Aviation magazines free, pdf aviation history magazines. Some are current titles, and some are historic from earliest days of flight. Aircraft, flying.
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Free Aviation Magazines – Flying Magazines PDF
Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine Free – Aviation Magazines PDF
Aviation Week Magazine PDF Website
1916-1963
U.S.: Aviation Week Network
“Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network. The weekly magazine is available in print and online, reporting on the aerospace, defense and aviation industries, with a core focus on aerospace technology. It has a reputation for its contacts inside the United States military and industry organizations.” – Internet Archive. Aviation Week Magazine PDF.
Collection of Historic Aviation Periodicals – Aviation Magazines PDF
Variety of Titles 1908-1940
This free online collection at HathiTrust contains long runs of more than a dozen periodicals from the early years of aviation.
Flight International Magazine Free – Flying Magazines PDF
Flight International Magazine Website
1909-1934, 2015-2016
UK: DVV Media Group
“Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace. Published in the United Kingdom and founded in 1909 as “A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport”, it is the world’s oldest continuously published aviation news magazine.” – Wikipedia.
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Flyer Club Magazine – Flying Magazines PDF
Flyer Club Website
2020 – Present
UK: Seager
UK pilot magazines free online.
NASA History Division: News & Notes – Free Flight Magazines
NASA History Division Website
1965 – Present
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A quarterly newsletter from NASA’s History Division. This webpage has links to all editions since No. 1, issued in July 1965. The newsletter contains articles about the activities of the Division, about events in NASA history, and references to publications by NASA or about space exploration. Also here are links to the History Division’s annual publication “NASA History Year in Review”, published from 1994 to 2009.
NASA Spaceport Magazine – Flight Magazines PDF
NASA Spaceport Magazine Website
2014 – Present
U.S.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“Spaceport Magazine is a monthly NASA publication that serves Kennedy Space Center employees and the American public. The magazine’s wide topic variety mirrors Kennedy’s diverse spaceport operations. From launch processing to center development and employee stories, Spaceport Magazine covers it all.” – Website.
Sportsman Pilot Magazine – Free Aviation Magazines
1981-1996
U.S.: Sportsman Pilot
“Sportsman Pilot was published for 30 years by aviation writer and editor Jack Cox. Cox and his wife, Golda, edited Sport Aviation, the flagship publication of the Experimental Aircraft Association, from 1969 through 1999. The Coxes launched their own publication, Sportsman Pilot, in 1981, in part so that Cox could devote more page space to the various historic and technical aspects of aircraft construction, restoration, and aviation history. Sportsman Pilot ceased publication after Cox’s death in 2011. ” – AOPA Website.
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The Aviation Magazine – Free Aviation Magazines
Aviation Photojournal
Northwest Aerospace News – Aviation Magazines PDF
The Runway – Free Flight Magazines
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Websites of More Aviation Magazines Online
Free online versions of these aviation magazines are not available, but their websites feature articles of interest.