A few months ago, as we were in the midst of planning a new series of aviation titles, we put up a survey asking you, our readers to tell us what we should do with our Air Vanguard series - from the level of detail each book should include right down to what to include in the books. We asked for suggestions on the types of aircraft we should cover (and got enough great ideas to keep the series going for years) and what type of artwork and illustrations we should include.
Thousands of you replied with some brilliant ideas, some exceptional suggestions, and a couple of really intriguing things we could do to make the series a little bit different. All of this feedback was brought to the editors working on the series, and slowly but surely we have worked through them all, implementing what we can throughout the series. Now I don't want to spoil things just yet, but I can tell you that a number of your suggestions have been put into place, and there is a very exciting format change coming - something that I am sure will please hundreds of you!
As a final part of the survey we offered to name everyone who took part, to thank them and show them the recognition that they deserve for taking the time to fill in the survey. Some volunteers were too modest to have their names up in lights - so to those hundreds of anonymous participants, a heartfelt thank you!
But there were a huge number of you who did come forward with your names - and here you all are:
Rory Greig, Jerome Klahr, Zdenek Bryna, Darren C Johns, 'a reader from Argentina' Qi Jiang, Keith Eshelman, Paolo Travaglia, Adam James Martin, Francisco Caridade, Jon Kleinhenz, Ken Gallagher, R. R. Ruiz-Vazquez, Bjorn Svenmarck, Mike Lumb, Ernie J. Lee, Walter C. Todd, Mitch Taylor, Tom W Fouts, S. Matthew Snyder, David McEvoy, Roderick MacBeath, John P. Williamson, Mark Schroyens, Jose Barata, Dusan Mikolas, Jaroslav "arhad" Petracek, Ronald Peschiani, Jean Young, Henrik Ãuberg-Pedersen, A. Penhall, Rob Fitzgibbon, A. D. Ryneveld, George R. Shaner, John Joyce, Paul Fruhwirth, Panayiotis A. Bosmis, Mark Latulippe, J. Respess, Leto J. Sebastion, Sean Biggs, Thomas P. Anderson, John R. Maze, David Lumbard, C. Purvis, C. C. Clark III, Martin Simpson, Denys Mkhize, Mark O. Lenz, Nick Dowling, John A. Bishop, Oliver Stelmaszyk, Robert Humphreys, Brian Finlayson, Nigel Jackson, Alberto Pezza, Jon Hopper, Stuart Bennington, Fernando Mora, Pedro T., Chris R., Brian A E Cuevas, Howard Lindsay, Peter D. Antill, Alvaro Casanova Mora, C.Cook, Elaine R James, Gareth Logue, James 'Jamo' Fahey, Dr. Fabrizio Gatti, Dr John William Gard, Ben Lai, Bill Hatfield, Gerald Noeske, Dana Smith, Herb Gifford, Steven Adler, Robert Badini, Erik Blanek, Cameron Gill, Francois Switzerland, S. Albert, Svend Larsen, David Abbott, Lars Akerlund, David Woodall, David Evans, Major Bubba Kingfloat, Nick Vaughan, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher P. Dilloway, Bernd Fischer, Ronald Plunk, Big 'J', Keith Abbott, Charles Harlich, James K Stathis,Henri Hannikainen, Sergio Alves, Boris N., Steve Baldwin, Michael Achow, Jeff Groom, Andrea Bizzarri, Dr. Stephan Hitzel, Mark Wood, Nicholas A. Panos, Baz R, Britain L. Bunkley, Alex Yeres, Dave Warnier, Byron-Palmer, Robert Inns, Ben Fiene, Robert Kanagaki, Jay Steiger, Michael Canavan, ABE3 Todd M Howard USN, Milan Kajganich, Edward A Dowgiallo, H W, Harvey Wiseberg, Thomas Fitzgerald, Patrick Palahicky, Cameron Taylor, David Ley, Jack Long, Barry Warner, Russell Isinger, Mark Aleric Christian, Charles R Lewis, Lawrence 'Larry' Harrison, Andy Dixon, Daniel M. Wagner, Thomas L. Willey, Rick Burgess, David O'Neale-Clarke, Jim Paton, Gil Gordon, Hans Korting, Robert Freygang, Tony Miles, Mervyn Parker, Michael Gahlau, Brian Weathersby, Norman H Clark, Tony Sarcone, David Hanson, Leland R. Erickson, Edmund Hon, Stuart Lee, Mark Stadel, Martin E. Pelz, Joe "OldRock" Russo, Steven Reid, Paul Bardell, Leandro H. Bernardis Alcain, Abraham J. Edelheit Ph.D., Anders 'B', Lee, Phil Wilkins, Alfred H. Kahler, Luis Rueda, Hector Dousis, Peter Pupke, Mike Williams, Mark Burdette, Tony Phillips, David Cornella, L. Robert Ley, Enrico Assorati, CDR T. E. Vaughn, USNR (Ret), Dragomir Zivkovic, Tony Maher, Jason Shafer, Robert Walker, Mr Brenton Forrest, Kritikos Kyriakos, Seth Connolly, Michael Brown, B. Shealy, Matthew Sprange, Oren Rozen, Mike Gindling, Mr. Diego C. Casajuana, Mark Naylor, Lars Lind, Graham E. Platt, J Webb, Mathieu De Renzis, Gareth Ayling, Tina Indyka, Alexander Gazizov, Andrew Whisker, Andrew Davidge, W J Robertson, Rossco, Andrew Smith, S Salversson, Steve Warren, Ruggero Romano, Trevor Warner, Robert, Daniel Schulz, Andrew Jones, Michael R. Blair, Jan Mateusz Staszek, Matthias C. Noch, Stefano Tieghi, Victor Cina, Jack Waldorf, Keith Ellis, Terri Gilman, Joseph Kingman, Andrew Jones, Brian J Lawford, Nick Walling, Mike Clinton, John Brendel, Samuel Stark, Mark Reed, Gerald Weir, Michael Goodyear, JB Joyner, Scott Kennerknecht, D. Senda, Ken Altfather, James Madjercic, Christopher Jones, Hugh K. Singh, Bryan Horner, Paul McElroy, Sam Silberstein, Mike Young, Peter Stankiewicz, Alan R Thompson, LtC Patrick Foley (ret), Tim Mercer, Robert C. L. Holmes, Patrik Bunke, Andrew Rieve, Rick Selph, Kenneth P. Katz, Graham Sharp, Phil Peterson, G. Brian James, Jojo Anonuevo, Walt Noiseux, Rick Ferguson, Peter G. Mooney, Michael Nikov, Charles O Kidwell jr, David Garon, Curtis Jurrens, Timothy Daniels, SSG Boyd Bearden, Sotirios Katakouzinos, Ross W. Maker, T.J. Stillman, Carl Hulsewede, Dr Damien Fenton, Laurence Kelly, Clive Kerr, Stanley Kralik, Wayne Funderburk, Robert S. Staub, Steven L. White, Stefan Freitas, Jim Price, Peter Lyons, P D Snyder, Benjamin Gerardo A. Perez, Michael T. Moe, Alastair McClelland, Scott Griswold, Freeman Pascal, Anthony Stansfield, Kevin Graff, Kaye Downing, John Foreman, David J Turner, Alan R. Gale, Stephen Hopkins, Kevin Seward, Craig Cadman, Alan Le Couteur, Mark L, M. Bol, CDR, USNR-Ret., Andy Green, Thomas N Murphy, Tim Hatton, David Lang, Jean-Yves Gacon, Peter Henshall, Martin Gauntlett, Mauro Crocci, Colin Hamling, Fen Yan, David Hale, E Miller, Steve Seyboth, Paul Wiggins, Rob Offen, Malcolm A Taylor, Captain AEJ Saunders, Berkshire Yeomanry, Territorial Army, William Tronolone, Dom Chapman, Jon Glass, JP Malloy, Nicholas Law, Harris Leavitt, John Barron Jr, G.Webster, Patricio Piras, H. H. E. Hendriks, Laurence Marks, Jeff Hall, Bob Mirrey, Rory Thelen, Jem Mundy, Marc Neal, Luiz Augusto Catapano, Mike Crowson, Jeff Hamblen, Jay Holmes, Etienne du Celliae Muller, Will Day, Jon Welch, Peter Leuenberger, Hank Wong, Dr David Percox, Mark Shearwood, Rob Hope, Jullian Goff, Rod Weaver, Alex Mason, Chris Corden, Chris Tombs, Chris Payne, Gregoire Boyer, Owen Clark, Mark Olinger, Mike Fahrenkopf, Vladimir Artemyev, Donogh McCarthy, W Roger, Steve Blankenship, Andy Taylor, Thomas Gruot, Roberto Mario Avila, Jim Poppino, Paul Symcox, militaryhistorywriter, Michael Todd, Shawn R Loew, Esq., Ed Redmer, Matthew Littke, Tom H. Andersen, Nicolaj Golles Rasmussen, Darryl A Harrison, Kevin Moran, Stephen Manteit, Michael Lubrano, Dave Pike, Stefan Jacobsson, Ian Josland, Gary Van Zandt, Ian Richardson, Tom Gordon, Henry Durand, Neil Howes, Jurgen M. P. Poulsen, Rich Bush, Fran Farrell, Efthymios Efthymiopoulos, Dario Romani, R. E. Tarleton, Alan Verral, R W Fisher, Michael Riddell, 'Mosquitowimpey' Willy van den Hurk, Morgan717, John R. Vallely, Xavier Edwardo Balderas, David B. Clark, Michael D. O'Bannon, Andre Edmunds, Robert Pohjanen, Neil J, Malcolm Shearer, Rodrigo Conde, Rob Martin, Ed Baker, William Bryant, Thomas Cummings, B Bowdell, Keith C.S. Siu, John Stapleton, Achiel Willems, G. James, Paul Baldwin, Philip Forman, Col (Ret) Michael Custer, Rob Henderson, Fernando Carvalho, Rick Lopez, Lugherini, Frederick S. Lockwood IV, Jackson Crutcher, Rusty Bloxom, John Levesley, Major John Faulconbridge, Phil Amos, Dave Gibbs, Geoff Spring, Mark Foster, Robert Ridgeway, Manuel De Olivera, F A Johnson, Mark Brady, Aaron Bates, Tord Berger, Andrew Ernandis, James S Kuhn, Jan Jurena, Ian McCormack, Jason Zarifis, William B. Murrill, Jr., Patrick Williams, Canon Mark Hayden, Mr M Busby, K E Wilson, L W Wood, Chris Lane, Joao Luis Rita, James Harris, Ralph L. Reiley, Scott Hume, Will Foster, Esko Pellinen, Michael Moore, Gregg LeWarne, Raymond P. Weick, Clark Ulam, James Ianni, J White, Karl Rodriguez, Kevin Comerford, Luigi Signoroni, Donald Ian Cameron, David Violago, Francisco "El Jibaro" Gonzalez, John A. "Jay" Kuczma, Don MacDonald, Will Gorenfeld, G E Waugh, Emmanuel Aquin, Scott Danis, m_britts, D Bloomberg, Janusz Naks, Danilo Oberti, CDR Geoffrey Herb, USN, Timothy J fowler, Neil Paterson, Jack Cameron, Steve, Jay Hershkowitz, Christoph Kluxen, Todd Savaria, Maik Hanninghaus, Jeb Boyt, Douglas A. Doser, Omer K. Blosser, Brendon "Very Slick" Kemp, Bob Bishop, Philip O. Richart, Danny Riordan, Neil J Butler, Adv C H van Bergen, Rich Zmijewski, Maurizio Battista, Albert DeLong, Pierre Leterme, Ethelian Middleton, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Paul Reynolds, Dr. Steven Merrill Moutoux, Ryan Jackson, Jo Rawlins Gilbert, Peter Tank, Chris Johnson, Jon Bigler, William Cook, Rob Lee, Szymon Kliszewski, Louis, Chris Bonin, Andrew Sinclair, Robin Hague, Dave Wills - Baldyman, Jean-Francois Fritsche, Chris Thompson, Joe1, Walter R Zabel jr, Oliver K. Metzerott, David R Jackson, Christian J. Atkins, Phil Palmer, Ron Schultz, Kim Schrader, Graham Flay, Kai Strakeljahn, Thaddeus S. Machnik, Rex Driscoll, Osborne R. Love, Mark Ellis, Nick C, John J. Robinson, Michael S., Heinz-Michael Raby, Peter A James, Ted Huscher - League of World War I Aviation Historians, Luis Lopez Hierro, Douglas Mudd, Jonathan C. Nikitas, Brian Sheldrake, Conrad Edwards, CW5 Jon L. Welda USA Ret., Jan 'Slowbird" Selmer, Andreas Andersson, John Duthie, L Smith, Vincent Shaw, Milan Dukic, Stephen A. Haggard, Mig Dawson, J B E Hale, Joseph-James Ahern, Dr. Donald Woolley, Michael Pinnell, Psy.D., Daniel Popovic, R. Douglas Smith, Marc Fluitt, Bruce Mc Nicol, Jonathan Fellows, John Cord, Bernardino Parez Parez, Dirk Van Loon, James R. Warrington, Paul Shukri, Martin (Uschi) Berkels, Chris Butler, A.R. Thomas, K. Bridge, Yves Hamon, Gary Hughs, Patrick Romane, Dick Goldsberry, Daniel Madariaga, Cole Freeman, Robert S. Zelenka, Mark Henry Ostrowski, Greg Lobb, Andy Thomas, Giacomo Martinoli, Philip Aberer, Gene R. V. Smith, Lt Col (ret) Richard Hall, Pieter Hofstra, Gerald Law, Tony Lane, Tuomas Hirvilammi, Stefan Aguirre, Mark Parker, M.Borns, Anthony Silvey, David Nash, Hugh Tulloch, David E Tursan, Keith Dickens, Daniel Backlund, Sergio Santana, R Klein, Felix Cuellar, Neil Dowdell, Richard C. Van Ness, Silvano Merlin, Martin Harvey, Gary E. Wright, James Knaus, Rick Geisler, Kevin T. Reynolds, Gregory Privat, Paul Carroll, A M Henderson, Jason Weiser, Sean Brzozowski, Florent Loyer, P. Righart van Gelder, Kern, Rob Marsh, David McGuire, Peter Callan, Roy Essing, Ian David Burrell, Nigel Foster, Robert Sulentic, Paul Robinson, Graham Harper, Chris Ridgewell, Aidan Stephenson, Dennis M. Spragg, Stuart L. Koehl, Simon Tonkiss, Szymon Mindykowski, Gary Langston, Lars E. Lindgren, Joonas Parviainen, Alan K. Dawson, Marco "Normanno" Signore, David Solosy, Daniel Lira de Oliveira, WM Simpson, Frido Kip, Byron Farrow, Bruce Rollett, Cesare Proserpio, David James Phillips, Stephen Gill, Pamella N Kirkpatrick, Mark Taylor, Mr.J. Dalziel, Todd Wardwell, Mike Herbert, Marcos Miralles Taos, Jeffry Welfare, Dave Hann, Patrick Woodford, Steve Whelan, Jukka Juutinen, Stephen Joske, Stefano Dell'Acqua, David R Grieve, Andrew Nickeas, John Osman, Gocad, Robert Dogsbody, Albert Steiner, Steve Bond, Steve Trease, Roberto Adrados, Caesar M. Marten-Sa¡ez, Craig Lynch, John Bartlett, Clyde T. Coats II, Andy Austin, Arthur Harman, David P Haslam, Andrew Telford, John A, Cook, John D. Beatty, Bill Newton, Gianluca Fogazzaro, Joao A M P Guimaraes, Sebastian Swanepoel, Andrew Spong, PhD, Olaf Meys, Burakcinar, Glenn Wahler, Kuba Furmanski, Steve Davis, Jurgen Seit Jespersen, Stefano Buccino, Neil Parker, Juha Tolmunen, Kevin Fisher, Francisco J. del Castillo, Ignacio del Castillo, Grzegorz Szymanowski, Luke Haralambides, Clarence Chan, Guglielmo Marlia, Mr. Radko Krajci, Ibz, Yeow-Pin, Kimmo Vuori, Gilbert Haentjens, Tony Arbour, Mr Keith A Dowen, Joern L., John Wright, Jaromir Bartos, Jan Mels, Andrew Newman, Sotiris Theodorakis, Roberto Zaghis, Geoffrey Samuels, Allan Hillman, Wolfgang Seles, Fokion Iatridis, Hans-Erik Rhodius, Duncan Ainslie, Paul G. Overend, John Gordon Telfer, Paul Noonan, The Lederer, Douglas J Brackett, Pietro (shapelord), Gisli Jakull Gislason, Iain Wood, Christian Schwager, J. Bouchet, Per Setterberg, Dr Barry Clayton, Sam Pretat, Marcou, Tim Elcock, Colin Johnson, Warren Inman, Andrew C Brown, Andy Smith, Jose Chaica, Steve Crampton, Ricardo Navalho, Phil Weber, Frank Gibeau, Michael Schreilechner, Ed Blaauw, Stephane Fusalba, Phil Doyle, F. Bernaldo de Quiros, Mikael Lilja, J.-F. Husson, Everett Sharp, Frode Fagerli, Andrea, Miguel Mata, J.C.Ellis, Phil Murphy, Paul Owen, Gary Milton, Marek Hovorka, Luka Novak, Paul John Chinchen, Ron Owen, John S. Thaeler, Stephen Griffin, Jens O. Mehner, Harald B., P. Ferreira, Stefan Krakow, Tom Adamson, Antonio Martinez, Peter T. Young, Maximino Argaelles, Cassandra Pope, Thomas J. Havens, Chris Stohldrier, Dirk Broer, Anders Skovgaard Moeller, John M. Vasquez, Harold, John Eastwood, Ralph P Maroney, Matias Sala Fiebiger, Don Mcmurrich, Jose E. Roshardt, Brendan Britton, Mike Bisland, Paolo Papa, David Wright, Donald Garlit, George Skoch, Bill Delaney, Mike T. Reed, Paul Petherick, Oscar Zamora Bueno, Bruce Connolly, Gary Evans, Rick Kaneen, Daniel Simaes, Paul Ewen, JY, Scott Kehoe, John Szczepanski, James Leslie Yuill, Sohrab Kazerooni, Duncan M Lang, Fredy Peter, Chris Reinders Folmer, James Davies, K V Ramesh, Mark Franich, Gregory Sunyak, Norbert Lisinski, Steven Levin, Pat "Mutt" Schultheis, Michael W Gordon, C. E. Howard, JP Reis, Michael C, Hal Smith, Richard Byrd, Peter Tigger Benham, Hans Kanigsson, Keith L Jones, Steven Parker, James A. Williams, Frederic Yergeau, S. Lekich, Howard E. Kimpel, Pete Bohn, Federico Burchianti, David Newport, Bill, Ed Kettler, Oliver Mattsson, A Costa De Grossi, Mark Senior, Rick Davis, Bob Fife, Andrew Mason, Rob Mayer, Joaquim Pedro Ferreira, Andrew 'Huggybear' Huggins, M. Penneck, William De Petre, Peter Jenner, Thomas Militello, Kenneth Reasoner, Garard J. McGee, Martijn Lak, Clive Milward, David B Noble, Ciro Fiore, Rolando Silva, J.E. Stiegeler Meryl Rutz, Dr. Howard William Levita, Roger Pilgrim, Alan Small, Gill Eastland, Charles E. Ruberry, Antonio Perez-Bolde A., Pete Hosbein, Chris Dement, David W. Richardson, Norman Malkusak, Doug Newman, Scott A. Sullivan, Shane Dowling, Byron P. Connell, Paul Morisi, Lowell Milton Lufkin, Robert Ponegalek, Mike Leonard, Tod S. Lewis, Stanton Wood, John Opipari, David A. Flatray, Cory Davis, Larry Gunst, David Masip, Campbell Langford, Monamimate, Jeffrey White, Peter McWilliams, Luca, John A Kiddley, Steven Rumley, Mark R. Ragan, Joshua Lewis Evans, Jamie Gagnon, A.N. David, Bernhard Schenk, Dennis Disbrow, Paul B., Lucas van Hengstum, Burt Brown-Glazner, W. Leiner, Brian Alexander, Ray S. Karnes, John Pavl, Thomas Baumgaertner, John Mainert, Chris Webb, Michael Viner, John McGuire BEM, Charles Kincaid, Arthur Congleton, Rob Street, Jesse Castaneda, Goeran Henriksson, Felipe Bustamante Nicolau, Fred Shipley, Wills Goodwin, Les Allen, Tormod B. Engvig, Paulo Cesar A. Neves, Ismo Karvinen, Mark Cravens, Craig A. Tyler, Steve A McKinnon, Enzo Cortesi, Major Joeph E. Bles, Ralf Hochrein, SMSgt GAF, Robert L.Ricciardi, Jari S., P A Badham, Tilemachos Bourtzis, Scott Lamberson, Paul Edward Evans, Pablo Extebarria, Robert Paul Toy, Anthony D. Steele, William S Coats, James E. Sullivan (Jimski), Joel Smith, Darren Norton, Lew Cottell, John Heraty, Pavel Emelin, Jan Marsman, Rob Berends, Mark Bradford, Samyn Eugene, Carl Thorne, Thomas Neubauer, Pedro Pineda-Fernandez, Cyrille Monnet, Keith L. Fletcher, B. Skraeddergaard, Andy Taylor, Russell Smith, Clifford T. Rock Jr., Michael R Purtell, Alain Langlois, Fernando Riera, Mike Stimson, Cliff T. Davis, Ken "Navi8or" Mitchell, Matthew Pittman, Jeffrey R. Forster, Mikko Heikkinen, Maxim Utrobin, Gerard van Oosbree, Geggy, Brian D. Goff, Chas Kenny, Larrry Vance, Jose Joaquin Arenas, Dennis Marshall, Kevin Skea, Guillaume Montoro, Kelvin Noy, John Bianchi, C. R. Muentener, Stephen Crossfield, Derek Carter, Richard Heap, P Scott, Peter C. Hosbein, L E "Jim" Keller, Steve Griffith, Anthony K. Aja, Steven Litel, Robert M. Halliday, Paul G. Martin, Stephen Kotz, Paul Bridges, Scott Lyle, Neil Jackson, Hans Andersson, Chris Smithers, Ian Thompson aka Thomo the Lost, H. Mark Groth, Richard B. Wright, Bob Bartlett, Chris Delandah, Mark Jones, David C Logan, Andreas Marsau, David Chen, James Grant, Martin Eddy, F.Eisenhauer, Jason Owen, Charles Rooney, Mark Pafko, Ted Shrader, Xavier Basora, David A Hassay USCG Ret., Wynston Ide, Duncan Maggs, Darryl J. DeVito, Ian Morrison, Dr. George N. Vourlojianis, Thomas, Alan L Burnell, Adam Cooper, Alun W.Evans, Christian Waters, Alan Davison, Demontis, Driftwood, Petr Valo, Martijn van der Kaaij, Marcus Pullen, Michael Foster, Mong Huei, Mark David Burroughs, D Spurgeon-Jackson, Gavin Spowart, John Garvey, Kevin Knight, Buttsy, Bohdan Ludwiszewski, Marius van Zyl, Olof Sahlen, Maurits Westerik, Brian O'Loughlin, Aaron Hutson, Atul Chandra, Peter Vinall, "Uncle Draggi", D S Milne, Edward Hallett, 'DB', Rob Hynes, Patrick Edlund, Roger McGilvray, Pompeu Esteves Jr., Maurice Caperan, Garofoli Jean Marie, Joe Wallace, Andrew Brazier, Andrew Dalziel, Ed Porter, Jonas Grann, Rich Biggs, Ms S J Hughes, Peter Mitchell, Bengt Olsson, Pedro Santiago Sotelo, PLT van Zandbeek, Niels Mikkelsen, Doug Melville, Jaime Regalado, Mel ab Owain, Giovanni Luppi, Lpelopincho Martin-Alameda Ramiro, Javier "Javo" Ruberto, Christian Finch, Cam Ford, Donald A. Wilson, Adam N and Grant Dinse.
A massive thank you to everyone who took part - you have provided us with some truly invaluable feedback!
The results of the competition to be named in the front of the first couple of Air Vanguard books will be announced in the next few weeks - so stay tuned!