 FlyPast, July 2014 | |
| Editor | Tom Allett |
|---|---|
| Categories | Aviation magazines |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Company | Key Publishing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Lincolnshire |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0262-6950 |
FlyPast is an aircraft magazine, published monthly, edited by Tom Allett, Steve Beebee and Jamie Ewan.
The magazine started as a bi-monthly edition in May/June 1981 [1] and its first editor was the late Mike Twite. It is owned by Key Publishing Ltd of Stamford, Lincolnshire, [1] and the magazine's main former editor until 2010 was Ken Ellis, and Nigel Price after that until January 2016. It sponsors a number of aviation events held in the country, such as Cockpit-Fest, held at Newark Air Museum.
Sister publications include AirForces Monthly , Air Enthusiast (no longer published), Airliner World , Airports International, Air International , and Today's Pilot (no longer published by Key Publishing). [2]
Each monthly issue of the magazine contains 10 to 12 pages of news, updates and reviews on museums, airshows and events, features on aircraft, crewmen, and battles illustrated with photographs, and a spotlight section on one plane detailing the history, pilots, designers, combat records, and cutaway artwork for the aircraft. The magazine often includes aircraft posters, calendars, and supplements. [3]
An air show is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground.
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 200,000 members and nearly 1,000 chapters worldwide. It hosts the largest aviation gathering of its kind in the world, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Gustave Albin Whitehead was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines between 1897 and 1915. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims that he flew a powered machine successfully several times in 1901 and 1902, predating the first flights by the Wright Brothers in 1903.
The Hawker Hart is a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft that saw service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed during the 1920s by Sydney Camm and manufactured by Hawker Aircraft. The Hart was a prominent British aircraft in the inter-war period, but was obsolete and already side-lined for newer monoplane aircraft designs by the start of the Second World War, playing only minor roles in the conflict before being retired.
The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, and came into squadron service a few weeks before the end of the conflict, in late 1918.
AIR International is a British aviation magazine covering current defence aerospace and civil aviation topics. It has been in publication since 1971 and is currently published by Key Publishing Ltd.
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Air Forces Monthly (AFM) is a military aviation magazine published by Key Publishing Ltd, who are based at Stamford in the English county of Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1988. It provides news and analysis on military aviation, technology, and related topics.
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Air Enthusiast was a British, bi-monthly, aviation magazine, published by the Key Publishing group. Initially begun in 1974 as Air Enthusiast Quarterly, the magazine was conceived as a historical adjunct to Air International magazine. Air International was involved with current aviation topics and the Quarterly concerned itself with historical matters.
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Key Publishing is a magazine publishing company specialising in aviation titles, based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
Aeroplane is a British magazine devoted to aviation, with a focus on aviation history and preservation.
The Mignet HM.14Flying Flea is a single-seat light aircraft first flown in 1933, designed for amateur construction. It was the first of a family of aircraft collectively known as Flying Fleas.
Several aviators have been claimed to be the first to fly a powered aeroplane. Much controversy surrounds these claims. It is generally accepted today that the Wright brothers were the first to achieve sustained and controlled powered manned flight, in 1903. It is popularly held in Brazil that their native citizen Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first successful aviator, discounting the Wright brothers' claim because their Flyer took off from a rail, and in later flights would sometimes employ a catapult. An editorial in the 2013 edition of Jane's All the World's Aircraft supported the claim of Gustave Whitehead. Claims by, or on behalf of, other pioneers such as Clément Ader have also been put forward from time to time.
Aircraft Illustrated was a British monthly aviation magazine covering military and civil aviation topics with an emphasis on photographic features. It was first published in 1968, renamed Aircraft in 2009 and ceased publication in 2012.
Philip M. Jarrett is an English author and aviation historian. In 1971, he was the assistant editor of Aerospace, a periodical published by the Royal Aeronautical Society. From 1973 to 1980, he was the assistant editor of Aeroplane Monthly. From 1980 to 1989, he worked for Flight International, initially as the chief sub-editor, and then as production editor. Since 1990, he has been a freelance author, editor, and consultant.
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