Vintage Issues of Flying Aces & Flying Age

Aircraft modeling has undergone significant changes over the decades - both in technology and preferences. Magazines like American Aircraft Modeler, American Modeler, Air Trails, Flying Aces, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, Aero Modeller, R/C Modeler, and Young Men • Hobbies • Aviation • Careers were the best venues for capturing snapshots of the status quo of the day. Still, many things never change, so much of the old content is relevant to today's modeler. Whether you are here to wax nostalgic, or are interested in learning history, hopefully you will find what you are seeking. As time permits, I will be glad to scan articles for you. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

If you want to wax nostalgic over some of the old advertisements, check out these that I have selected.

Month	Cover	Year
May TOC		1934
November TOC		1934
December TOC		1939
December TOC		1940
January TOC		1941
February TOC		1941
May TOC		1941
December TOC		1941
February TOC		1942
December TOC		1945

• Flying into Focus
• Aviation News - Here and There in the Air
• Principles of Model Building
• Electrodrome: Fog and Poison Gas
• Wisecrack-Ups - December 1939
• Gliding in Russia
• "Battling Grogan" - Hawks of Nippon
• Model Airplane Comics of Yore - February 1941
• Here's a Flying Broomstick
• Aircraft Marking of All Nations
• Here's the Stinson Reliant!
• The Flying Aces Super R.O.G.
• The "Scotch Monoped"
• The Ghost from G−2
• Sparks on Ice
• With the Model Builders - February 1942
• With the Model Builders - February 1941
• Army BC-1
• Supermarine Spitfire-2: 3-View
• Covering Up
• With the Model Builders - May 1941
• Douglas O-31A Observation Plane
• Albatros D.V Biplane Fighter Scale Drawing
• Down Memory's Runway, February 1942
• How Boeing Builds Them
• Instrument Panels for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
• Mosca I-16 Fighter
• Powder-Puff Pilots
• They Really Can "Take It" - Douglas DC-2 and DC-3
• Debunking Hitler's Luftwaffe
• Review of Russian Airpower
• Breed of the Hellfire
• If I Were Air Corps Chief
• Notes from the Workbench - February 1942
• Ryan Seaplane Solid Scale
• The Silent Raider
• Canada Guards Her Back Door
• Down Memory's Runway
• Flying Aces Club News
• "Whisper" Glider
• Secrets of Endurance
• Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-1 Observation Scout Plans
• Notes from the Workbench - February 1941
• Wisecrack-Ups
• The Plane on Our Cover: North American B-25
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Assembly Line
• "We Were Bombed in Paris!"
• The Case Against an Independent Air Force
• With the Model Builders
• "Guppie" Gas Job

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