Warplane - mid 80s magazine
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Mr_B

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10,480 posts

272 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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Was clearing out a ton of rubish that seems to have collected in my garage and found 12 copies of this I bought when I was at primary school , and I'm 38 now !
God knows how they they stayed there so long, but time for a clear out.
Does anyone collect this kinda thing ? If any regular here would like them to keep and no try and flog on eBay, I'll post them off for free.First one to reply to the thread gets them. 12 issues all pretty much as new.

tog

4,948 posts

257 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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Warplane was great. I loved getting it each week and reading all about cool planes. I still have them all now, in binders, on my office shelf. Haven't looked at them for a while, but don't want to chuck them. I have some of the centrefold art as posters, but sadly my wife won't let me put them up all round the bedroom like they used to be!

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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I bought the 70s equivalemt - "Wings" - which I have in binders.

dome

688 posts

286 months

Saturday 5th November 2011
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I have every issue of Take Off from the mid to late 80's and a few binders of Airplane, both are still a good read to this day.

eccles

14,365 posts

251 months

Sunday 6th November 2011
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Eric Mc said:
I bought the 70s equivalemt - "Wings" - which I have in binders.
I still have mine in binders. Used to love the Ray Rimmel model build on the back cover of each issue.

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Sunday 6th November 2011
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eccles said:
Eric Mc said:
I bought the 70s equivalemt - "Wings" - which I have in binders.
I still have mine in binders. Used to love the Ray Rimmel model build on the back cover of each issue.
Still got them too - in a box somewhere.

Mojocvh

16,837 posts

291 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Speed and Power, you wont get them nowadays...

williamp

20,378 posts

302 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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They were great times. I had a Bill Gunston boom of fighrt aircraft. All th British aircraft would have a few details with "all other data secret", thr US aircraft let everyone know everything, but the soviets were thr most interesting: a few grainy photographs taken from suitcases, with guesswork over size, engines, performance etc. fascinating

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Monday 7th November 2011
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Mojocvh said:
Speed and Power, you wont get them nowadays...
Do you realise that there are more aviation magazines in circulation now than at any time, ever?

speedtwelve

3,546 posts

302 months

Tuesday 8th November 2011
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Mojocvh said:
Speed and Power, you wont get them nowadays...
I've still got a couple of 'Speed and Power' annuals from the 70s!