# World Air Power Journal

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***World Air Power Journal*** was a quarterly [aviation](/source/Aviation) [magazine](/source/Magazine) concentrating on modern military aviation in the period 1989 to 2000. The contents included news, military air operations, new aircraft briefings, air forces analysis and photo features and in-depth articles about particular aircraft types - usually presented in great detail, and with lavish illustration, including a gatefold centrefold with airbrushed artwork and cutaway drawings. The editors' philosophy was to include an article on a "focus aircraft" that would effectively serve as a monographic book on that subject - often running over more than 50 of the magazine’s 160 pages.

The title was published by Aerospace Publishing/Midsummer Books, a small publishing and packaging house based in West London, owned and managed by Stan Morse. The company was previously best known for publishing military, aviation and wildlife partwork magazines including *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft*, *War Machine*, *Warplane*, *Take Off*, *Airplane* and *World Aircraft Information Files*.

*World Airpower Journal* lasted 43 issues[1] before its publisher folded the title in December 2000, with the final issue being published in December 2000. A number of books were also published bearing the *World Air Power Journal* imprint. The US distributors of *World Air Power Journal*, AIRtime publishing, subsequently launched a replacement title for this publication and its companion historic aviation publication *[Wings of Fame](/source/Wings_of_Fame_(magazine))* called *[International Air Power Review](/source/International_Air_Power_Review)*.

David Donald was the managing editor, aviation for the whole period of *World Air Power Journal*, working under him (at different times, and on the two quarterlies) were Bob Munro, Jon Lake, Robert Hewson, Jim Winchester, Daniel March, John Heathcote and Tim Senior. [Robert F. Dorr](/source/Robert_F._Dorr) served as the magazine's Washington correspondent, while regular contributors included Bob Archer, Brad Elward, Peter Foster, Rene Francillon, [Bill Gunston](/source/Bill_Gunston), Tony Holmes, Paul A Jackson, Randy Jolly, Francis K Mason, Peter Mersky, Lindsay T Peacock, Alfred Price and Tim Ripley. After *World Air Power Journal* folded Donald, March and Heathcote moved over to edit the new title for AIRtime.

## References

1. [World Airpower Journal index](http://www.theaviationindex.com/publication/world-airpower-journal) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314095857/http://www.theaviationindex.com/publication/world-airpower-journal) 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine via [http://www.theaviationindex.com](http://www.theaviationindex.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110110021804/http://www.theaviationindex.com/) 2011-01-10 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [List of World Airpower Journal issues with article index](http://www.theaviationindex.com/publication/world-airpower-journal) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120314095857/http://www.theaviationindex.com/publication/world-airpower-journal) 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine

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