The Aviation Historian Magazine Issue 37 Zurück Ausgabe

When regular TAH author Guy Ellis asked us if we might be interested in a two-part series on “a Rhodesian police outfit manned by farmers and businessmen flying their own civilian light aircraft fitted with door-mounted machine-guns and homemade grenade-chutes”, our answer involved woods and bears. The result, starting in this issue, is the little-known story of the British South Africa Police Reserve Air Wing. Other items which seasoned aviation enthusiasts will lap up in this 37th quarterly edition of The Aviation Historian include our cover story — about how, in the 1950s, Sweden sent aircraft and personnel to the Caribbean to set the Dominican Republic’s air force on a firm footing — and Dr Andrew Arthy’s account of the final days of the Luftwaffe’s tankbusting Junkers Ju 87G Stukas during the closing stages of World War Two. All this, and much more — including the political background to the Panavia MRCA, the rise of Ethiopian Air Lines, and a detailed look at the mighty Isotta Fraschini Asso aero-engine — is illustrated with high-quality archive photographs and bespoke artwork.