Nick Stroud, son of Mike Stroud (Founding Editor of IATA News Review and Founding Assistant Editor of Aircraft Illustrated), has worked full-time in aviation publishing since 1994, when he began his career working on Aerospace Publishing’s highly-respected titles World Air Power Journal and Wings of Fame. During 2000–2010 Nick realised a lifelong ambition to work for another highly-regarded aviation publication, IPC’s award-winning Aeroplane Monthly, with which he rose to the position of Deputy Editor. In 2012 Nick and Aeroplane Editor Michael Oakey launched The Aviation Historian, a fiercely independent quarterly journal, which continues to grow and has established a reputation as the UK's most authoritative independent publication on the subject. Nick is also the UK Editor for Challenge Publications’ Air Classics and Warbirds International in the USA, and a regular feature writer for numerous aviation publications.