| Aircraft Magazines Guide |
Argentina
Introduction
This is a survey of Argentine aviation, defence and aircraft scale modelling magazines. All magazines are Spanish text only, unless otherwise stated.
For other nations, check our country by country listing. An alphabetical index of titles is also available, as is a list of useful magazine shops which deal with new or secondhand magazines.
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'Aerodeportes' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
Title means Aero Sports. Also known as 'Revista de Actividades Aéreas y Aerodeportes'. No.41 was dated June 1984, and No.78 dated August 1988. Ceased publication by 2003. No further information. |
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'Aeroespacio' [Fuerza Aerea Argentina, ISSN 0001-9127] 'Aeroespacio' was the first major aeronautical magazine in Latin America. It provides high quality coverage of civil, commercial, sport and military aviation in Argentina and around the world. Bi-monthly general interest aircraft magazine. 60 pages each, with photos and drawings. Each issue usually included a feature article on an aircraft type operated by the Argentinian armed forces. Also covered Argentinian airliners and light aircraft. Good mixture of modern and historical subjects. Issue 554 was dated July/August 2003.
First launched on 27 October 1941 by the Army Aviation Command as the 'Buletin de Informaciones Aeronauticas' to raise the general aeronautical knowledge of aviation personnel. Between February 1945 and December 1947 it was published monthly under the title 'Revista de Informaciones Aeronauticas'. In January 1948 it was renamed 'Revista Nacional de Aeronautica' with much improved presentation and more wide-rangine content. The magazine was renamed 'Aeroespacio' in July 1967, at issue No.300. From July 1970 (No.336) the title as amended to it's current title of 'Aeroespacio - Revista Nacional Aeronáutica y Espacial'. From 1977 the magazine became bi-monthly. |
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'AeroMundial' [Alberto Mirkim, ISSN ? ]
Weekly newsletter published during the early 1960s. No further information. |
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'Aeroventa' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
Subtitled 'Al servizio della aviazione civile latinoamericana'. Bi-monthly magazine concentrating on private and commercial aviation in Latin America. Anno XVII - Nº 173 was dated Luglio/Agosto de 2002. No.193 was dated febrero-marzo 2005. 65-70 pages in each issue. No further information. |
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'Airspeed - Aviacion Deportiva' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
No information. |
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'Alas' [Revista ALAS, ISSN 0328-4530]
Subtitled 'Alas De Argentina Y Del Mundo'. 'Alas' appears to be a free magazine funded by advertising. It covers a wide range of Latin American-biased current aviation topics, including commercial and private aviation, defence and public security, helicopters and airshows/exhibitions. It also includes a column on recent aviation news. Published bi-monthly, it includes 48-50 pages in each issue, with colour on every page. Pdf files of each issue are on the official websites, but obtaining printed versions may a bit more difficult as neither the website nor the magazine itself include a postal address. First published in 1994. |
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'Aventuras a Escala!' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
Quarterly scale modelling magazine published during 2000. The first issue appeared in April 2000. Ceased publication after issue 4. Illustrated with photos, colour artwork and line drawings. |
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'ALA - Aviacion Latinoamericana' [Aviacion Latinamericana, ISSN ? ]
Magazine focusing on civil and military aviation in Argentina and neighbouring countries. The first issue was dated November-December 1982. Initially called Aviacion Latinoamericana, but soon abbreviated to ALA. The first 8 issues were in Spanish with high-quality printing and expanded rapidly from an initial 16 pages per issue to 48 pages per issue. Intended to be bi-monthly, the title ran into financial trouble after issue 8 and was forced too move to a cheaper production process, and switch to English to appeal to a wider potential readership. Issue 9 onwards appeared quarterly and comprised 28-32 pages per issue. |
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'Aviacion Sport' [Osvaldo Raul Durana, ISSN 0329-7454]
Magazine dedicated to sport aviation and kitplanes. Ceased publication in about 2001. |
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'AVIA Aeroespacial' [? publisher, ISSN 0005-2043]
Monthly publication covering aeronautics and spaceflight. Published 1966-68 at least. No further information. |
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'Boletin De Difusion Aeromodelista' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
No information. |
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'Boletin Informativo De Accidentes De Aviacion' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
No information. |
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'El Aeronáutico' [LAIA, ISSN ? ]
Monthy newsletter published by the Laboratory of Students of Aeronautical Engineering - LAIA, developed in the Department of Aeronautics of the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of the Silver. Covers technical developments in experimental aviation. The Argentine equivalent the EAA in the USA. No issues appear to have been published during 2003. |
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'El Maquetista Argentino' [IPMS-Argentina, ISSN ? ]
Quarterly magaine produced by the Argentina branch of the International Plastic Modelling Society. First issue published circa 1984. No further information. |
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'Latin American Wings' [? publisher, ISSN ? ]
First published in 1986. Quarterly South American spotters magazine in English, with many of the contributors from the defunct 'ALA - Avacion Latinoamericana' writing for this title. Very good coverage of South American civil and military aviation with regional news, defence news, civil register changes and accident reports. It also included feature articles on airshows, airlines, civil register listings, military and civil aircraft types etc. May 1989 was dated Vol.4 No.5. Not thought to have survived past 1989. |
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'Mach 1' [Argentine Navy, ISSN ? ]
Magazine of Argentine Naval Aviation, normally published eight? times a year. Issue 58 was dated January-April 2000, while issue 59 was dated December 2000! Issue 67 from 2008 was in the 22nd year of publication. The contents comprises several historical articles, details of operations carried out by the Navy, specialist subjects such as aviation medicine and numerous miscellaneous topics. Circa 50 pages in each issue. |
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'Microkit' [IPMS-Argentina, ISSN ? ]
Quarterly magaine produced by the Argentina branch of the International Plastic Modelling Society. First issue published circa 1985. 24 pages in each issue. No further information. |
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'Noticiero del Transporte Aéreo' [Alberto Mirkim, ISSN ? ]
Weekly newsletter published in the late 1960s. No further information. |
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'Pista 18' [? publisher, ISSN 0329-6504]
Title means 'Runway 18'. Subtitled 'Noticias e Historias de la Aviación Argentina'. First published in 1996 and normally published quarterly, but economic problems in 2002 severely disrupted distribution of printed copies. Only No.19 (due February 2002) was published since the start of 2002 - and that was as a PDF file. Number 8 was dated Verano (Summer) 1997. From 2002 the magazine continued as a website. 48 pages, A4 size magazine with many b+w photos. It covered Argentine aviation news plus feature articles on military aviation, commercial air transport, general aviation and airport infrastructure within Argentina. |
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'Revista de Aviación y Astronáutica' [? publisher, ISSN 0045-1177]
Subtitled 'Comercial, Privada, Deportiva'. Monthly magazine published from 1959 to 1964+, focusing on commercial, private and sport aviation in the Americas. Ano V, Nº 32 was dated febrero 1963. Nº 62 appeared in 1966. Illustrated with photos and maps/diagrams. No further information. |
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'Revista Nacional de Aeronautica' [Fuerza Aerea Argentina, ISSN n/a]
Official magazine of the Argentine Air Force. First published under this title in January 1948 (Vol.8). Replaced 'Revista de Informaciones Aeronauticas'. In 1961 (Vol.21), the title was amended to 'Revista Nacional de Aeronautica y Espacial' (ISSN 0325-3082). In 1967 it was replaced by 'Aeroespacio' (see above). |
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