James Hay Stevens
Aviation journalist (1913–1973)
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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.
