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{{short description|British aviation magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine|
  title          = Aeroplane  |
  image_file     = File:Aeroplane Monthly Issue 1.png|
  image_size     = |
  image_caption  = Issue 1 of ''Aeroplane Monthly'', published in May 1973, featuring the last airworthy [[de Havilland Mosquito]].|
  editor         = |
  frequency      = Monthly |
  circulation    = |
  founder       =Richard T. Riding |
  category       = [[Aviation]] |
  company        = [[Key Publishing]] |
  firstdate      = May 1973|
  country        = [[United Kingdom]] |
  based          = [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]]|
  language       = [[English language|English]] |
  website        = [https://www.key.aero/aeroplanemonthly www.key.aero/aeroplanemonthly] |
  issn           = 0143-7240 |
}}

'''''Aeroplane''''' (formerly '''''Aeroplane Monthly''''') is a British magazine devoted to aviation, with a focus on [[aviation history]] and preservation. 
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== ''Aeroplane Monthly'' ==
Issue 1 of ''Aeroplane Monthly'' was published in May 1973 at a cover price of 30p,<ref name="airi">{{cite web|title=Aviation Magazines|url=http://www.aircraftinformation.info/magazines_uk_2.htm|publisher=Aircraft International|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref> in association with ''[[Flight International]]'', by [[IPC Media]]. The founder was Richard T. Riding (1942–2019), whose father, E.J. Riding, had been photographer for ''The Aeroplane'' magazine of the 1940s.<ref name=airi/> The magazine is now owned by Key Publishing Ltd and headquartered in Stamford, Lincolnshire.<ref name="airi"/>

The magazine is the successor to an earlier, weekly publication called ''The Aeroplane'', founded in 1911.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imsnews.com/home.php?page=magPage&pubid=8619 |title=Aeroplane at IMS Publishing |access-date=2015-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912123630/http://www.imsnews.com/home.php?page=magPage&pubid=8619 |archive-date=2016-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Air Enthusiast]]'' - defunct magazine, similar in nature to ''The Aviation Historian''
*''[[The Aviation Historian]]'' - British magazine covering classic aeroplanes and the history of flying

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.key.aero/aeroplanemonthly Official website]

[[Category:1973 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Aviation magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:History of aviation]]
[[Category:History magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1973]]
[[Category:Magazines published in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom]]


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