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The air-to-air operation founded by Eric Coeckelberghs, flying photographic sorties with air forces across Europe from the Skyvan photoship. 45,305 of the air-to-air frames in this archive were shot by their crews. Piemags Aviation is their sole representative.

Daily news for the stock and editorial picture industry, published by Will Carleton from Headcorn in Kent. The trade paper for anybody running an image archive.

The international body for the vertical flight industry, formerly the Helicopter Association International. Publishes ROTOR and VAI Weekly, and runs an annual photography contest.

On the site of the old Gloster Aircraft Company works at Staverton. Home of the Gloster story, from the Gladiator through the Meteor to the E28/39, the first British aeroplane to fly on jet power.

The national memorial to The Few, at Capel-le-Ferne on the clifftop above the Channel the fighting crossed. Replica Spitfire and Hurricane on the site, and the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall carrying every name.

Langley, BC. A flying collection and a working restoration shop, run largely by volunteers, with a links page of its own worth following.

The body behind standards and safety at British air displays, and the people who make the display season happen.

The Fly Navy Heritage Trust, keeping the Royal Navy’s historic aircraft flying, the Swordfish and the Sea Fury among them.

A membership that includes working aviation photographers and historians, with a long-running lecture and research programme.

The heritage society for the Mighty Eighth, whose bases still mark the fields of East Anglia.

Hell’s Angels, flown from Molesworth. Mission records, crew lists and aircraft histories for the whole group, in more depth than most bomb groups have anywhere.

Keeper of the Pan American World Airways story, from the flying boats to the end of the line.