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Re: Which Magazines ....?????

Posted by Mikael Olrog on Sun Sep 09, 2001 04:55:54 AM

In reply top Which Magazines ....????? posted by Dave on Sat Sep 08, 2001 11:50:20 PM

Dave,

I stick to aeroplane monthly because the historical articles are better (in my opnion), then I go for Flugzeug Classic which is excellent. I try to read Avions now and then. Classic wings is really great but difficult to get hold of in Sweden - so you have to either subscribe or miss it, no spontanious buys when you're in the mood for it.

When it comes to american magazines, I haven't been able to find one which is good enough to warrant the cost (in my opinion again of course ;-). I did subscirbe to Warbirds International for some time but...

Somehow I believe that there must be a market for a magazine about warbirds and only warbirds without a specific geografical orientation but with the aim of covering what happens all over the world. Maybe Classic Wings can move in to fill that space?

/Mikael

:
: Now that Warbirds Worldwide is sadly no longer with us - I
: am curious to know what
: publications all you warbird / vintage aircraft fanatics
: are reading ?
: I doubt any one would disagree that the WW Journal was the
: most in-depth and
: factual publication around on the subject - so what is ta
: king up the slack for you ?
: I personally have / had been a long time subscriber to ?Wa
: rbirds Worldwide? , ?Flypast?
: and ?Classic Wings? and at one time to the U.S. magazine ?
: Warbirds International ?
: I do buy the occasional copy of ?Aeroplane Monthly ? and
: my friends around the
: globe send me an occasional copy of their local magazines
: [ Jet & Prop , Flugzeug
: Classic from Germany , Aeroplan from Poland etc] .
: My reason for subscribing to ?Flypast? is because of the f
: requency and the news pages
: .... in my opinion the news section is better than Aeropla
: ne Monthly - although the
: historical articles seem better in the latter !
: ?Classic Wings ? is outstanding and over the last few year
: s has increased output from
: four to six times a year [ that is , if the editor is not
: bogged down in airshow
: preparations ;-0 ] . Content is a little more varied than
: the WW Journal was and the
: subjects are now more global orientated than previously wh
: en it was mostly
: concentrated on the very active vintage scene ?Down Under
: ? . There is always
: something within its pages that seems to escape the ?major
: ? magazines - and that is
: something not easily achieved ! Being from N.Z. you may th
: ink I am a little biased - I
: suppose I can?t honestly deny it ;-)
: The U.S. magazines - well at the risk of upsetting or frie
: nds there - I find them quite
: poor ! They do have some very nice air - to - air photo s
: orties , but the information
: contained within is sadly lacking in substance with scarce
: attention to detail . Of course
: the U.S. has a large population of vintage aircraft - but
: the magazines seem very
: reluctant , or unable to , look beyond their own borders w
: ith any degree of
: accuracy......
: Anyway - I would like to know what you guys think , and wh
: y ?
:
: regards
:
: Dave

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