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Came across a set of magazines at a flea market this weekend; they appear to be a UK publication, very detailed and covering all aspects of aviation, with company advertising scattered throughout the issues. The previous owner cared very much for them, for he had a local bookbinding company bind them in hard covers, two years worth of magazines per hardback volume. They cover the years 1971-1979, and are filled with information, cutaway drawings, 3 views and so on.

I got them for a steal... $15.00 for the entire 8 volume set!

Anyone on the other side of the Pond know anything about the magazines... was it a popular mag in the UK?

Alan

I found this with a quick search on Google.

Air Enthusiast magazine ceased publishing with issue #131, September/October 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Enthusiast

There's also a current mag called Air International. http://www.airinternational.com/

I don't know anything about either.

Both were/are products of Key Publishing, who produce one of the two main historic magazines in the UK, FlyPast.

Air Enthusiast was a very good magazine, and often focused on more obscure subjects which were possibly a little too niche for a mainstream title. It is a very good read, and generally it features mainly historic items with only a few pages devoted to "news". Worth buying even now if they are cheap.

Air International is more mainstream magazine, and covers both contemporary civil and military topics, placing itself between a title such as Key's Air Forces Monthly and some of the purely "civil" magazines (which I can't name as I don't read them!).