2009 Jane's All the World's Aircraft Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief - Paul Jackson
The chance gift of an aircraft book at the age of six was the Genesis of
a passion for all matters aeronautical that has absorbed Paul Jackson for
almost half a century. He became editor of an aviation society newsletter in
his native Yorkshire shortly after leaving school, he contributed to amateur
and professional aviation journals, on both historical and current matters,
for a further decade before becoming a freelance aerospace writer and
editor. In 1987, he was invited to join the compiling team of Jane's All the
World's Aircraft, being appointed its editor in 1995. His hobbies are flying
and maintaining a veteran lightplane, aviation photography, chairing a
branch of the Light Aircraft Association; and serving on the civilian
committee of his local Air Training Corps Squadron. In 2004, he was
appointed a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Deputy Editor - Kenneth Munson
After education at Eltham College, London, Kenneth Munson worked in the
Air Ministry from 1945 to 1959 and then he turned to aviation journalism
as a career. Author of nearly 40 books on current and historical aviation,
he joined the compiling team of Jane's All the World's Aircraft in 1968,
becoming its Assistant Editor in 1973 and Deputy Editor in 1990. His
responsibility for the book's section on unmanned air vehicles turned into
editorship of a specialised sister publication in 1995 when the subject grew
too large for an appendix.
Assistant Editor - Lindsay Peacock
Lindsay Peacock was born in Hammersmith, London and educated in
Harrow. On leaving school in 1964, he worked for British European
Airways, remaining with them and their successor, British Airways, until
1976 when he left to become a freelance aviation writer and photographer.
He subsequently specialised in military aviation and has written many
books and articles on the subject. Since 1994, he has contributed to IHS
Jane's, as joint editor of World Air Forces; also compiling many of the
military entries for Jane's All the World's Aircraft and taking responsibility
for checking all the calculations in the latter.
Compiler - Susan Bushell
Born into an RAF family with an aviation enthusiast father, Susan Bushell
has been surrounded by aircraft since childhood and rapidly and unavoidably
developed a strong interest in the subject. Her first article on aviation
was published in a national magazine when she was 14. Soon after leaving
school, Susan began working for a succession of aviation magazine and
book publishers, augmenting her knowledge of aircraft with experience of
layout and printing. She also took the time to gain a private pilot's licence.
Having edited the monthly Aviation World, Susan joined Jane's All the
World's Aircraft in 1996, specialising in the rapidly expanding field of light
aviation and compiling statistics on the aircraft industry.