The best-known monthlies — you know who they are! — are both excellent in their diverse ways. But what is lacking (and apologies to those who know me and have heard me banging on about this for years) is an aviation equivalent of ‘Classic and Sportscar’ or ‘Classic Cars’. That is, a title that would provide total coverage of the vintage/classic/neo-classic/warbird/preservation/museum/aviation history scene with news, gossip, event reports, product news, ask-the-man-who-owns-one marque analyses, informed flight tests, technical tips, personality profiles, history, nostalgia and information of interest to owners/would-be owners, enthusiasts and ‘anoraks’ alike, all presented in quality writing and photography. Alas, a mere glance at either of those motoring titles will tell you why it can never happen: they have huge revenue-generating advertising bases that aviation simply could not duplicate. And of course there are many, many more classic car owners/would-be owners/enthusiasts/dreamers out there than there are aviation equivalents. Until a benevolent publisher comes along who is willing to absorb the losses such a title would undoubtedly suffer, it will remain forever a pipe dream. (And if you think such a person exists, you must be smoking some very funny stuff in your pipe.)