NICK STROUD has worked full-time in aviation publishing since 1994, when he began his career working on Aerospace Publishings highly-respected titles World Air Power Journal and Wings of Fame. Between 2000 and 2010 Nick worked on another highly-regarded aviation publication, IPCs 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 a regular contributor to aviation publications around the world and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Societys Historical Group Committee.