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* Revue de la Societe Generale Aeronautique – Societe Generale Aeronautique
* Revue de la Societe Generale Aeronautique – Societe Generale Aeronautique
* Revue Technique Hispano-Suiza – Hispano-Suiza
* Revue Technique Hispano-Suiza – Hispano-Suiza
* Rotol and British Messier Quarterly Review – Rotol<ref name="Stait" />
* Ryan Reporter – Ryan
* Ryan Reporter – Ryan
* Service News – Lockheed<ref>{{cite web |title=Service News Magazine Archive |url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas/aeronautics/sustainment/customer-support-center/service-news-magazine-archive.html |website=Lockheed Martin |access-date=19 December 2025}}</ref>
* Service News – Lockheed<ref>{{cite web |title=Service News Magazine Archive |url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas/aeronautics/sustainment/customer-support-center/service-news-magazine-archive.html |website=Lockheed Martin |access-date=19 December 2025}}</ref>
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* Temco Tidings – Temco
* Temco Tidings – Temco
* The Air Box – Chandler-Evans
* The Air Box – Chandler-Evans
* The Airscrew – Rotol<ref name="Stait" />
* The Armstrong Siddeley Air-Mail – Armstrong Siddeley
* The Armstrong Siddeley Air-Mail – Armstrong Siddeley
* The Beechcraft Engineering Service Magazine – Beechcraft<ref name="Parmerter" />
* The Beechcraft Engineering Service Magazine – Beechcraft<ref name="Parmerter" />
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* Avro Canada – photograph collection with Canadian Aviation and Space Museum ([http://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/explore#aD0xJmZhY2V0LmNvbGxlY3Rpb25fbmFtZSU1QiU1RD1IYXdrZXIlMjBTaWRkZWxleSUyMGZvbmRz digitized collections], [http://www.archeion.ca/a-v-roe-canada-limited catalog entry]) ([http://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/photos-of-the-celebrated-avro-arrow-plusa-disassembled-vending-machine Ref])
* Avro Canada – photograph collection with Canadian Aviation and Space Museum ([http://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/explore#aD0xJmZhY2V0LmNvbGxlY3Rpb25fbmFtZSU1QiU1RD1IYXdrZXIlMjBTaWRkZWxleSUyMGZvbmRz digitized collections], [http://www.archeion.ca/a-v-roe-canada-limited catalog entry]) ([http://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/photos-of-the-celebrated-avro-arrow-plusa-disassembled-vending-machine Ref])
* Beechcraft – Beechcraft Heritage Museum, [http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/97-02/97-2-a.html Wichita State University] (Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech personal papers)
* Beechcraft – Beechcraft Heritage Museum, [http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/97-02/97-2-a.html Wichita State University] (Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech personal papers)
* Bell – [http://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=737 University of North Texas], Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum (Lawrence D. Bell personal collection) ([http://www.bellaircraftmuseum.org/?q=node/65 Ref], [http://www.bellaircraftmuseum.org/?q=node/12 Ref])
* Bell – [http://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=737 University of North Texas], Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum (Lawrence D. Bell personal collection) ([http://www.bellaircraftmuseum.org/?q=node/65 Ref], [http://www.bellaircraftmuseum.org/?q=node/12 Ref]), Niagara Aerospace Museum{{efn|Materials in the museum's collection include "a partial set of microfiche photos and related indices from Bell" that were recovered from the basement of the Bell factory when the company closed the facility, "many Bell documents and films" and "a complete set of blueprints for the X-22".<ref>Jim van Oss, email, 23 February 2026</ref><ref>Jim van Oss, email, 24 February 2026</ref> According to a news article, the collection acquired from the plant included "a lot of its factory floor models, prototypes, archives, research and photographs".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Penque |first1=Zach |title=Demolition Underway for Bell Aerospace Office in Wheatfield |url=http://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/demolition-underway-for-bell-aerospace-office-in-wheatfield |access-date=16 July 2026 |work=WBEN |date=17 March 2025}}</ref>}}
* Bellanca – [http://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.1993.0055 National Air and Space Museum] (personal papers of Giuseppe M. Bellanca with some aircraft documentation)
* Bellanca – [http://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.1993.0055 National Air and Space Museum] (personal papers of Giuseppe M. Bellanca with some aircraft documentation)
* Blackburn – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
* Blackburn – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
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* Fokker (American) – [http://www.aahs-online.org/resources/Fokker_Photos.pdf American Aviation Historical Society] (photographs)
* Fokker (American) – [http://www.aahs-online.org/resources/Fokker_Photos.pdf American Aviation Historical Society] (photographs)
* Folland – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
* Folland – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
* Funk – destroyed in October 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas factory fire and unrelated flooding in Texas, some to Thomas McClish of Sharon, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=G. Dale |title=It's a Funk! |date=1985 |publisher=SunShine House |location=Terre Haute, Indiana |page=51 |edition=First |quote=One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [''sic''], and stock were destroyed. ...<br /><br /> Thomas McClish, from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border town of Sharon, Pennsylvania, came upon the scene. He was interested in the Funk and would like the manufacturing rights. Because of the dire need for money, they finally came to an agreement. The patents, manufacturing rights, remaining jigs, blue prints [''sic''] and stock were sold. ...<br /><br /> By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.}}</ref>
* Galludet – some with Neil Williams Ross, Ann Holst/Clouds Hill Victorian Museum ([http://smallstatebighistory.com/edson-f-gallaudet-a-rhode-island-aircraft-pioneer Ref])
* Galludet – some with Neil Williams Ross, Ann Holst/Clouds Hill Victorian Museum ([http://smallstatebighistory.com/edson-f-gallaudet-a-rhode-island-aircraft-pioneer Ref])
* General Aircraft – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
* General Aircraft – some with [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/Company-Papers/Guide-to-aircraft-industry-records-Version-4.pdf Royal Air Force Museum]
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* Henschel – [http://www.henschel-museum.net/Das_Archiv Henschel Museum & Collection] (mostly family and railroad related, some aviation)
* Henschel – [http://www.henschel-museum.net/Das_Archiv Henschel Museum & Collection] (mostly family and railroad related, some aviation)
* Heath – [http://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/heath-aircraft-drawings-and-photographs-1920s-1940s National Air and Space Museum]
* Heath – [http://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/heath-aircraft-drawings-and-photographs-1920s-1940s National Air and Space Museum]
* Hiller – Hiller Aviation Museum<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spenser |first1=Jay P. |title=Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft Story |date=1992 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=0-295-97203-3 |page=xv}}</ref>
* Hiller – Hiller Aviation Museum<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spenser |first1=Jay P. |title=Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft Story |date=1992 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=0-295-97203-3 |page=xv}}</ref>, very limited number of papers with [http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8b69n96x California State Library]
* Howard – [http://www.howardaircraft.org/about Howard Aircraft Foundation]
* Howard – [http://www.howardaircraft.org/about Howard Aircraft Foundation]
* Hughes – [http://www.flysnf.org/ace/exhibits Florida Air Museum] (Howard Hughes personal collection)
* Hughes – [http://www.flysnf.org/ace/exhibits Florida Air Museum] (Howard Hughes personal collection)
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* BMW – [http://bmw-grouparchiv.de BMW Group Archive]
* BMW – [http://bmw-grouparchiv.de BMW Group Archive]
* Collins – [http://collinsaerospacemuseum.org Collins Aerospace Museum]
* Collins – [http://collinsaerospacemuseum.org Collins Aerospace Museum]
* Dowty – Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (via [http://www.dowtyheritage.org.uk Dowty Heritage]), limited amount of records related to Rotol still with company in 1990<ref name="Stait">{{cite book |last1=Stait |first1=Bruce |title=Rotol: The History of an Airscrew Company, 1937-1960 |date=1990 |publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing |isbn=0 9516815 0 8 |pages=ix–x}}</ref>{{efn|A limited amount of records related to Rotol were still with the company in 1990. The author of an unofficial company history, Bruce Stait, established an archive at the county record office as part of his efforts.<ref name="Stait" />}}
* Dowty – Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (via [http://www.dowtyheritage.org.uk Dowty Heritage], [http://heritage-hub.gloucestershire.gov.uk/heritage-hub-winter-2016/local-history/the-dowty-group-archive-project Ref]), limited amount of records related to Rotol still with company in 1990<ref name="Stait">{{cite book |last1=Stait |first1=Bruce |title=Rotol: The History of an Airscrew Company, 1937-1960 |date=1990 |publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing |isbn=0 9516815 0 8 |pages=ix–x, 161–164}}</ref>{{efn|A limited amount of records related to Rotol were still with the company in 1990. The author of an unofficial company history, Bruce Stait, established an archive at the county record office as part of his efforts.<ref name="Stait" />}}
* Edo – Cradle of Aviation Museum<ref>Joshua Stoff, Facebook comment, 8 March 2016</ref><ref>Joshua Stoff, email message to webmaster, 27 March 2024</ref>, some with Kenmore Air Harbor ([http://www.kenmoreairharbor.com/models.html Ref])
* Edo – Cradle of Aviation Museum<ref>Joshua Stoff, Facebook comment, 8 March 2016</ref><ref>Joshua Stoff, email message to webmaster, 27 March 2024</ref>, some with Kenmore Air Harbor ([http://www.kenmoreairharbor.com/models.html Ref])
* Elliot Brothers – Museum of the History of Science at Oxford ([http://rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk Rochester Avionics Archive], also includes artifacts from GEC, Marconi, and BAE Systems)
* Elliot Brothers – Museum of the History of Science at Oxford ([http://rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk Rochester Avionics Archive], also includes artifacts from GEC, Marconi, and BAE Systems)
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=== Organization Newsletters ===
=== Organization Newsletters ===
:''For a list of Air Force Base Newspapers, see a [[Air Force Base Newspapers|dedicated page]]''
:''For a list of Air Base Newspapers, see a [[Air Base Newspapers|dedicated page]]''


* [http://www.ninety-nines.org/99-news-magazine.htm 99 News Magazine] – Ninety-Nines newsletter, 1929-present
* [http://www.ninety-nines.org/99-news-magazine.htm 99 News Magazine] – Ninety-Nines newsletter, 1929-present
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* [http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AT/search/searchterm/AllisoNews/field/query AllisoNews] – Allison company newsletter, 1941-1971
* [http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AT/search/searchterm/AllisoNews/field/query AllisoNews] – Allison company newsletter, 1941-1971
* [http://aircommando.org/archived-journals Air Commando Journal] – Air Commando Association newsletter, 2011-present
* [http://aircommando.org/archived-journals Air Commando Journal] – Air Commando Association newsletter, 2011-present
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010309319 Air Commerce Bulletin]/[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000544262 Civil Aeronautics Journal] – Civil Aeronautics Authority newsletter, 1929-1952
* [http://www.afhistory.af.mil/History/Air-Corps-Newsletter Air Corps News Letter] – United States Army Air Corps/Force newsletter, 1918-1944
* [http://www.afhistory.af.mil/History/Air-Corps-Newsletter Air Corps News Letter] – United States Army Air Corps/Force newsletter, 1918-1944
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102285635 Air Force/Air Force and Space Digest/Air Force Magazine/Air & Space Forces Magazine] – United States Army Air Force/Air Force Association periodical, 1943-2005
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102285635 Air Force/Air Force and Space Digest/Air Force Magazine/Air & Space Forces Magazine] – United States Army Air Force/Air Force Association periodical, 1943-2005
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* [http://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ASPJ/Archived-Editions Air University Quarterly Review/Air & Space Power Journal] – United States Air Force periodical, 1947-present
* [http://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ASPJ/Archived-Editions Air University Quarterly Review/Air & Space Power Journal] – United States Air Force periodical, 1947-present
* Aircrafter – Candian Car and Foundry company newsletter, 1944-1945 ([http://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Canadian-Car-and-Foundry-Company-fonds.pdf Thunder Bay Museum])
* Aircrafter – Candian Car and Foundry company newsletter, 1944-1945 ([http://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Canadian-Car-and-Foundry-Company-fonds.pdf Thunder Bay Museum])
* AOPA Pilot – Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association magazine, 1958-present ([http://www.nxtbook.com/fx/archives/view.php?id=37e9676e5509867ad0baab0d07bda301 2008-present])<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Horne |first=Thomas A. |date=March 2008 |title=AOPA's Big Idea |url=http://www.aeroresourcesinc.com/uploads/200803-1958-07%20AOPA%20Pilot%20Magazine%20-%20First%2050%20Years.pdf#page=4 |magazine=AOPA Pilot |page=73 |access-date=12 May 2026}}</ref>
* Approach – Naval Safety Center magazine, 1956-2021 ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000506050 1956-2000], [http://issuu.com/navalsafetycenter/stacks/5315795c020044af887dedc1a6f2ea82 2004-2021])
* Approach – Naval Safety Center magazine, 1956-2021 ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000506050 1956-2000], [http://issuu.com/navalsafetycenter/stacks/5315795c020044af887dedc1a6f2ea82 2004-2021])
* [http://www.armyaviationmagazine.com/archive/back-issues Army Aviation Magazine] – United States Army aviation magazine, 1954-present ([http://www.armyaviationmuseum.org/army-aviation-museum-reference-collection United States Army Aviation Museum])
* [http://www.armyaviationmagazine.com/archive/back-issues Army Aviation Magazine] – United States Army aviation magazine, 1954-present ([http://www.armyaviationmuseum.org/army-aviation-museum-reference-collection United States Army Aviation Museum])
* [http://collections.heritageoftheair.org.au/items/browse?collection=5 Aviation Safety Digest] – Civil Aviation Authority of Australia, 1953-1991
* [http://collections.heritageoftheair.org.au/items/browse?collection=5 Aviation Safety Digest] – Civil Aviation Authority of Australia, 1953-1991
* [http://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/gsearch?ref=docDetails&related_series=CAA+Aero+Center+Beacon Beacon] – CAA/FAA Aeronautical Center periodical, 1950-1962
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102324288 Brief] – 7th Army Air Force/Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Area newsletter, 1944-1945
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102324288 Brief] – 7th Army Air Force/Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Area newsletter, 1944-1945
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102515949 Civil Aeronautics Journal/CAA Journal] – Civil Aeronautics Administration journal, 1944-1951
* [http://www.digitalnc.org/newspapers/cloudbuster-chapel-hill-n-c Cloudbuster] – U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School Chapel Hill, North Carolina newspaper, 1942-1945
* [http://www.digitalnc.org/newspapers/cloudbuster-chapel-hill-n-c Cloudbuster] – U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School Chapel Hill, North Carolina newspaper, 1942-1945
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CONVAIR/browse/?fq=str_title_serial:Code%20One Code One] – Lockheed newsletter, 1986-2015
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CONVAIR/browse/?fq=str_title_serial:Code%20One Code One] – Lockheed newsletter, 1986-2015
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* [http://www.avialogs.com/newspapers/crash-comment Crash Comment/Flight Comment] – Royal Canadian Air Force Accident Investigation Branch/Directorate of Flight Safety newsletter, 1949-1961
* [http://www.avialogs.com/newspapers/crash-comment Crash Comment/Flight Comment] – Royal Canadian Air Force Accident Investigation Branch/Directorate of Flight Safety newsletter, 1949-1961
* Der Condor – Focke-Wulf newsletter, 1938-1944 ([http://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?query=idn%3D018131034 1938-1940], [http://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?query=idn%3D021499454 1941-1944])
* Der Condor – Focke-Wulf newsletter, 1938-1944 ([http://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?query=idn%3D018131034 1938-1940], [http://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?query=idn%3D021499454 1941-1944])
* [http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00076231/00050 Drew Field Echoes] – Drew Field newspaper, 1942-1944
* Domestic Air News/Air Commerce Bulletin/Civil Aeronautics Journal/CAA Journal – Civil Aeronautics Authority/Civil Aeronautics Administration journal/newsletter, 1929-1952 ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010309319 1929-1939], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001719737 1929-1939], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102603607 1940-1944], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102515949 1944-1951], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000544262 1940-1952])
* FAA Aviation News/FAA Safety Briefing – 1961-present ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000517445 1962-1976], [http://www.faa.gov/newsroom/safety-briefing/archived-faa-safety-briefing-magazine-issues 2008-present])
* FAA Aviation News/FAA General Aviation News/FAA Safety Briefing – 1961-present ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000517445 1962-1976], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000517444 1967-1987], [http://www.faa.gov/newsroom/safety-briefing/archived-faa-safety-briefing-magazine-issues 2008-present])
* [http://atchistory.org/History/Pubs/faa_world/FAA_World.htm FAA World] – Federal Aviation Administration employee newsletter, 1974-1986
* [http://atchistory.org/History/Pubs/faa_world/FAA_World.htm FAA World] – Federal Aviation Administration employee newsletter, 1974-1986
* [http://wingsacrossamerica.us/records_all/newsletter.htm Fifinella Gazette/The Avenger] – Women Air Force Service Pilots/Avenger Field newsletters, 1943
* [http://www.301fw.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Fighter-Line-Archive Fighter Line] – 301st Fighter Wing newsletter, 2010-2016
* [http://www.safety.af.mil/News/Magazine-Archive Flying Safety/Aerospace Safety] – Air Force Safety Center magazine, 1948-2009
* [http://www.safety.af.mil/News/Magazine-Archive Flying Safety/Aerospace Safety] – Air Force Safety Center magazine, 1948-2009
* Front and Center – Travis Air Force Base newsletter, 1940s ([http://www.travisheritagecenter.org/education Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center], [http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Article/768135/think-ink-publications-serve-travis-throughout-bases-history ref])
* [http://fal-1.tripod.com/Frontier_News.html Frontier News] – Frontier Airlines newsletter, 1966-1986
* [http://fal-1.tripod.com/Frontier_News.html Frontier News] – Frontier Airlines newsletter, 1966-1986
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CONVAIR/browse/?fq=str_title_serial:General20News General Dynamics News] – General Dynamics newsletter, 1961-1971
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CONVAIR/browse/?fq=str_title_serial:General20News General Dynamics News] – General Dynamics newsletter, 1961-1971
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CONVAIR/browse/?fq=str_title_serial:General20World General Dynamics World] – General Dynamics newsletter, 1971-1992
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CONVAIR/browse/?fq=str_title_serial:General20World General Dynamics World] – General Dynamics newsletter, 1971-1992
* Global Ranger – Travis Air Force Base newspaper, 1966-1980s? ([http://www.travisheritagecenter.org/education Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center], [http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Article/768135/think-ink-publications-serve-travis-throughout-bases-history ref])
* [http://www.grummanretireeclub.org/newsletters-from-the-70s Grumman Plane News] – Grumman company newsletter, 1970-1979
* [http://www.grummanretireeclub.org/newsletters-from-the-70s Grumman Plane News] – Grumman company newsletter, 1970-1979
* [http://www.grummanretireeclub.org/grumman-newsletters-80s-90s/ Grumman World] – Grumman company newsletter, 1980-1994
* [http://www.grummanretireeclub.org/grumman-newsletters-80s-90s/ Grumman World] – Grumman company newsletter, 1980-1994
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000052420 Instructor's Journal] – Air Training Command periodical, 1963-71{{efn|A previous version of the periodical was published until 1955.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Briggs |first=James E. |date=July 1963 |title=Foreward |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b630560&seq=9 |magazine=Instructors' Journal |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=1 |location=Randolph Air Force Base, Texas |publisher=Assistant Chief of Staff, Training Development, Headquarters, Air Training Command |access-date=30 June 2026}}</ref>}}
* [http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/index.php/kaman-rotor-tips Kaman Rotor Tips] – Kaman company newsletter, 1960-1975
* [http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/index.php/kaman-rotor-tips Kaman Rotor Tips] – Kaman company newsletter, 1960-1975
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000640625 Mech] – Naval Safety Center magazine, 1968-1999
* [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000640625 Mech] – Naval Safety Center magazine, 1968-1999
* [http://www.442fw.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Mohawk Mohawk] – 442nd Fighter Wing newsletter, 1959-2017
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues.html Naval Aviation News] – United States naval aviation newsletter, 1943-2007
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues.html Naval Aviation News] – United States naval aviation newsletter, 1943-2007
* [http://www.digitalnc.org/newspapers/piedmont-aviation-employee-newsletter Piedmonitor] – Piedmont Airlines employee newsletter, 1945-1989
* [http://www.digitalnc.org/newspapers/piedmont-aviation-employee-newsletter Piedmonitor] – Piedmont Airlines employee newsletter, 1945-1989
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* The Air Reservist/Citizen Airman – Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve/Air Force ROTC/Civil Air Patrol/Explorers, BSA magazine, 1952-2002 ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011418762 1955-1984], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011411090 1985-2002])
* The Air Reservist/Citizen Airman – Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve/Air Force ROTC/Civil Air Patrol/Explorers, BSA magazine, 1952-2002 ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011418762 1955-1984], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011411090 1985-2002])
* The Faircrafter – Burlington, North Carolina Fairchild plant newsletter, 1943-1944 ([http://axaem.archives.ncdcr.gov//solrDetailPages/series/NCA/Series_detail.html?fq=seriesRid:15242 State Archives of North Carolina], [http://ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2015/11/12/family-traditions-of-service-the-faircrafters-company-newspaper-april-1943/ ref])
* The Faircrafter – Burlington, North Carolina Fairchild plant newsletter, 1943-1944 ([http://axaem.archives.ncdcr.gov//solrDetailPages/series/NCA/Series_detail.html?fq=seriesRid:15242 State Archives of North Carolina], [http://ncarchives.wpcomstaging.com/2015/11/12/family-traditions-of-service-the-faircrafters-company-newspaper-april-1943/ ref])
* [http://digitalnewspapers.org/newspaper/?paper=Hill+Air+Force+Base+Newspapers The Hillfielder/The Hilltop Times] – Hill Air Force Base newspaper, 1943-2006 ([http://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/air-force-archive Ref], [http://www.hill.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3021817/base-history-through-newspaper-digital-archive Ref], [http://blog.lib.utah.edu/documenting-75-years-at-hill-air-force-base Ref], [http://blog.lib.utah.edu/critical-decade-of-hill-air-force-base-newspaper-now-online Ref])
* The Mobility Forum – Air Mobility Command magazine, 1992-present ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002595644 1992-2014], [http://www.themobilityforum.net/archive 2015-present])
* [http://dpml.providence.edu/islandora/object/islandora:601 The Quonset Scout] – Quonset Point Naval Air Station newspaper, 1941-1961
* The Navigator – Air Force Navigator periodical, 1953-1988 ([http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012336066 1958-1988])
* The Tailwind – Travis Air Force Base newspaper, 1974-present ([http://www.travisheritagecenter.org/education Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center], [http://www.travis.af.mil/News/Article/768135/think-ink-publications-serve-travis-throughout-bases-history ref])
* [http://digital.lib.usf.edu/TYNDALLTARGET Tyndall Target] – Tyndall Field newspaper, 1942-1944
* [http://www.minneapolis.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Newsletters Viking Flyer] – 934th Airlift Wing newsletter, 1993-present
* [http://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15960coll3/searchterm/Wingfoot20(Aircraft%20Edition)!Goodyear20and20Company/field/title!creato/mode/all!all/conn/and!and/order/date/page/1 Wingfoot Clan: Aircraft Edition] – Goodyear Aircraft/Aerospace Corporation newsletter, 1941-1969
* [http://cdm15960.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p15960coll3/searchterm/Wingfoot20(Aircraft%20Edition)!Goodyear20and20Company/field/title!creato/mode/all!all/conn/and!and/order/date/page/1 Wingfoot Clan: Aircraft Edition] – Goodyear Aircraft/Aerospace Corporation newsletter, 1941-1969
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1226109179 Wings] – Australian Air Force Association, 2019-2021
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1226109179 Wings] – Australian Air Force Association, 2019-2021
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* Aircraft Engines of the World
* Jane's Aviation Review
* Jane's Aviation Review
* Jeppesen Sanderson Aviation Yearbook
* Jeppesen Sanderson Aviation Yearbook

Latest revision as of 21:46, 13 October 2026

Introduction

The content on this page takes two forms. The first is the real-world locations of aviation archives. The second is online accessible documents. Links to the direct catalog entry are included where available.

Airlines

Country Specific

Manuals

For more information, see Digital Aircraft Manual Sources

Specific Aircraft

Manufacturers

Manufacturer Periodicals
  • A W Affairs – Armstrong Whitworth
  • AeROHRcrafter – Rohr
  • Aeronautics Star – Lockheed Martin
  • Aero-Vought-Ics – Vought
  • Aircrafter – Canadian Car and Foundry
  • Aircraftings – Wright-Martin
  • Aircraftsman – Lockheed
  • Airview – Douglas
  • Airview News – Douglas
  • Alexander Aircrafter – Alexander
  • Ameri-Kansan – North American
  • Bee-Hive – United Aircraft Corporation
  • Beech Log – Beechcraft[1]
  • Beechcraft Bulletin – Beechcraft[1]
  • Beechcrafter – Beechcraft[1]
  • Bladesman – Curtiss-Wright
  • BMW Flugmotoren-Nachrichten – BMW
  • [Boeing] Magazine – Boeing
  • [Boeing] News – Boeing
  • Brewster Builder – Brewster
  • Bristol Quarterly – Bristol
  • Bristol Review – Bristol
  • Bulletin Technique des Avions H. Potez – Potez
  • Bulletin Walter – Walter
  • Cessna Times – Cessna
  • Cessquire – Cessna
  • Code One – General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin
  • Consolidated Vultee News – Consolidated Vultee
  • Consolidator – Consolidated[2]
  • Convairiety – Convair
  • Curtiss Fly Leaf – Curtiss
  • Curtiss-Wright Review – Curtiss-Wright
  • [Curtiss-Wright] Sales and Service Newsletter – Curtiss-Wright
  • D H Gazette – de Havilland
  • Der Condor – Focke-Wulf
  • Doak Digest – Doak
  • Douglas Airview – Douglas
  • [Douglas] News Letter – Douglas
  • [Douglas] Service – Douglas
  • Eastern Aircraftsman – Eastern
  • Engineering – Lockheed
  • FAD – Fairchild
  • Fairchild Aviation News – Fairchild
  • Fairey Affairs – Fairey
  • Fleetwings News – Fleetwings
  • Flight and Service News Letter/Field Service Bulletin – Consolidated/Consolidated Vultee[3]
  • Flight Deck – Consolidated Vultee[4]
  • Flight Sheet – Vought-Sikorsky
  • Gallaudet News – Gallaudet
  • General Dynamics News – General Dynamics
  • General Dyanmics World – General Dynamics
  • Global Service Log – Lockheed
  • Globe Beam – Globe
  • Gnome Rhone Journal – Gnome Rhone
  • Grumman Plane News – Grumman
  • Grumman World – Grumman
  • Hangar Flying – Lockheed
  • Hawker Siddeley News – Hawker Siddeley
  • Hawker Siddeley Review – Hawker Siddeley
  • Hiller Copter-News – Hiller[5]
  • Junkers Nachrichten – Junkers
  • Kaman Rotor Tips – Kaman
  • Let's Eat – Lockheed
  • Lockheed Horizons – Lockheed
  • Lockheed Southern Star – Lockheed
  • McDonnell Airscoop – McDonnell[6]
  • McDonnell Bulletin – McDonnell
  • Miles Magazine – Miles
  • Milestones – Miles
  • Mission Success – Lockheed Martin
  • Mooney Eagle – Mooney[7]
  • News Bulletin – United Aircraft Corporation[8]
  • Norcrafter – Northrop
  • North American Log – North American
  • North Ameri-Kansan – North American
  • [Northrop] Life – Northrop
  • [Northrop] News – Northrop
  • Pilatus Post – Pilatus
  • Piper Pilot – Piper
  • Plane Power – Jacobs
  • Plane-Talk – Vultee/Consolidated Vultee[9]
  • Republic Aviation News – Republic
  • Revue a Bulletin Technique de la Societe Francaise Hispano-Suiza – Hispano-Suiza
  • Revue de la Societe Generale Aeronautique – Societe Generale Aeronautique
  • Revue Technique Hispano-Suiza – Hispano-Suiza
  • Rotol and British Messier Quarterly Review – Rotol[10]
  • Ryan Reporter – Ryan
  • Service News – Lockheed[11]
  • Service News – North American
  • Short Quarterly Review – Short
  • Short Story – Short
  • Siemens Aircraft News – Siemens
  • Simpli-Facts – Lockheed
  • Sky-Gest – American Aviation
  • Skyline – North American
  • Skywriter – North American
  • Star – Lockheed
  • Stinson Plane News – Stinson
  • Tailspins – Allison
  • Take-Off – North American
  • Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Achiever – Teledyne Ryan
  • Temco Tidings – Temco
  • The Air Box – Chandler-Evans
  • The Airscrew – Rotol[10]
  • The Armstrong Siddeley Air-Mail – Armstrong Siddeley
  • The Beechcraft Engineering Service Magazine – Beechcraft[1]
  • The Beechcraft Sales Altimeter – Beechcraft[1]
  • The Bellringer – Bell
  • The Bristol Review Engine Issue – Bristol
  • The Cub Flyer – Piper
  • The Curtiss Wright-Er – Curtiss-Wright
  • The Eagle – Consolidated Vultee
  • The Faircrafters – Fairchild
  • The Flying Reporter – Ryan
  • The Gloster – Gloster
  • The Kirkham News – Kirkham
  • The Lycoming Star – Lycoming
  • The Lycoming Starduster – Lycoming
  • The Martin Star – Martin
  • The Pegasus – Fairchild
  • The Red Seal – Continental
  • The Short Story News-Gazette – Short
  • The Tradewind – Curtiss-Wright
  • The Vultair – Vultee
  • The Waco Word – Waco
  • The Wasp Nest – Pratt & Whitney
  • This Week – General Dynamics
  • Trade Winds – Curtiss-Wright
  • Vickers & Supermarine Aviation Bulletin – Supermarine
  • Waco Pilot – Waco
  • Wingfoot Clan: Aircraft Edition – Goodyear
Reference, Reference

Parts Suppliers

Maps

Organizations

Organization Newsletters

For a list of Air Base Newspapers, see a dedicated page

Periodicals

Industry Yearbooks
  • Aircraft Engines of the World
  • Jane's Aviation Review
  • Jeppesen Sanderson Aviation Yearbook
  • The Aviation Yearbook (ACCA/AIAA)
  • United States Aircraft, Missiles, and Spacecraft (NAEC)

University Holdings

Other

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Materials in the museum's collection include "a partial set of microfiche photos and related indices from Bell" that were recovered from the basement of the Bell factory when the company closed the facility, "many Bell documents and films" and "a complete set of blueprints for the X-22".[12][13] According to a news article, the collection acquired from the plant included "a lot of its factory floor models, prototypes, archives, research and photographs".[14]
  2. ↑ Created by William Wagner, former Vice President of Public and Personnel Relations at Ryan Aeronautical Company and Vice President of the San Diego Aerospace Museum, as the Ryan Aeronautical Library following the the company's sale to Teledyne in 1969.[19]
  3. ↑ The acknowledgements page of The Spartan Story provides a good overview of sources:

    This book has been long abuilding. Some forty years ago, George Goodhead, a[n] early Spartan Student, began collecting factory photos, drawings and documents from the company archives. The restoration of two Spartan planes, the Model 12 and a C-2-60, added further to his Spartan information. I was contacted in late 1992 and agreed to write The Spartan Story, using as a starting point the volumes of material faithfully collected by George. Because of his considerable contributions to the book throughout its gestation, I am proud to name him as co-author.

    As the research went forward, many other individuals and organizations lent their assistance. Former employees such as Randy Brooks, Rex Madera and B. B. Broome generously opened their personal files to me. Dick Smith, who was a student during the "Dirty Thirties", sent photos and reminiscences of that difficult era. Neighbor and friend "Pete" Howard, a young flying cadet at Spartan in 1941, gave a personal insight into that romantic period. Mary Jones shared an hour-long taped interview given by Jess Green, containing interesting anecdotes of Spartans's early years. Another friend, Kent Faith, furnished me with reams of materials he had collected for a school writing project, including copies of the "Spartan News" from 1941 through 1945. Tulsa Historian, Beryl Ford, opened his vast archives of Tulsa lore; many of the photos and newspaper articles came from his collection.

    An international flavor was gained when the Miami, OK, Dobson Museum allowed me to peruse their extensive collection of material on the #3 British F. lying Training School, which operated there from 1941 to 1945. Through them I was able to contact the schools veteran's association, and a number of British pilots generously sent stories and photos describing their training in Oklahoma.

    Oklahoma City's Air-Space Museum opened their historical library to me, and my ever-helpful neighbor, Harold Maloy, lent 1920-1930's periodicals from his extensive collection. Vernon Foltz, Director of the Spartan Alumni Association, copied old manuals and news articles from their files.[20]
  4. ↑ A limited amount of records related to Rotol were still with the company in 1990. The author of an unofficial company history, Bruce Stait, established an archive at the county record office as part of his efforts.[10]
  5. ↑ A previous version of the periodical was published until 1955.[27]
  6. ↑ As of May 2025, the donation of the Aviation Week archives to the Cradle of Aviation Museum is pending.[28]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Parmerter, Robert K. (2004). Beech 18: A Civil & Military History. Tullahoma, Tennessee: Staggerwing Museum Foundation. pp. 462–463. ISBN 0-9748312-0-4.
  2. ↑ "Consolidator". Internet Archive. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Consolidated Aircraft Field Service Bulletins Vol 1 1942 43". Internet Archive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Consairway Flight Deck 1943 44". Internet Archive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Exhibits". Hiller Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "McDonnell Airscoop Newsletters, 1963-1966 (S0758)". State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Ball, Larry A. (1998). Those Remarkable Mooneys. Indianapolis, Indiana: Ball Publications. p. 148. ISBN 0-9641514-9-9.
  8. ↑ "F4U-1 Electric Starters News Bulletin, Serial No. 1, 15-July-1944". AirCorps Library. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Plane Talk 1943 1944". Internet Archive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Stait, Bruce (1990). Rotol: The History of an Airscrew Company, 1937-1960. Alan Sutton Publishing. pp. ix–x, 161–164. ISBN 0 9516815 0 8.
  11. ↑ "Service News Magazine Archive". Lockheed Martin. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  12. ↑ Jim van Oss, email, 23 February 2026
  13. ↑ Jim van Oss, email, 24 February 2026
  14. ↑ Penque, Zach (17 March 2025). "Demolition Underway for Bell Aerospace Office in Wheatfield". WBEN. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Beach, G. Dale (1985). It's a Funk! (First ed.). Terre Haute, Indiana: SunShine House. p. 51. One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [sic], and stock were destroyed. ...

    Thomas McClish, from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border town of Sharon, Pennsylvania, came upon the scene. He was interested in the Funk and would like the manufacturing rights. Because of the dire need for money, they finally came to an agreement. The patents, manufacturing rights, remaining jigs, blue prints [sic] and stock were sold. ...

    By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.
  16. ↑ Ben Guttery, email message to webmaster, 28 March 2024
  17. ↑ Spenser, Jay P. (1992). Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft Story. University of Washington Press. p. xv. ISBN 0-295-97203-3.
  18. ↑ Jim Hodgson, Facebook comment, 27 March 2024
  19. ↑ Wagner, William (1976). Reuben Fleet and the Story of Consolidated Aircraft. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers. dust jacket back flap. ISBN 0-8168-7950-8.
  20. ↑ Peek, Chester L.; Goodhead, George (1994). The Spartan Story. Norman, Oklahoma: Three Peaks Publishing. p. v. ISBN 0-943691-16-8.
  21. ↑ Jim Hodgson, Facebook comment, 7 March 2016
  22. ↑ Ben Guttery, email message to webmaster, 28 March 2024
  23. ↑ Joshua Stoff, Facebook comment, 8 March 2016
  24. ↑ Joshua Stoff, email message to webmaster, 27 March 2024
  25. ↑ Joshua Stoff, Facebook comment, 8 March 2016
  26. ↑ Horne, Thomas A. (March 2008). "AOPA's Big Idea" (PDF). AOPA Pilot. p. 73. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  27. ↑ Briggs, James E. (July 1963). "Foreward". Instructors' Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1. Randolph Air Force Base, Texas: Assistant Chief of Staff, Training Development, Headquarters, Air Training Command. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  28. ↑ Joshua Stoff, comment during Zoom meeting, 21 May 2025

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