The LEGACY of ‘RTR’

Archive Without this magazine’s founding editor, the late Richard T. Riding, Aeroplane’s archive probably would not survive Ben Dunnell explores The Aeroplane’s outstanding archives to cast new flight on past stories Editor Richard Riding (third from left) is among those inspecting the first issue of Aeroplane Monthly, fresh off the Index Printers press in Dunstable during April 1973. At right is Wg Cdr Maurice Smith DFC, then publishing director of IPC Business Press stablemate Flight International and one of the