At The Magazine Collector, Aircraft Never Built Now Take Wing

Golden Age of Aviation concept planes come to life again at The Magazine Collector, a new
online community.

What does it feel like to fly a high-performance fighter plane that never went beyond the concept
stage? Those who had that experience did so as armchair aviators in the mid-1920s to the late
‘30s. They were at the controls of futuristic flying machines engaging in dogfights against
advanced-design enemy aircraft. All they had to do was read the aviation adventure novels
published in 10¢ pulp-fiction magazines.

Each issue featured aircraft that were created in the minds of the most talented aviation artists
of the day. These sleek concept planes were so futuristic that they could never have been built
with the technologies of those days, yet many of them have since been proven flight worthy
when built as flying models.

Those same adventurous experiences of flight are alive today on a new website dedicated to
preserving those vintage aviation publications. The Magazine Collector
(http://themagazinecollector.blogspot.com/) is a social network for an aviation community that
focuses on collecting titles such as Bill Barnes Air Adventures and Air Trails that captured the
experience of flight in the pre-WWII era.

See a review of the website on Scribd (http://www.scribd.com/doc/50314204/The-Magazine-

Collector-An-Alternative-to-Recycling).

About The Magazine Collector

Members of the site’s community have interests beyond collecting aviation magazines. They
may build their own airplanes (or build models) and share their aircraft and flight adventures.
The website is a platform for those interested in aviation: librarians, museum curators,
magazine sellers, aviation historians, and just about anyone else who wants to contribute, or
simply enjoy what’s there. The website is public, membership is free, and non-members are
always welcome.

Contact The Magazine Collector

Use online form at:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFVYN25kS1hNVm1Cd3gyRWtRTW5wRkE6MQ

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