''Air Pictorial'' was a British

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topics. By 2002, when the magazine was renamed ''

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'' (a title that had been incorporated into it six years previously), ''Air Pictorial'' comprised 64 volumes containing 620 issues between them. Initially published as ''

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Gazette'' in 1939, it was renamed to '' Air Training Corps Gazette: The Journal of the Air Training Corps'' in 1941, resetting the issue numbering to Vol.1 No.1 in the process. In 1946, the title was changed to ''Air Reserve Gazette'', restarting the numbering at Vol.1 No.1 again. In January 1947 the numbering was reset to Vol.9 No.1, reflecting the cumulative volumes from 1939 to ease confusion.UK Aircraft Magazines
Aeroflight. In 1951 ''Air Pictorial & Air Reserve Gazette'' was adopted, and in April 1958 the "& Air Reserve Gazette" part of the title was dropped, becoming ''Air Pictorial''. The magazine was produced at various times by the Air League, Rolls House Publishing Co., Profile Books and HPC Publishing, the latter being base in

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External links

List of Air Pictorial issues with article listing
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