JUNE 1932
Volume
1 Number 3 (3 of 88)
This issue of Popular Flying magazine features the “Biggles” story
J-9982
Contents
This issue runs from page 129 to page 192 (64 pages)
Inside
the front cover there is an advert for John Hamilton books – including ‘The
Pictorial Flying Course’
Page
131 – Contents Page
Page
133 – The Vickers “Vildebeest”
Page
134 – The Editor’s Cockpit – W. E. Johns
(A
notice on this page informs readers of a “magnificent Full Colour Plate” in
next months issue)
Page
137 – Contraband – John Templer
Page
140 – Flying as the Amateur Sees it – The Earl of Cardigan
Page
142 – My Most Thrilling Flight – W. E. Johns
(This
is W. E. Johns own account of how he was shot down on 16th September
1918.
This
account was published in 1936 in the book ‘Thrilling Flights’ as the 4th
of 20 accounts)
Page
144 – The North-West Frontier – Squadron Leader J. T. Beverley
Page 146 – J-9982 – William Earle
This
Biggles story continues on pages 147, 148 and 187. The illustrations are by Howard Leigh.
William
Earle was, of course, a pseudonym for W. E. Johns, his first names being
William Earl (without the ‘e’)
In August 1932 this story was published in the first Biggles book – “The Camels are Coming”
Page
149 – See the World from the Air – Captain Charles Ward
Page
153 – My Attempt on the World Endurance Record – The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce
Pages
158 – 159 – British Flying Schools No. 3 Airwork, Heston Airport
Pages
160 – 161 – Centre Page Photo Spread – 1918 The Great Arena – Howard Leigh
Illustration
Page
164 –What Non-Stop Flying Really Means – Captain R. H. McIntosh
Page
168 – Planes of History – The Sopwith Pub
Page
169 – Falcons of France – A Serial – Charles Nordhoff and J. N. Hall
Page
172 – Round the Schools and Clubs
Page
176 – We must have Air Stamps – T. S. Denham
Page
178 – The World’s Mail Planes – Alec Davies
Page
179 – Told on the Tarmac
Page
182 – Motoring and Aviation
Page
184 – Scale Models – How to Build a Model of the Avro 504 K – Godfray B.
Holland
Page
188 – Gliding Notes – J. R. Ashwell-Cooke
Page
191 – The Aviation Bookshelf (including a review of ‘The Pictorial Flying
Course” co-written by W E Johns)
Page
192 – Under the Wind Stocking – Readers’ Correspondence
Click here to see a much larger picture of
the cover artwork – the artist is Howard Leigh
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