COMPILER: BARRYWHEELER
Are you seeking the answer to a thorny aviation question? Our ‘questions and answers’ page might help
WRITE TO: Aeroplane, Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1XQ, UK
E-MAIL TO: aeroplane@keypublishing.com, putting ‘Q&A’ in the header
Changing of the guard
After some 25 years providing the Q&A pages, compiler Mike Hooks writes: “My advancing years have encouraged me to hand over the column and I am delighted that Barry Wheeler, a friend of more than 50 years, has agreed to take over the reins. Barry has been involved in editing a number of aviation titles during a long career in aerospace journalism and takes over this new task with enthusiasm. But remember: without your input, Q&A would not exist, so please continue to support it. I shall be hovering in the background, and continuing to provide Hooks’ Tours and other features from time to time.”
THIS MONTH’S ANSWERS
Engine rotation
Q A query in the January issue asked why British radial engines rotate counter-clockwise, most Merlins clockwise and all American radials clockwise.
A Former naval pilot Brian Toomey responds with memories of his US Navy training in the 1950s. He recalls moving from Harva…
