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Gordon Riley

Biography

Gordon Riley was introduced to the world of vintage aviation thanks to growing up with a father who had been a Lancaster pilot during World War II. He published Britain's first magazine dedicated to vintage aircraft – the aptly titled Vintage Aircraft magazine which he edited from 1976 to 1986 as well as compiling the Vintage Aircraft Directory and Aircraft Museums Directory. Following his monumental two-volume work Spitfire Survivors – Then and Now, co-written with Peter R. Arnold and the late Graham Trant, Gordon carried out extensive research which culminated in the publication of Hawker Hurricane Survivors in 2015.