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'''''Flight International''''' (or simply '''''Flight''''') is a weekly [[magazine]] focused on [[aerospace]], published in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport",<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%203071.html |title=Reproduction of first cover page |issue=3163 |volume=96 |page=51 |journal=Flight |date=23 October 1969 |accessdate=9 February 2015 }}</ref> it is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine.<ref name="Ward">{{cite book |last=Ward |first=Arthur |year=2015 |title=A Guide to War Publications of the First & Second World War: From Training Guides to Propaganda Posters |publisher=[[Pen and Sword]] |page=39 |isbn=9781783831548 |quote=Founded in 1909, ''Flight'' (now ''Flight International'') the British produced global aerospace weekly and the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine, was another publisher of specialist information which appeared as wartime paper restrictions allowed to keep enthusiasts up to date in aircraft design and performance.}}</ref> In the mid-1920s ''Flight'' incorporated a related journal, ''The Aircraft Engineer & Airships''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200041.html |title=Flight front cover |issue=944 |volume=XIX |page=41 |journal=Flight |date=27 January 1927 |accessdate=9 February 2015 }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2016}}
'''''Flight International''''' (or '''''Flight''''') is a global [[aerospace]] weekly [[magazine]] published in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport",<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%203071.html |title=Reproduction of first cover page |issue=3163 |volume=96 |page=51 |journal=Flight |date=23 October 1969 |accessdate=9 February 2015 }}</ref> it is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine.<ref name="Ward">{{cite book |last=Ward |first=Arthur |year=2015 |title=A Guide to War Publications of the First & Second World War: From Training Guides to Propaganda Posters |publisher=[[Pen and Sword]] |page=39 |isbn=9781783831548 |quote=Founded in 1909, ''Flight'' (now ''Flight International'') the British produced global aerospace weekly and the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine, was another publisher of specialist information which appeared as wartime paper restrictions allowed to keep enthusiasts up to date in aircraft design and performance.}}</ref><ref name="Flight International - redOrbit">{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/634166/flight_international_offers_free_magazines_to_aviation_week_readers/index.html |title=Flight International Offers Free Magazines to Aviation Week Readers |work=redOrbit |date=28 August 2006 |accessdate=6 February 2009}}</ref><ref name="Flight International – Free Online Library">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Flight+International+Magazine+Unveils+New+Look+at+Paris+Air+Show.-a0165152689 |title=Flight International Magazine Unveils New Look at Paris Air Show |work=Free Online Library |date=18 June 2007 |accessdate=6 February 2009}}</ref> In the mid-1920s ''Flight'' incorporated a related journal, ''The Aircraft Engineer & Airships''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200041.html |title=Flight front cover |issue=944 |volume=XIX |page=41 |journal=Flight |date=27 January 1927 |accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref>


''Flight'' provides global coverage of aerospace manufacturing and aviation operations in the areas of [[air transport]], business aviation, [[Defense (military)|defence]], [[general aviation]], and [[spaceflight]]. Features include the magazine's famous aircraft cutaway illustrations, flight tests of new aircraft, in-service reports and sector-by-sector analysis.<ref name="Reed Business Information - Flight International">{{cite web|url=http://www.reedbusiness.co.uk/rb2_products/rb2_products_flight_international.htm|title=Flight International|work=Reed Business Information |accessdate=6 February 2009}}</ref>
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[[Reed Business Information Ltd]], a subsidiary of [[RELX Group]], publishes ''Flight International''. Competitors include [[Jane's Information Group]] and ''[[Aviation Week]]''. Former editors of, and contributors to, ''Flight'' include [[Bill Gunston]] and [[John W. R. Taylor]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

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[[Reed Business Information Ltd]], a subsidiary of [[RELX Group]], publishes ''Flight International''. Competitors include [[Jane's Information Group]] and ''[[Aviation Week]]''. Former editors of, and contributors to, ''Flight'' include [[Bill Gunston]] and [[John W. R. Taylor]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}


==See also==
==See also==
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* [http://www.rbi.co.uk/ Reed Business Information]
* [http://www.rbi.co.uk/ Reed Business Information]
* [http://www.reed-elsevier.com/ Reed Elsevier]
* [http://www.reed-elsevier.com/ Reed Elsevier]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218113906/http://www.flightglobal.com/StaticPages/cutaways.html Aerospace illustrations ("cutaways") on ''Flight International'''s website] (snapshot of website from December 2012)
* [https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ''Flight'' archives Flightglobal.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218113906/http://www.flightglobal.com/StaticPages/cutaways.html Aerospace illustrations ("cutaways") on ''Flight International'''s website] (snapshot of site from December 2012)


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Revision as of 02:22, 14 January 2017

Not to be confused with International flight.
Flight International
ISSN
0015-3710

Flight International (or Flight) is a global aerospace weekly magazine published in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport",[1] it is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine.[2][3][4] In the mid-1920s Flight incorporated a related journal, The Aircraft Engineer & Airships.[5]

Flight provides global coverage of aerospace manufacturing and aviation operations in the areas of

defence, general aviation, and spaceflight. Features include the magazine's famous aircraft cutaway illustrations, flight tests of new aircraft, in-service reports and sector-by-sector analysis.[6]

Aviation Week. Former editors of, and contributors to, Flight include Bill Gunston and John W. R. Taylor.[citation needed
]

See also

  • Flightglobal

References

  1. ^ "Reproduction of first cover page". Flight. 96 (3163): 51. 23 October 1969. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ISBN 9781783831548
    . Founded in 1909, Flight (now Flight International) the British produced global aerospace weekly and the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine, was another publisher of specialist information which appeared as wartime paper restrictions allowed to keep enthusiasts up to date in aircraft design and performance.
  3. ^ "Flight International Offers Free Magazines to Aviation Week Readers". redOrbit. 28 August 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Flight International Magazine Unveils New Look at Paris Air Show". Free Online Library. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Flight front cover". Flight. XIX (944): 41. 27 January 1927. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Flight International". Reed Business Information. Retrieved 6 February 2009.

External links

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