James Hay Stevens CEng FRAeS [1] (10 November 1913 – 1973 [2]) was an aviation journalist, editor of Aircraft Engineering (1945-1957) magazine, illustrator and pilot. He created the Skybirds range of 1:72 scale model aircraft kits produced by A. J. Holladay & Co., the same scale later being adopted by Airfix. [3] [4] Between 1938-1939 he contributed articles and illustrations to Air Stories magazine, [5] and between 1959–1967, he contributed articles to the newspaper The Times. [6]
In 1933 he attended the College of Aeronautical Engineering in Chelsea, earning a first-class diploma for practice and theory. [1]
He lived in Borehamwood.
James Hay Stevens CEng FRAeS [1] (10 November 1913 – 1973 [2]) was an aviation journalist, editor of Aircraft Engineering (1945-1957) magazine, illustrator and pilot. He created the Skybirds range of 1:72 scale model aircraft kits produced by A. J. Holladay & Co., the same scale later being adopted by Airfix. [3] [4] Between 1938-1939 he contributed articles and illustrations to Air Stories magazine, [5] and between 1959–1967, he contributed articles to the newspaper The Times. [6]
In 1933 he attended the College of Aeronautical Engineering in Chelsea, earning a first-class diploma for practice and theory. [1]
He lived in Borehamwood.