 Flight International cover, 9 April 2019 | |
| Editor | Craig Hoyle |
|---|---|
| Categories | Aerospace |
| Frequency | Weekly to September 2020, thereafter monthly |
| Circulation | 26,000 (December 2019) |
| Founder | Stanley Spooner |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Company | DVV Media Group |
| Country | England |
| Based in | Sutton, London |
| Language | British English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0015-3710 |
Flight International, formerlyFlight, is a monthly magazine focused onaerospace. Published in the United Kingdom and 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]
Flight International is published byDVV Media Group. Competitors includeJane's Information Group andAviation Week. Former editors of, and contributors include H. F. King,Bill Gunston,John W. R. Taylor and David Learmount.[3]
The founder and first editor ofFlight wasStanley Spooner. He was also the creator and editor ofThe Automotor Journal, originally titledThe Automotor Journal and Horseless Vehicle.[4] From around 1900, the journal had a separate section relating to aviation and aeronautical matters. The 5 April 1908 issue ofThe Automotor Journal included a diagram of patent drawings of a plane made by theWright brothers.[5] Stanley kept in contact with them via his friendGriffith Brewer.[4][6][7]Eventually, Spooner decided that a journal focused solely on matters relating to flying should be published—and so,Flight magazine was established as an offshoot ofThe Automotor Journal.[1][5]
Claiming to be the first aeronautical weekly in the world,Flight first appeared on 2 January 1909 as the official journal of theAero Club of the United Kingdom (later the Royal Aero Club).[1] In April 1934,Flight was acquired byIliffe & Sons, who were proprietors and printers of technical magazines, one of which includedAutocar.[8][9] On 4 January 1962, the magazine was renamedFlight International.[1] In October 1968,Aeroplane: The International Air Transport Journal—commonly known asAeroplane—merged with its sister publication,Flight International.[10]
In August 2019,Flight International and its associated divisions (except analytics and consulting divisions, which were retained byRELX as Cirium) were sold toDVV Media Group.[11] In September 2020,Flight International switched from a weekly to monthly publication.[12][13]
Founded in 1909,Flight (nowFlight 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.
