''Aviation News'' is a British

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covering current military and civil aviation topics. It was first published in 1972 and is currently published by Key Publishing Ltd.

History and profile

The magazine was founded in 1972 as a fortnightly tabloid newspaper-style publication by Alan W. Hall (Publications) Ltd. It included a variety of current news, feature articles (contemporary and historical) and other information for the aviation enthusiast, including scale drawings of a different aircraft type in each issue. In July 1983 (Volume 12 Number 1) it changed to an A4 format magazine with more pages. In 1995 the publishers of ''

Air Pictorial ''Air Pictorial'' was a British aviation magazine covering contemporary and historical military and civil aviation topics. By 2002, when the magazine was renamed ''Aviation News'' (a title that had been incorporated into it six years previously ...

'' magazine, HPC Publishing, acquired the title. ''Aviation News'' was incorporated into ''Air Pictorial'' the following year as a monthly magazine; however, the magazine reverted to the ''Aviation News'' name in 2002. In 2010 ''Aviation News'' was acquired by Key Publishing. Since then, other aviation titles such as ''Classic Aircraft'' and ''Jets'' have been incorporated into the magazine.

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* Aviation magazines Transport magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1972 Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Mass media in Lincolnshire {{UK-mag-stub