The Aviation Historian — Issue 21 (October 2017)

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Coming up in future issues:

Proof PositiveWith the help of glorious photographs taken along the route, Colin Higgs

details the record-setting world tour of the sole de Havilland Comet 3 in December 1955

“Hawker’s TSR.2”Using declassified official documentation, Tony Buttler examines the

political and technical aspects of the Hawker P.1129, a promising rival to the BAC TSR.2

Tunnel Vision Matt Bearman continues his series on aerodynamic developments with

a look at the potentially catastrophic issue of wing-root drag and how it was cured

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