Germany News-stand - Bi-Monthly

	'AOPA Letter Germany' [AOPA-Germany, ISSN ? ] Founded in 1962, the AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Germany (Verband der Allgemeinen Luftfahrt e. V.) used to produce a bi-monthly, 30-page magazine called the 'AOPA Letter'. There is no mention of it on the aopa.de website. Current?
	'Flügel der Welt' [ ? publisher, ISSN ? ] Subtitled 'Das Magazin Für Das Leichte Fleigen'. 'Flügel der Welt' is a magazine dedicated to Ultralight flying. It reports on techniques, novelties, gatherings and on everything that takes place in the scene. The emphasis of the magazine lies in motorized flying: Trikes, Ultralights, Gyrokopters, engined paragliders etc. Current Further information: website: Flugel der Welt
	'Flugzeug' [Flugzeug Publications, ISSN 0933-8454] First published in 1986? General interest magazine. News, current and historical features on aircraft types, air forces, restoration, air museums etc. Includes aircraft scale modelling features. Mainly military subjects. A4 size, 72 pages each, many colour and b+w photos and line drawings. Some English photo captions. Ceased Publication
	'Jet&Prop' [Verlag Heinz Nickel, ISSN ??, Euro5.60] As its subtitle announces, the broadband bread and butter topics of Jet&Prop are both current aircraft and those from yesteryear, in real and model form. Founded in 1991 it is the official publication of the German Aviation History Study Group (ADL) and, as you would therefore expect, covers all the usual aspects: aviation archaeology, restoration projects, museum collections etc. For real aircraft, each edition has a colour Jet&Prop Archiv colour sideview, an extensive reader's page, and several well-illustrated features. Model subjects are also given lavish treatment, with new releases, detailed assembly reviews and dioramas. Moving with the times, a page is also devoted to aircraft in virtual form with the "Fliegen am PC" column. 70 pages in each issue. (German text only). The same company also produces the other bi-monthly magazines Jet&PropExtra and Wingmasters (see below). Also from the same stable is the softback Jet&Prop Foto-Archiv series, currently comprising ten titles, which features hitherto unpublished photos of German World War II types from private collections. Also available from newsagents, priced Euro12.50, these do have a bilingual German-English text. Likewise available from newsstands is the currently 11-volume range of Air Photo Flying Colors (Euro7.55, 12.70 or 15.20), which are colour photo collections of modern-day military aircraft and helicopters. Current[Subscribe] Further information: Editorial address: Postfach 900531, 81503 Munich, Germany. Publisher`s postal address: Verlag Heinz Nickel Buchvertrieb, Postfach 16 47, 66466 Zweibruecken, Germany. Tel: +49 63 32/7 27 10 Fax: +49 63 32/7 27 30. E-mail: info@vdmedien.de or vdm_nickel@t-online.de Web:http://www.vdmedien.de
	'Jet&Prop Extra' [Verlag Heinz Nickel, ISSN ??, Euro4.60] The focus of this recent sister title to Jet&Prop is modern military aviation with accounts of type development etc. However its coverage does overlap to a certain extent with features on air shows, the warbirds scene, airfield histories, reports about legendary pilots and famous manufacturers and air museums. (German text). Current Further information: As Jet&Prop above.
	'Kit: Flugzeug-Modell Journal' [NMC Nürnberger, ISSN 1619-5574] Aircraft scale modelling magazine. No further information. Current Further information: NMC Nürnberger Modell-Literatur GmbH, Breitscheidstr. 56, D - 90459, Nürnberg. Tel.: (+49) 0911 / 446 93 29, Fax: (+49) 0911 / 446 95 37. E-mail: kit@kit-modelljournal.de, website: kit-modelljournal.de
	'Klassiker der Luftfahrt' [Vereinigte Motor-Presse, ISSN-???, Euro5.00] Founded as a series in 1999 and from 2003 appearing as a bi-monthly (with a circulation of 35,500) Klassiker der Luftfahrt is aimed at a wide readership base: aviation enthusiasts, modellers, historians and pilots. Current Further information: See the monthly Flug Revue above.
	'LG Luftfahrt-Geschichte' [Schmidt-Publikation, ISSN ? ] Subtitled 'Internationale technische Dokumentation'. First published January 1974. It covered German aircraft types in detail. Each issue included profiles of three WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft types or variants, plus a WW2 aero engine, a brief history of a German aircraft manufacturer, model kits news, letters and book reviews. A4 size, 32 pages each, with b+w photos and line drawings. Ceased publication after issue 2? Ceased Publication [*] Contents Listing, Nos.1 - 5
	'Luftfahrt International' [Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn, ISSN 0175-0143] 'Luftfahrt International' started off as a thick A5 size magazine of some 160 pages that usually covered three different aircraft types in each issue. These long (40+ pages) detailed articles mainly featured German WW2 types, but also included aircraft from other eras such as WW1. Illustrated with many b+w photos and line drawings, a lot of the information was presented as extracts from the original Luftwaffe handbooks. Rare experimental prototypes and unbuilt projects were also covered in feature articles. Most issues also included at least one non-German aircraft. Other topics covered included aero engines and German aircraft companies. The first issue appeared in January 1974. From issue 28 this title switched to a more conventional magazine format. It now featured civil aviation news, a spotters feature, airline histories, military aviation news, profiles of historical aircraft types, German aviation history, aircraft museums, book reviews etc. An 8-page centre feature presenting reproductions from official Luftwaffe aircraft manuals was also included. Now A4 size, it contained 46 pages, with b+w photos and line drawings. It appeared monthly from about November 1978 (ISSN 0343-3943). Publication continued until at least late 1988. Published by Archiv Karl Pawlas (issues 1-24) and then E. S. Mittler & Sohn (issues 25-27+). The same publishers also published special issues Luftfahrt-Dokumente (LD 1 to LD 21), Luftfahrt-Monographie (LS 1 to LS 3) and Luftfahrt-Bilddokumente (LBD 1 & 2) on single subjects. Ceased Publication [*] Contents Listing, 1974 - 1988
	'Plastik Modell' [G. Schmidt-Verlag, ISSN n/a ] First published 1970. Scale plastic modelling magazine. Included aircraft feature articles. 30 pages in each issue, illustrated with photos and scale colour drawings. The editor was Heinz Birkholz. Ceased publication in 1974, after which the same editorial team launched the monthly 'Modell Magazin'. No further information. Ceased Publication
	'Wingmasters' [Verlag Heinz Nickel, ISSN ???, Euro8.55] According to the blurb, this magazine should be your first choice if plastic aircraft modelling means more to you than anything else - and you can understand German. Having reached issue No.17 in January/February 2003, it contains highly-detailed reports on kits and dioramas with background articles and colour profiles on historical subjects, with technical and marking variations etc. In 2001 an accompanying book series Im Detail, which features individual subjects on aircraft and armoured vehicles, kicked off with the first of two covering the Junkers Ju 88 (Euro17.75), the most recent addition being the Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking flying boat (Euro24.95). Current Further information: Verlag Heinz Nickel Buchvertrieb, Kasernenstrasse 6-10, 66482 Zweibruecken, Germany. Tel: +49 63 32/7 27 10 Fax: +49 63 32/7 27 30. E-mail: vdm_nickel@online.de http://www.vdmedien.de