Whole Air Magazine
Whole Air Magazine was published from May 1978 through August 1986. While it covered many aspects of ultra light flying, the primary focus was on hang gliding.
It started out as Whole Air Catalog, a newsprint publication initially intended as a reference for ultra light aviation equipment, with some informative articles. This concept evolved with more informational articles being added, and the number of pages expanded. In early 1980 (issue #12) it made the leap to Whole Air Magazine with full color printing and heavier glossy paper.
The issue numbers indicate there were 51 total issues, but issue #46 is missing and may have been skipped. The known 50 issues are available here.
Filename format is [issue #]_[mmyy]_WholeAir.pdf.
Alternate Collections
While searching for a few missing issues, I became aware of Ken de Russy's Whole Air Collection. This is a complete collection of all 50 issues. Missing issues from this site were obtained from Ken's site (with permission). Their filenames end in "KdR", and the pages are watermarked "Ken de Russy Collection".
Extensive Hang Gliding History
Ken de Russy's Whole Air Collection is just a small part of an Extensive Hang Gliding History Archive . It contains books, periodicals (like Whole Air, and others), Owner's manuals, Newsletters, plans and even music. It is well worth checking out.
Zip Archive
WholeAir.zip - Download All issues (~610 MB)
All 50 known issues and the Table of Contents in one file. An entire set of issues may also be obtained from the link above.Table of Contents
01_0578_WholeAirKdR.pdf
02_0778_WholeAirKdR.pdf
03_0978_WholeAirKdR.pdf
04_1178_WholeAir.pdf
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