Propliner Magazine Annual 2026

A record-breaking 176 glorious pages packed with all your favourite ‘propliners’.

Two news sections covering UK & Europe, North America and the Rest of the World – can be found among more than twenty major feature articles, a Readers’ Response section, and with over four hundred and fifty colour and black & white photographs this is another pictorial bonanza. Remembering the magnificent Canadair Argonaut, Tony Merton Jones chronicles the six-year career of the type in service with Derby Airways and its successor, British Midland Airways, including a detailed account of the Stockport Air Disaster.

A small fleet of de Havilland Herons once served the Scottish Highlands & Islands network, as Phil Lo Bao recalls during almost two decades of reliable service with BEA.

Greece’s often turbulent airline scene was once dominated by Olympic Airways. Maurice Wickstead reveals how politics and personalities conspired to create a roller-coaster of a ride during the ‘propliner’ era.

Renowned historian Peter J Marson describes the operations undertaken through London Airport by the many Constellation variants flown by Air France.

For a very brief period Bristol-based Severn Airways undertook scheduled passenger services from the city using a small fleet of Doves before reliability and financial issues forced the airline’s closure.

Nairobi Airport has become a haven for many of Europe’s last ‘propliner’ twins as Christopher Buckley records in a fascinating account of the activities taking place here, together with a handful of other types, including Africa’s last Dash 7.

Eamon Power treats us to a ‘blow by blow’ report on the final winter of operations by an Aerlinte Eireann Lockheed Super Constellation flown on lease from Seaboard before Boeing jets took over. 

Returning to Canada, a treasure trove for all aviation historians, Keith Simpson details the growth of British Columbia operator Harrison Airways, which flew everything from a Piper Apache and Fairchild Husky to DC-3s and even a Viscount between 1961
and 1979.

A seaplane extravaganza spotlights the amazing Harbour Air operation based in British Columbia, which currently flies a large fleet of Turbo Otters, Twin Otters and Beavers on services throughout the region, and which has now become a household name with tourists and businessmen alike.

Domenico Binda recalls a Grumman Goose chase undertaken to Prince Rupert in 1991, where he flew on a routine Trans Provincial service to Masset. A somewhat elusive Grumman Mallard is tracked down to Victoria Airport, Vancouver Island, by Christopher Buckley who reveals the incredible history and current status of 76-year old N54GZ.

Another bespoke seaplane operation has been tracked down to the island paradise of Busuanga, from where Dirk Grothe reports on the Beaver flown by Horizon Sun Charters.

Todd Duhnke discovered a cache of Ford Tri-Motor memorabilia celebrating the aircraft’s 30th anniversary at Dearborn in September 1955.

Report from EAA Convention at Oshkosh 2025. Chasing Constellations could be a frustrating pursuit, but Graham Robson’s persistence over many years allowed him to get to know the owners and to photograph these beautiful aircraft both in the air and on the ground.

Italy’s first four-engined airliner – the Savoia Marchetti S.74 – was only built in small numbers, and Ugo Vicenzi shares the history of this attractive airliner with readers. 

Fred Barnes outlines the NZNAC Pacific Islands regional operations undertaken between 1947 and 1955, together with the local island operations subsequently flown. 

The second part of Michael Zoeller’s listing of US Travel Clubs includes the operations flown by Atlanta Skylarks, Nomads, Emerald Shillelagh and many others.

Bob Cooper reveals the efforts made to secure his first job working for the Gatwick-based maintenance company Air Couriers.

Four years into the war in Ukraine, and the gallant fleet of Antonov An-12 freighters flies on, with reports on the current status of aircraft flown by Cavok Air, Motor Sich and Ukraine Air Alliance.