FliegerRevue - An (East German) Aviation Magazine

[fightingirish]

Hi folks,
unfortunately, I have to inform you, that the company PPVMEDIEN GmbH, which publishes the aviation magazine "FliegerRevue", has filed for bankruptcy on 2024-01-16.
This magazine was first published in German Democratic Republic (GDR, aka East Germany) in 1955.
I really liked this magazine, because of its focus on eastern bloc (mostly Soviet/Russian) aviation topics.
But in the last months, German readers mentioned, that they didn't get the subscribed issue delivered to them in the post.
The latest, and maybe the last issues, FliegerRevue 2024-02 and Fliegerrevue X number 105, are already digital available.
Sad to see this magazine to go, but so are the times, due to high labor, print and paper costs.
Sources (German):

https://www.fliegerrevue.aero/

Fliegerrevue – Wikipedia

de.wikipedia.org

https://www.ddr-luftfahrt.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=372&t=3100

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[paralay]

The magazine was very popular in the USSR, competing with the Czech "Letectvi+Kosmonautika"

 

[boxkite]

It was my start into the hobby, beginning in October 1976.

 

[Maveric]

Mann, bist du alt . Bei mir war es 1987...

 

[lark]

Bought my first aviation magazine in 1961...

 

[boxkite]

Having bought my first aviation magazine in 1976 doesn't necessarily mean that I'm old.

 

[lark]

Correct, 'old' is not the right word

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I got a subscription to Air International for Christmas in 1985 (I was 12)

 

[Jemiba]

As a "West-Berliner", it was the FlugRevue, I got a subscription for in 1974, not the FliegerRevue,
which was only rarely in trade in the west.
Well, obviously most of us have long experience in buying aviation mags ....

 

[Antonio]

"Tempus fugit" but our hearts will remain young and curious to the end. ;-)

 

[fightingirish]

Hello, FYI, their website

https://www.fliegerrevue.aero/

is now defunct.

 

[Archibald]

Started buying aerospace magazines circa 1994... 30 years ago.

 

[fightingirish]

Hello, FYI, their website

https://www.fliegerrevue.aero/

is now defunct.

This website is now again acessable.

 

[athpilot]

Hi! Yesterday I received (as a longterm subscriber) the first issue of the Fliegerrevue in 2024 (1/2024). Publisher and sender is still the PPVMedien GmbH. So is there still hope for the magazine?
Btw. I subscribed in the early 1990s to it. It was the time when I became a Glider pilot. Since then I collected the older issues and its predecessors too. The magazine originally started in late 1950s as "Flügel der Heimat" (Wings of the Motherland) and was a german variant of the soviet "Krylja Rodine". Later, in the 1960s, it became the "Aerosport". I have to say I liked this very old format: it had very detailed informations about international spaceflight. Maybe they were the detailed in the whole Eastern Block. Further it had the category "Luftwaffe secret projects" (later the Fliegerrevue had it too for some time) and contained very nice colorful artworks.

 

[fightingirish]

The editorial team of FliegerRevue and FliegerRevueX will no longer exist as of March 1, 2024.
The publishing house PPVMedien GmbH, which published both magazines, is insolvent.

The postal address, telephone numbers and email addresses of the editorial team are not longer valid.

We would like to thank our incredibly loyal readers, the fantastic authors and everyone who has helped to make FliegerRevue the legend that it is now!

Source:

FliegerRevue - Topbeiträge

Die Redaktion muss ab dem 1. März 2024 den Betrieb einstellen, da der Verlag insolvent ist.

www.fliegerrevue.aero

 

[Maveric]

Bad news...

 

[Aeroflight]

Maybe Key Publishing should make an offer to take them over? They already have Avion Revue for the Spanish-speaking market and a German-language acquisition could be a good move.

 

[Stargazer]

The publisher (PPVMEDIEN GmbH) also published a historical aviation companion magazine entitled FliegerRevue X, as well as a series of books entitled FliegerRevue Kompakt. The quality standard of these publications was high and will be missed.

 

[fightingirish]

It seems to be, that the last monthly issue "FliegerRevue February 2024" and quarterly issue "FliegerRevue X Nr. 105" weren't printed and so these both issues are only digital available.