USA Aviation Magazines

Been receiving close to 100 different aviation periodicals, per two-month period, for past 35 years or so. From many countries, in many languages, and including many obscure Journals and society publications. To me, the U.S. aviation periodical that is most like FLYPAST, is FLIGHT JOURNAL. Filled with historic articles, top-grade photos on quality paper, articles by well-known aviation historians, LOTS of warbirds of ALL nations, LOTS of news of RECENT Aero News, museum projects, discoveries, restorations, movements. Good web-page with Aero News and discussions, (including a current one on Blackburn SKUA,) features with full page and double page aviation art. Very much like FLYPAST. As a life-long, avid collector of aeronautica. I wish FLYPAST would bing back the multi-page article-series, “Collectair.” It featured many wonderful little bits and treasures, that readers sent in.
See for an idea of content…
http://www.flightjournal.com/ME2/Default.asp

The monthly Air Classics, published by Challenge Publications, has a sister title called Warbirds International which is published ten times a year and concentrates mainly on the contemporary warbirds scene with many colour air-to-airs. I think that the two other magazines mentioned in an earlier post (Wings and Airpower) have actually ceased publication and I’m pretty sure that the back issue stock was taken up by Challenge.

In my opinion warbird Digest is the only American magazine/Journal that is comparable to the quality of Flypast. You can view the first issue at the link below.

http://www.warbirddigest.com/digest1/digest1b.html

Probably the best known (at least in the US) is the venerable Air Classics.
It’s been around for 40+ years and has similar stories to FlyPast about aircraft, pilots and military missions.
It also seems to do a bit more on (primarily U.S. & Canadian) civil aviation than FlyPast.

Then there are two sister publications that focus more on aircraft histories themselves, Wings (mix of civil and military) and Airpower (all military), which alternate monthly.

I haven’t read them regularly for years, but pick up an occasional copy when there’s something I need.