December
1937
Volume
6 Number 9 (69 of 88)
This issue of Popular Flying magazine features NO “Biggles” story. The last “Biggles” story was published in the May 1934 issue
Contents
This issue runs from page 485 to page 544 (60 pages)
Page 488 – Contents Page
(The contents page is by an advert for Players’ Airman Flake)
Page
490 – Magister in Flight – A photograph of a pupil in one of the new Miles
Magisters.
Page
491 – The Editor’s Cockpit – W. E. Johns
(Not
subtitled – Johns writes about Dictators.
He looks back at the Dictators of history as well as the current ones,
Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini)
Page
494 – The Ideal Air Liner – William Courtenay
(An
article about the lack of suitable British Air Liner and how other companies will
take the lead)
Page 497 – Pioneer – The Centenary of Robert Cocking
(“Britain’s
first Parachutist – killed 1837”)
Pages
498 – Why No Fatal Air Crashes in Canada? – Edward Green
(An
article about air crashes in the USA)
Page
500 – Flying Film Fakery – Nigel Tangye
(A
fascinating article about the authors work in the film industry following
working on H. G. Wells “Things to Come”)
Page 502 – Aerial Russia – W. E. J.
(Johns asked if Russia’s colossal air force
really exists?)
Page 505 – War Birds on Parade (3) – How many can you name? - Six glossy black and white photographs of aircraft from the Great War
(“No prize is offered for this memory test,
but the Editor will present a book to the reader who sends in the first correct
list. The Editor’s decision must be
final. Last month’s list: (7) Sopwith
Kitten; (8) Barnwell Bullet; (9) Sopwith Snail; (10) Hamble Baby Seaplane; (11)
Blackburn Blackbird; (12) Beardmore Fighter.
No correct answer was received.)
Page
506 – Ten Months with Fifty-Four – Milford Hyde, M.C. (G. A. Hyde, writing as
Milford Hyde)
Page 509 – An Air Holiday in the North – J.
Carmichael (W. E. Johns’ son)
(The
author writes about his flight to Amsterdam and then on to Copenhagen)
Page 512 – Flying Wires – Brief News from Far and Near
Page
513 – A striking colour full page advert showing various silhouettes of
aircraft “All Equipped with Lockheed”
Pages
514 and 515 – The Centre Pages – Wings Everywhere – Five glossy black and white
aviation photographs
Page 516 – That’s Flying – That Was! – Typical illustrations from old books on Aerostation
Page 517 – Popular Flying BOOK supplement – An Air Library – by The Editor
(W. E. Johns talks about the expansion of
his library of books and recommends various titles in it.
For information only, I attach a picture of
what Johns’ own personal library bookplate looked like.)
(NB - This is NOT a picture that was
published in Popular Flying).
Page 519 – Books of the Month
(Over pages 519, 520 and 521 four books are
reviewed. On page 520 there is an
advert for The ‘Biggles Books’ by Capt.
W. E. Johns)
Page 523 – ‘Planes and Personalities – A Monthly Causerie of Men and Machines – by “Observer”
Page 535 – Air Mails of 1937 – Francis J. Field
Page 528 – Slipstream
Page 530 – Modern Aircraft – The “Miles Magister”
Page 538 – Under the Windstocking
(“Readers’ Correspondence, conducted by the
Editor”)
Page 544 – The Buyers’ Log
Inside Back Cover – Advert for Minors cigarettes
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to see a much larger picture of the cover artwork – the artist is Howard Leigh
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