Air Enthusiast

Air Enthusiast

Editor	William Green and Gordon Swanborough (1974–1990) Ken Ellis (1991–2007)
Categories	Military aircraft Aviation
Frequency	Bi-monthly
First issue	1974
Final issue	September/October 2007
Company	Finescroll Ltd. (May 1974–1989) Tri-Service Press (May 1989–1990) Key Publishing Ltd. (May 1991–2007)
Country	Britain
Language	English
Website	http://www.airenthusiast.com/
ISSN	0143-5450

Air Enthusiast was a British, bi-monthly, aviation magazine, published by the Key Publishing group. Initially begun in 1974 as Air Enthusiast Quarterly, the magazine was conceived as a historical adjunct to Air International magazine. Air International was (and still is) involved with current aviation topics and the Quarterly concerned itself with historical matters.

Each issue contained 80 pages; as a result certain articles were divided and each part appeared over a number of issues. Air Enthusiast was illustrated with colour and black-and-white photos, diagrams, profiles and three-view drawings. Earlier issues featured cutaway drawings, but these were dropped. The articles provided detail for varieties of aircraft and events.

The magazine was published by three publishing companies and changed editors once, with William Green and Gordon Swanborough as joint editors for 16 years and Ken Ellis as the current sole editor of 16 years also.

The magazine ceased publishing with issue #131, September/October 2007.

External links

• List of Air Enthusiast issues with article index