Warbird Information Exchange

NATA Skylines and a few others

Aeroplane and FlyPast from the UK - been getting them both since the early-80s, more out of habit than anything else nowadays. Aeroplane has a good mixed coverage, including some nice pre-war and WWI pieces, FlyPast still contains the odd gem amongst all the dross.

Classic Wings from New Zealand - good worldwide coverage, excellent survivors listings make for useful long-term reference works.

Just subscribed to Air Classics and Warbirds International since moving to the US, very unimpressed indeed with their service as it takes 2-3 weeks to get my copy after they hit the newstands - I won't be renewing.

Warbird Digest - subscribed and bought back issues - really good in-depth articles and photos, but (dare I say it here?) very pariochial to the US scene. Great if you like Mustangs, though.

Just subscribed to Flight Journal after getting 'an offer I couldn't refuse' at Nellis last week - something of a John Dibbs benefit as far as the photos go, but some nice historic articles.

Back in 1979 when I started you could find aviation magazines on most newstands, but it's rare to find much there now; perhaps if anything only Flying. I used to subscribe to it before it shifted more to corporate and jet type coverage. When TCA's (class B) came into use they pushed most of the flight schools away from large cities. The result is that much of the population never even sees general aviation and doesn't consider it a part of normal life. How popular would football or golf be if you had to go 25 miles out of town to see a course or stadium? Newstands reflect this change. I think most any pilot or enthusiast would enjoy being a member of AOPA and EAA so I get those mags included as well as CAF and the Spitfire journal. I enjoy issues of WWW or WDigest, but the problem is it is hard to throw away something with those great photos, and your house becomes like those old ladies with 50 cats.

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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK

Warbird Digest
Flypast
Flight Journal
World Airshow News

All the others I use to subscribe to went away when I became self-employeed in 2001. I now buy whatever I'm interested in at the local Newsstand, which really has everything, or Barnes and Noble, which carries a few.

Bill, you're right!
My basement does look like the lady with 50 cats! (we only have two, however!) I've been slowly going through the issues of past mags and only keeping those that I have a direct connection to or interest in the subject. I then give, donate, or sell the others!
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Air Classics
Warbirds International
Warbird Digest
Flight Journal
World Air Show News

I also have some issues of Fly Past, Air & Space and Flying

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"Keep 'em Flying!"

Subscriptions:

Classic Wings Downunder (THE best)
Warbird Digest
Stearman Flying Wire (Stearman Restorers Association periodical)
Aeronca Aviator (Aeronca Aviators Club periodical)

At the newstand:

Aeroplane Monthly
Flypast
Air Classics (depending on what's in it)
Warbirds Int (same)
Wings/Airpower (same)
BT-13 Monthly (still hoping, anyway!)

Sure miss the old "Custom Planes" - that was a great magazine.

1. Pop Sci
2. Air & Space
3. Scuba Diving

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The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. - Gus Grissom

No more magazines--all internet. I know I sound like Scrooge, but with 5 kids, a mortgage, and a wife to keep happy (or I'll be paying alimony too!), the few shekels that trickle down go straight into the TBY Frankenstein.

Now if I only had a little more time each week to work on it!

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Flypast, of course when I see it on a newstand, same for Air Classics, at least before the Lanc controversy, and NATA since I am a member and it has more of the grass roots of flying and fixing. Next month they are going to run an article co-authored by Jesus and Houdini on how to make a T-28 engine sound as good as a Merlin.

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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK

Fly Past, Air International, Warbird Digest and will soon get others.

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

No subscriptions for me. Can't afford it until I start getting paid by the hour. I do get Warbird Digest off the newstand when able though.

Gary

I currently subscribe to Aeroplane due to getting a good deal on a two year subscription but I'm not sure whether I'll renew. I've got every issue of Flypast from the beginning but dropped the subscription a while ago, I'm considering having a flick through the magazine in the shop before deciding whether each issue's worth buying in future.

The web has stolen the thunder of the magazines as far as news is concerned. Where they're able to add interest and value with veteran interviews and research. What's the point of Flypast bragging about being "First for news" when the news is usually a month behind the aviation forums?

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Newstand if it contains interesting articles

Flypast
Air Classics (former subscriber)
Warbirds International (former subscriber)
Flight Journal

Flypast, Mr. Price nows how to treat novice photographers and even e-mails you back and thanks you for your contributions ( even when not used )

Warbird Digest great photography

Will never in my life ever support Mr. O'Leary's products after his bashing of the CWH crew ( very ignorant ) Still pissed I even bought the issue with the CWH artical, I hope to meet him in person so i can give it back.

Dave C

Darn, Im buying all my warbird mags on the newstand for a long time now. WI, AC, WD, FlyPast. I subscribe to Flying and Pacific Flyer Magazines. The internet cannot surpass the magazines for portability or going indepth on a restoration and there is still a lot of news that is not found on the net in those mags. My favorite articles to write were indepth restoration articles and that is still what I like to read the most. I want to know where they got the airplane, how they restored it got parts, first flight impressions, etc...I still devour these magazines with as much enthusiasm as ever.

JH