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“The Flying Machine” Winter 2023 Edition Now Available!

Aerodynamic Media, LLC is proud to announce the release of the 26th issue of The Flying Machine: Early Aero Quarterly.

Issue #26 Contents:

36 Pages – Certifying the Jenny; Ballooning Experiences in WW1; Spotlight: Military Aviation Museum’s Ely Curtiss Pusher Reproduction; News Briefs: Research Help Wanted: Postwar FE.2bs in the United States, 1911 Waterbird Reproduction Takes Flight, USAF Museum Curtiss Jenny Restoration Update; Products

The Flying Machine focuses exclusively on “aeroplanes” manufactured prior to 1920, as well as the current work of historians, builders, restorers, museums and collectors to preserve and promote interest in the early years of flight. Published in print and digital formats, The Flying Machine is offered on a pay-per-issue basis – no subscription required!

Join us as we pay tribute to early aircraft and the visionaries, geniuses and daredevils who conquered the air while producing some of the most fascinating, ingenious and beautiful machines in aviation’s short history. Click here to purchase!

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Build Log & Tips: SIG’s 1/16 Scale Monocoupe 90 [Video]

The latest from our sister channel DX Modelworks is up and it focuses on SIG’s beautiful 1/16 scale Monocoupe kit.

This particular build is a conversion from rubber power to RC, and like the channel’s previous videos, its photo documentation and tips will likely be helpful to both new and experienced modelers alike.

Click below to check it out. If you’re pleased with what you see, please consider subscribing to the channel. Likes and shares are also greatly appreciated!

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What Are These Inverted “T” Shapes on Sopwith Aircraft? [Video]

We’re finally turning some attention to our YouTube channel and are beginning by answering a question we’re sure has been keeping you up at night: what are all these inverted “T” shapes on Sopwith aircraft?

Click below to learn the answer, and please be sure to subscribe to our channel. If you’re into WW1 / Golden Age aircraft models, please subscribe to DX Modelworks’ new channel.

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“The Flying Machine” Fall 2022 Edition Now Available!

Aerodynamic Media, LLC is proud to announce the release of the 25th issue of The Flying Machine: Early Aero Quarterly.

Issue #25 Contents:

36 Pages – Sopwith F.1 Camel C-FGHT / Hump Day in the Sopwith Camel ; Fokker Scourge Recap; Spotlight: MAM’s Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter N1914S; News Briefs: Sopwith Camel Airframe Project For Sale, American Heritage Museum’s Original Nieuport 28 (Update), 1/6 Scale Sikorsky Ilya Muromets Flying Model For Sale; Products

We have also released The Flying Machine 2022 collection featuring all four issues published this year!

The Flying Machine focuses exclusively on “aeroplanes” manufactured prior to 1920, as well as the current work of historians, builders, restorers, museums and collectors to preserve and promote interest in the early years of flight. Published in print and digital formats, The Flying Machine is offered on a pay-per-issue basis – no subscription required!

Join us as we pay tribute to early aircraft and the visionaries, geniuses and daredevils who conquered the air while producing some of the most fascinating, ingenious and beautiful machines in aviation’s short history. Click here to purchase!

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“The Flying Machine” Summer 2022 Edition Now Available!

Aerodynamic Media, LLC is proud to announce the release of the 24th issue of The Flying Machine: Early Aero Quarterly.

Issue #24 Contents:

36 Pages – Overhauling a Jenny’s OX-5 Engine; Spotlight: Military Aviation Museum’s Sopwith 1½ Strutter N4088H; Running the 120 hp Le Rhône Engine; News Briefs: Memorial Flight’s B.E.2f Performs Maiden Flight, Golden Age Air Museum SPAD XIII Progress Report; Products

The Flying Machine focuses exclusively on “aeroplanes” manufactured prior to 1920, as well as the current work of historians, builders, restorers, museums and collectors to preserve and promote interest in the early years of flight. Published in print and digital formats, The Flying Machine is offered on a pay-per-issue basis – no subscription required!

Join us as we pay tribute to early aircraft and the visionaries, geniuses and daredevils who conquered the air while producing some of the most fascinating, ingenious and beautiful machines in aviation’s short history. Click here to purchase!

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“The Flying Machine” Spring 2022 Edition Now Available!

Aerodynamic Media, LLC is proud to announce the release of the 23rd issue of The Flying Machine: Early Aero Quarterly.

Issue #23 Contents:

36 Pages – A Scout Over the Pampas: The Story of an SE.5a in Argentina; Shaw Sopwith Camel F-AZZB Update; The Jenny Takes Flight; Spotlight: Military Aviation Museum’s Albatros D.Va; News Briefs: Vickers Vimy Dismantling, American Heritage Museum’s Original Nieuport 28; Products

The Flying Machine focuses exclusively on “aeroplanes” manufactured prior to 1920, as well as the current work of historians, builders, restorers, museums and collectors to preserve and promote interest in the early years of flight. Published in print and digital formats, The Flying Machine is offered on a pay-per-issue basis – no subscription required!

Join us as we pay tribute to early aircraft and the visionaries, geniuses and daredevils who conquered the air while producing some of the most fascinating, ingenious and beautiful machines in aviation’s short history. Click here to purchase!

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New Book Shares WW2 RAF Bomber Command History “In Rich Detail With Previously Unpublished Photos”

In his new book RAF Bomber Command: ‘Strike Hard, Strike Sure’ 1936-1945 author Ron Mackay documents “the painfully protracted but ultimately successful raising of a mighty aerial strike force that crippled the Third Reich’s industrial capacity.”

From 1939 to 1942, Bomber Command was very weak in terms of human and material losses. The navigational means with which to accurately guide bombers to targets was almost completely lacking while the enemy defensive network inflicted serious casualties. Consequently, the punishment handed out was minimal. The resurgence of Bomber Command’s fortunes coincided with the appointment of Sir Arthur Harris. The advent of four-engine designs such as the Avro Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax ensured that a greatly increased bomb tonnage could be delivered. Also, electronic aids such as Gee, Oboe and H2S simplified the task in finding targets. Therefore, by 1944-1945, the RAF’s bombers pulverised Hitler’s Third Reich. Although flak and night-fighters took a heavy toll on the bombers, the RAF’s nocturnal offensive in conjunction with the USAAF’s daylight assaults crippled Germany’s ability to fight back.

The 556 page title is described as “historically rich in detail” and boasts “previously unpublished photographs from private archives.”

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New Film to Share the Story of The Iconic Lancaster and its Crews

A new film entitled Lancaster is slated for release in May.

Details are currently limited, although the production will reportedly tell “the story of the Lancaster and the crews that flew her.” The film was created by the team that previously released Spitfire, which shares the story of the iconic fighter in the words of the last-surviving combat veterans.

The Lancaster film is currently available for pre-order in DVD and Blu-Ray formats.

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“The Flying Machine” Winter 2022 Edition Now Available!

Aerodynamic Media, LLC is proud to announce the release of the 22nd issue of The Flying Machine: Early Aero Quarterly.

Issue #22 Contents:

36 Pages – The Phönix C.I Series 121 Project; Fox Aviation Historique’s SPAD VII Projects; Spotlight: MAM’s Sopwith Triplane; News Briefs: USAF Museum Thomas-Morse Scout; Products

The Flying Machine focuses exclusively on “aeroplanes” manufactured prior to 1920, as well as the current work of historians, builders, restorers, museums and collectors to preserve and promote interest in the early years of flight. Published in print and digital formats, The Flying Machine is offered on a pay-per-issue basis – no subscription required!

Join us as we pay tribute to early aircraft and the visionaries, geniuses and daredevils who conquered the air while producing some of the most fascinating, ingenious and beautiful machines in aviation’s short history. Click here to purchase!

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Now Available: Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

In his new book Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival NY Times bestselling author author Tom Clavin shares a “can’t-put-it-down inspiring saga of brave men confronting great evil and great odds against survival.”

On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin’s Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story.

Moser was just twenty-two years old, a farm boy from Washington State who fell in love with flying. During the War he realized his dream of piloting a P-38 Lightning, one of the most effective weapons the Army Air Corps had against the powerful German Luftwaffe. But on that hot August morning he had to bail out of his damaged, burning plane. Captured immediately, Moser’s journey into hell began. Continue reading Now Available: Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

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