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Subtitled ‘Yugoslav Aviation Special Interest Group Bulletin’. Published with Serbian/English text – mostly captions to drawings. First published in January 1998 and intended to be quarterly, but from 1999 has been published annually due to the economic problems in Serbia. Printed in black/white using a Xerox copying technique.

Each issue is packed with high quality scale drawings, painting schemes and modelling articles related to Yugoslav Aviation scale models and aviation history. All aircraft are shown in Yugoslav markings via good quality 3-view scale drawings. The editor was Nenad Miklusev.

Further information: Nenad Miklusev, Novosadskog sajma 16/301, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. e-mail: yasig@eunet.yu, Website: YASIG

[*] Contents Listing, 1998 No.1 – 2002 no.1/4

‘Vazduhoplovni Glasnik’ means Aeronautical Herald. ‘Vazduhoplovni Glasnik’ was the official magazine of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force (JKRV), featuring news and information on the activities of the service and its personnel. It also included feature articles, b+w photographs and line drawings of contemporary aircraft around the world. Each issue had more than 100 pages. Publication was halted by the German invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. After World War 2, the magazine was relaunched under the same name by the revived Yugoslav Air Force (JRV) to fulfil the same role. Post-war issues also had 90-140 pages each.

First issue available in 1927. Published monthly by the Headquarters of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force in Zemun until March 1941. Relaunched in 1949 as a monthly and continued until 1969. Renamed ‘Glasnik RV-PVO‘ in 1970.
The editor was Milan Damjanović (1950).

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No digital versions of back issues appear to be available.

No special issues were produced.

WorldCat 1927+
WorldCat 1949+

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‘Novi Glasnik’ was introduced as the professional journal of the Serbian Armed Forces, following the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991. The title means ‘New Herald’. It replaced the previous magazine ‘Vojni Glasnik’.

The magazine covers military topics from a tactical and operational level, describing equipment and procedures used by the service. The Serbian Air Force is part of the army, so aviation subjects are included. Each issue deals with a particular theme, such as such as reform of the defense system, the Partnership for Peace programme, new operational procedures and training.

Further information:
Novi Glasnik

Title translates as ‘Our Wings’. The Yugoslav Royal Aero Club originally published a magazine with the title ‘Nasa Krila’ between 1924 and 1941. In April 1948 the Aeronautical Union of Yugoslavia (VSJ) was formed to inherit the role of the pre-war Aero Club. It continued as a central focus for anything concerned with aviation in Yugoslavia. The official magazine ‘Nasa Krila’ was relaunched at the same time. Each issue comprised 16 pages, with a wide range of articles on civil and military subjects, both modern and historical. The editor in chief in later years was Radmila Tonkoviæ.

In 2003 the association was renamed the Aeronautical Union of Serbia and Montenegro, and in 2006 it became the Aeronautical Union of Serbia (Vazduhoplovni savez Srbije – VSS), following the break with Montenegro. The magazine was replaced by ‘Sportsko vаzduhoplovstvo’.

Further information:
VSS Istorija

The title translates as ‘Our Wings’. The Yugoslav Aero Club was first established in October 1921, as the Serbian Aero Club for former WW1 pilots who wanted to continue flying. In May 1922 it was renamed the Aero Club of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. In 1924 it was decided that a professional magazine should be produced, bearing the name ‘Nasa Krila’, which was to be an integral part of the Aero-club.

The first issue of the magazine came out on June 1, 1924, and thereafter it came out monthly, until 1932, when it changed to bi-monthly. In 1929 the organisation became the Aeroclub Kingdom of Yugoslavia and finally in 1935 the Yugoslav Royal Aero Club ‘Our Wings’. Publication halted with the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.

Further information:
VSS Istorija
Serbian Wikipedia

Subtitled Časopis vazduhoplovnog saveza Jugoslovenije. ‘Narodna Krila’ was a popular aviation magazine during the late 1940s, covering various aspects of sport aviation, including aeromodelling, gliding and light aircraft piloting. It was published by the Aeronautical Union of Yugoslavia (Vazduhoplovni Savez Jugoslavije). The title means ‘National Wings’.

Further information:
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