Leonard E. Opydycke (May 22, 1929 – February 23, 2023) was an American historian, editor, and author, who specialized in pre-WWII aviation history.
[1] Leonard Emerson Opdycke was born in Boston, Massasscusetts in 1929.
[1] He is best known for being the founding editor of two magazines dealing with early aviation; In 1999, Opdycke's book French Aeroplanes Before the Great War was published.
This was the result of more than 15 years of research, initially with Michel Bénichou, editor of Le Fana de l'aviation [fr], but then as an individual endeavor.
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