest 43/2 Summer
1991
Fokker F-VII three-engine variants PA ca
Hispano HA-200 Saeta N633HA n US CP fcov
Consolidated Gubas hist PA
Yorkshire Aeroplane Club hist ac used list
Percival Gull 4 flight and crash PA
C.G. Taylor & Taylorcraft hist PA
Piper early hist PA
Auster early hist PA
Muse Air (al USA) PA fleet list
HS-121 Trident last flight Acorr
Air Britain Digest
43/1 Spring 1991
HS-121 hist (3jet trans) PA
HS Hawks sold to Finland AF PA
Fokker F/VII (1e hw trans Netherlands) PDA
Ferrari Olimpios (1e trilg ltpln) P
Brit mil ac n Argentina Pcorr
Brit mil ac n Chile A
Hawker Henley Pcorr
Sunbeam Pup (1e ltpln USA)
Bach Air Yacht (3e trans US) p w Sumbeam Pup mounted on it
Etrich Limousin (1912) ltpln mono Pcorr
Consolidated Guba I & Guba II ops (civ PBY) PA il
Air Britain Digest 42/3 Autumn
1990
Dowty Rotol Flying Club (Eng) hist PA ac owned by list
Tu-104 hist PDA 3v
Grumman Turbo-Mallard flt w Chalk n Bahamas PA
Short S.22 Scion Senior VQ-PAD his Pcorr
British mil ac used n Argentina PA
Hill AFB Mus, Utah PA list
Air Britain Digest 42/2 Summer 1990
ground looping experiences at Dowty Rotol Flying Club PA
Cierva Rota II 3v cor
Igor Sikorsky bio and Russian museum CPA
Monino Museum, Russia PA
Air Britain Digest 42/1 Spring 1990
Caudron-Renault Simoun (4s 1e ltpln) PA
Yugoslavia National Aviation Mus PA list
Auster J/1N Alpha hist G-AHCL PA
Air Britain Digest 41/4 Win 1989
Rotol Flying Club (Eng) hist PA
HFB-320 Hansa hist PDA prod list
New Zealand AF Mus, NZ PA list
airlines of Tasmania PA
French Naval AF base at Saind-Mandrier hist PA
Air Britain Digest 41/3 Autumn 1989
Potez 842 (4tprop trans) hist PA 3v
Cierva C.40 blt n Eng hist PA pros
DHC Twin Otter hist PDA
British mil ac operating n Chile A corr
movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" flying replis PA
Taiwan domestic als PA fleet lists
China Al PA
... Foshing Al PA ... Makung Al A ... Formosa Al PA....
Far Eastern Air
Transport PA
Air Britain Digest 41/2 Sum 89
Auster hist PA
North Weald airfield (Eng) hist PA units based there list
first Spitfire to operate in France A
Namib Air (Namibia al) status PA fleet list
Wells Aviation Company (England) hist
Florence Air and Missile Mus (South Carolina) PA list
HS-748 hist PA indiv ac statuses
Carrier Aviation's National Memorial and Hall of Fame PA
Air Britain Digest 41/1 Spr 89
Brit mil ac used n Chile AF PA list
Vickers Vixen V (2 s 1e
bip attack) 3v PA
Cukurs C3 (hb mono ltpln Spain?) Pcorr
Feiro Dongo (Hungary bip ltpln 1925) Pcorr
Butler Bat (?nationality? hw ltpln) Pcor
Butler monoplane (nationality? hw ltpln) il corr
Smolik (Czech bip ltpln) Pcorr
SEMA 10 (France? bip) P corr
Hurricane civ G-AFKX Pcorr
Zlin 126 (mono) Pcor
Wendel Wobido Comet (amphib proj US) Pcor
Applegate Duck (US shwing push amphib) PA pros
Praga E.211 (2e 2tail push trans) 3v corr
Holste 20 (France 1e mis r) 3v corr
S.E. 2310 (trilg ltpln France) Pcorr
Breguet 27 / 271 ( 1e sesqui attack 30s)
Oskar Westermayer (Austria) gyrocopter designs PA
Air Britain Digest 40/6 Nov-Dec 88
Koolhoven FK-31 hist PA
Dornier Do-24 French-built hist & ops PA
Super Constellation recovery project by Canadian Confair,
attempt to buy and restore by
a Dutch group PA
Air Britain Digest 40;/5 Aug-Sep 88
Gloster Meteor ops w Israel AF PA indiv ac dispos list
British civil marine ac 1946-88 PA individ ac list & dispos
Maine Coast Al - Lockheed Starliners PA
Dassault Falcon 900 PA list of users
Beech Staggerwing meet PA
Air Britain Digest 40/4 Jul-Aug 88
Falcon 50 status & users PA
LET Museum, Czechoslovakia PA
Australian Catalina Memorial PA
Air World, Mangaaratta, Australia, PA
Savoia Marchetti S. 56 (US-blt repli) flt around Europe PA
Air Britain Digest 40/3 May-Jun 88
Jodel design hist PA
DC-2 memorial mounted on struts in Australia PA
Heinz Zenith CH-200 (Canada lw hb) PA
Bristol Britannia hist, dispos PA
DH Dragon Rapides survivors n NZ PA
Dassault Falcon 50 hist & operators list PA
British Int'l (al) hist PA
British Airways Helicopters hist PA
Malaysia AF hist PA
Air Britain Digest 40/2 Mar-Apr 88
France AF code system since 1945 A
Gloster E.1/44 (1s 1jet ftr proto) PDA
Philco-Ford Sidewinder air-to-air gmis hist PA
HS-748 indiv ac statuses PA
Air Britain Digest 40/1 Jan-Feb 88
Slingsby T.67 hist, prod list & users 3v DS
Miles Magisters n Chile A
Smolik C49 (Czech bip) PA
Sud Oest SO 7050 (France trilg ltpln) P
SO 7060 (tadr ltpln)
Sud Est 2300 ... SE 2301 ... SE 2310 ... SE 2311 - (all France
ltplns) all P
Praga E.211 (Czech 2e lt trans) P
Baumhauer heli (Czech) P
Holste 20 (France ftr) P
Vema 51 (France lic-blt propo of Macchi MB.320 2e ltpln) P
Air Britain Digest 39/5 Sep-Oct 87
Breguet Br 19 (2s bip recon) PA
Gloster Meteors ops w Argentina AF PA indiv ac hists
Air Britain Digest 39/3 May-Jun 87
Piper ac n England
Miles Ac hist, surviving ac list PA
Miles Kestrel 3v PA
Miles Magister 3v PA
Portugal AF hist PA
Air Britain Digest 39/1 Jan-Feb 87
Brditschka (Austrian ac mfr) hist, ac surv
John May (England actor) bio PA
Air Museum at Nancy, France PA list
BAe 125 ac prod list PA
Air Britain Digest 38/6 Nov-Dec 86
Blackbushe airfield hist PA
warbirds based at Chino, CA PA
Planes of Fame Mus, Chino, CA PA list
Air Britain Digest 36/5 Sep-Oct 86
Portsmouth to Johannesburg air race PA
B.A. Double Eagle (2e) P
Midland Bank Flying Club (England) 1937-39 PA
Avro Anson remembered PA
Airbus A310 Intercontinental PA
DH Dragon EI-ABI hist PA
Air Britain Digest 38/3 May-Jun 86
Science Museum ac (England ) PA
B-17s civ of TWA PA
HS 125 indiv ac status n USA PA
DH Chipmunk 40th anniv CP (bcov) A
RAF Lyneham airbase hist PA
24 Sqdn RAF hist PA
30 Sqdn RAF hist PA
47 Sqdn RAF hist PA
70 Sqdn RAF hist PA
Air Britain Digest 38/2 Mar-Apr 86
DC-8 n France AF service PA indiv ac hists
HS-125 civil registry A
BAe Jetstream 31s in service PA registry list
T.H.K. 5 (Turkey 2e lt trans) PDA
Air Britain Digest 38/1 Jan-Feb 86
Breguet Alize PA pros hist
Levrier bip (France hb) P
Aero 20 (France hb bip) P
Aero 30 (France hb bip) P
Beech 18 conversions PA
Beech 18 French tprop mod P
Air Britain Digest 36/6 Nov-Dec 84
Lockheed CP140 Aurora n Canada AF ops PA
Dagenham Experimental Flying Ground (England) PA
Westland Lysander ops n Finland AF PA
Leech, Jones & Saville "The Centenary Racer"
(Australia 2e mono racer propo 1934) 3v il A
Air Britain Digest 36/3 May-Jun 84
The Grand Prix dez Avions De Transport 1921 (trade
show?) PA
Bleriot 115 PA ...
Bleriot 135 PA ... Bleriot XXII PA ... Breguet XX Leviathan PA ...
Caudron C.39 PA ... Farman
F3X PA ... Farman F.90 PA . . . Farmman F.60 Goliath PA ...
Potez IX PA ...
Potez X PA ... Potez XXII PA
French light ac n English registry PA
Emouchet Escopette (France g w pulsejets under wing) P
Voilure Flotante Gerard (France hw research) P
Aerocentre NC.856 (hw ltpln) P . . . Aerocentre NC.840 (hw
trilg ltpln) P
Aerocentre NC.860 (2e ltpln) P
CFA Cri Cri Major (France para) P
Phyrganet (France para) P ... Super Phyrganet P
Pierre Morin 01 (France 1s para) P
Rey R1 (2e) P
Hirsch M. Ae. R.Ch. H. 100 (France 2e ltpln) P
SD.7055 (France 1e 1s ltpln) P
Middle Wallop airport (England) hist PA
Jodel Robin designs hist PA
Air Britain Digest 35/5 Sep-Oct 83
Short Solent rest n USA PA
Dunlop aviation tires (England) hist PA
Dominican Republic civil aviation ops PA
Air Britain Digest 35/4 Jul-Aug 83
Avro Vulcan flying test beds PA
Short Stirling tests with fan-cooled engines PA
Short Empire S.33 flybt n WW2 PA
A.J. Fortescue (Australia) PA bio
De Monge racer (France bip) P
Air Britain Digest 35/3 May-Jun 83
Bucker hist & ac PA
Svenska Aero Jaktfalk II pro A
Bu-131 pro PA ... Bu-133 CP(rest fcov) PA
pro ...Bu-134 pro A
Bu-180 Student PA pro ... Bu-181
Bestmann pro PA ... Bu-182 Kornett PA pro
Cunard Steamship Co. Atlantic Causeway conv to helicopter
carrier PA
Air Britain Digest 35/2 Mar-Apr 83
aviatiion n Quebec, Canada PA
Avro York hist PDA
Israeli AF Museum PA
Northrop F-15A Reporter as forest fire bomber P
Arup No. 2 P
C-47s of Soviet U Psurv
Farman B.2 P
Newton Roberts Gordon Ornithopter (England) propo il A
Fortescue (Australia) self stable machine A il
Air Britain Digest 34/6
Nov-Dec 82
J.D. "Joop" Carley (Netherlands) ac designs
Carley Light Plane (shwng 1e 1s 1923) 3v A
Carley C-12 (shwing ltpln) PA ... C.II
(bip) PA ... C.III (bip ltpln) PA
Carley Werkspoor (bip trans) PA
Handley Page H.P. 75 Manx PA
H.P. 88 PA . . . H.P.
Victor hist PA
DH Tiger Moth n Germ mkgs P
C-46 n China AF P
Fairchild Cornell w tracked lg PA
B-26 Marauders civ N5546N and N171E P
Transavia Al (Netherlands) status PA fleet list
HS 125 production list and owners PA
Air Britain Digest 34/4 Jul-Aug
82
Wing Derringer corr
civil atiation n Fiji PA
Caudron Typhon (2e long distance flyer) PA
LaFerte Alais (France ac collection) PA
Zlin 50 n Germany P corr
HP Halifax PA surv
constructor number plates PA
Lockheed P-2 n Netherlands, visit to UK PA
Air Britain Digest 34/2 Mar-Apr 82
Lufthansa hist PA fleet list
Condor (Germany) fleet list PA
Windecker Eagle hist PA prod list
Windecker YE-5 (evaluated by USAF) PA
401st B.G. ops hist PA op'l ac list w serials & dispos
Wing Derringer PA
Air Britain Digest 34/1 Jan-Feb
82
Caudron racers hist PA
F-4 20th anniv of 1st USN sqdn PA
Lancaster "Spirit of Russia" PA
Cessna 180/185 n Canada indiv ac data PA
Lake Buccaneer at manufacturer's plant PA
SPR Morava (Czech 2e ltpln) n Australia PA
Air Britain Digest 33/6 Nov-Dec 81
CAG-6 (carrier air group) PA
Grumman Goose ops in France PA
Sikorsky S-39CS "Spirit of America" PA
Greenlandair al PA
Air Britain Digest 33/3 May-Jun 81
engines of wide body transports PA
Israeli AF Mus PA list
A-7 air to air refueling PA
Pilatus P-3 of Brazil AF Pcorr
Nardi FN-315 n Switz AF Pcorr
P-40 civ w 4-blade prop about 1957 P
Potez 75 (1e push attack) PA
Belgium ac industry hist PA
Tipsy S/S.1 PA ... S2
PA ... B&BC PA ... M PA ...
Belfair PA ... Junior PA ...
Nipper PA
Air Britain Digest 33/2 Mar-Apr 81
East Fortune airfield (England) PA
Museum of Flight (England) PA
Spit VIII ops n Australia PA
Caravelle current operators PA indiv ac list
527th TFTAS Aggressor F-5s visit to Alconbury, England PA
Kenmore Air Harbor (Washington state USA) seaplane base status PA
Anthony Fokker School (tech college Netherlands) list PA
Potez 75 PA corr
Air Britain Digest 33/1 Jan-Feb 81
Canadian airline survey - all A
Gulf Air Aviation ...Inland Al ...Haida Al ...West
Coast Air Services ... Powell River Aw ...
C & C Air Services, Nanaimo Al ... BC
Al ... Associated Air Taxi ... Queen Charlotte Al ...
Vancouver U-Fly...Pacific Western Al ... Alert
Bay Air Service ... Island Al ... Tyce Aw ...
TransProvincial Al ... Trans Mountain Al...
Victoria Flying Service ... Wilderness Al... Air West ...
Aquila Air Charter ... Flight Center ...
Victoria ... Gulf Air Aviation ... McCully Aviation...
North Coast Air Service
Pou Du Ciel - British produced ac 1935-36 PA indiv ac hist
617 Sqdn RAF mission PA
Air Britain Digest 32/6 Nov-Dec 80
Air New Zealand PA fleet list
Argentine provincial air services PA
SABCA (Belgium ac mfr) hist PA
SABCA Julien SJ-1 A
SABCA S2 A... S11 &nb