A Plug for Air Classics Magazine

Marleysky wrote: All the while just thinking to myself all I need to fly is a handle , 30 feet of line and a fresh one and half volt  battery pack!  Sunglasses would be cool but I really need a hat to cover my head to prevent sunburn.   Ahh Sun....I remember what that looked like. Que the Music...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1WnrjciO8c

AGREED!!!





Aquarius is just fine, but LET THE SUN SHINE !!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06X5HYynP5E

Years ago I cut my magazine subscriptions down from many to just three.  Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, and Automobile magazine of which I am a charter subscriber.  

Recently Smithsonian has become so political escaping its roots it has gone from the mailbox directly to the trash, National Geographic not far behind.  Automobile solders on detailing automobiles most of which I could never afford.  A disappointing threesome.  

So, this morning I subscribed to Air Classics with the intention of reluctantly dumping The Smithsonian to compensate.   

I have in the past picked up copies of Air Classics and was never disappointed in it's contents. I kicked around in it's website and could easily go broke buying past issues.

Thanks Kim for the heads-up.

Bob

I am just here giving out greenies , i have all i can read (look at ( now but a good modeler mag would bee great have been thinking )about the price( 75 a year is out for a mag sub. and they never offer it in one those cooking mags i get HahA the Bad news paper 7 days a week is a personal let down some those people couldn't write about how to squat with out way to much detail !! and it should bee called the death paper . Sorry just an airy morning .

I love Air Classics Magazine and will pick up an issue off the news stand anytime I see some interesting features.
Years ago when I used to travel to the Washington, D.C. area, I would always stop at a hole in the wall bookshop in Old Town Alexandria, VA. It was called Land, Sea, and Air Books and I would go through hundreds of old issues of Air Classics and try to limit myself to 15 at time to buy and take home. Great stuff !!!
Now days, I stopped all mag subscriptions except Car Craft that I've read since the small books that cost 25 cents.
The only mag that I buy every issue is Backwoodsman Magazine six times a year. Although we live in the suburbs and at least 1/2 of the articles are 18 and 19 Century tech, I find that every issue I learn 8 or 9 new things I can use or enjoy. Call me crazy !!
We stopped our newspaper, the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation, twenty five years ago when we didn't need to train any puppies or line a bird cage anymore. That's all it's good for ….
FWiW

Funny about this as I have personally picked up a couple of those magazing when at the airport for something to read while waiting and on the plane. Unfortunately, I have not bought one recently though. I like the cover with the Mustang. After seeing teh real deal there, makes me wonder how that pilot would feel. It looks just wrong with an empty cockpit next to him. I would be steady thinking 'did I forget something?'.

Got my first copy yesterday.  Makes me wonder way I ever dropped getting it years ago.

Not a page is wasted, every airplane I have ever been interested in and then some.  Cover to cover.

Center piece that caught my attention was seven pages about the 1927 epic "Wings" winner of the first best picture Academy award in 1928.  I have seen it presented on Turner Classic Movies but bought the DVD anyway.





Thanks Kim

You're welcome Bob!  I just got that issue today, and locked down on the story about the Typhoons!  Monstrous airplane !