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History of Air Stories now available (1/20/2012)

In May 1927 Charles Lindbergh made his world-famous solo flight across the Atlantic, catapulting himself (and The Spirit of St. Louis) into the history books and America into an “air-minded” frenzy. The “golden era” of aviation fiction had begun. In the next five years, 148 aviation series and dozens of aviation pulps like Air TrailsAir AdventuresDare-Devil AcesFlying AcesSky Trails, and Wings would come into print.

Amid stiff competition, Fiction House’s Air Stories, edited by Jack B. Kelly (1927-1932) and Malcolm Reiss (1937-1939), held a unique bragging right; its first issue appeared in August 1927, making it “The First Air Story Magazine!” as prominently advertised on many of the magazine’s covers…

For the fuller history of this title, click here.

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