A little at a time, I have been collecting vintage issues of Air Trails,
American Modeler (and the two years of concurrently published Model
Aviation), and American Aircraft Modeler. All are official publications
of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). I am not publishing any current Model
Aviation editions that began in April of 1975. As of May 2010, I finally procured
the last few editions to complete the set of AAM, covering January 1968
through March 1975 (87 issues). Yeah, they're pretty much worthless to people who
were not modelers in the era, but it is a nice trip back in time for us older guys.
Just recently, I acquired the 1959 set of Model Aviation magazines that
were published concurrently with American Modeler for at least 1959 and
1960. The physical size is only 5½" x 7½". They had no table of contents. Content
was primarily reporting on contests and official AMA business. There is a good graphic
on the AMA website that shoes the
publication history.
Here is the description given by the AMA for Model Aviation:
"MODEL AVIATION is the monthly news bulletin of the Academy of Model
Aeronautics and is "The Independent Voice of American Aeromodeling." Published by
the AMA at 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Editor: Clifford J.
Allum. News and photos of club and contest activity always welcome for publication.
Copyright 1959 by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Permission is given for reprint
or quote provided source is given. Subscription rate to non-members is $1 per year.
For subscriptions outside the United States, add 50 cents for postage. Second class
postage paid at Washington, D. C. "
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1959 |
February |
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1959 |
March |
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1959 |
April |
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1959 |
May |
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1959 |
June |
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1959 |
July |
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1959 |
August |
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1959 |
September |
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1959 |
October |
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1959 |
November |
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1959 |
December |
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1959 |
Articles
If you need an article from one of these issues, send
me an e-mail and I'll scan it and post it for you.
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