Galactic Flight

You may be looking for the Star Wars zines Galactic Falcon, or Falcon's Flight.
Galactic Flight is a gen anthology. 
From the second issue: "GALACTIC FLIGHT is published approximately quarterly (if the Force is with us)." The series ended up running for four issues and morphed into the zine Hydrospanner Zero. 
==Two Editors Part Ways==
In May 1981, the editors issued a series of personal statements that were widely distributed.
One example was in Jundland Wastes #2 in May 1981: 
==Home of Some Ragnarok==
Regarding the Ragnarok series, see A Personal Statement from Susan Matthews.
==Issue 1==
Galactic Flight 1 was published in 1979 (third printing: August 1980) and has 78 pages. The art is by Andre Henley.
The editor thanks four bookstores for stocking and selling their fanzine, and two people at a bank for "so patiently helping us wade through the paperwork required by the Imperial Bureaucracy of the State of New Jersey."
The editor writes: "As of this writing I've seen SW 14 times, and Mark's score is 10—but just wait till they re-release it!"
* Flightpath: an editorial by Christine Jeffords (3)
* The Destruction of the Jedi and the Origin of the Rebel Alliance by Mark Walton (a Vader-centric story, Vader is motivated by an unjustified jealousy of Skywalker Senior, who replaces him in Kenobi's affections, and steals his girl, lures the Jedi in to a trap and tries to blow him up) (5)
*Smuggler's Passage by Christine Jeffords (34)
* Portrait of a Bureaucrat: An Interview with Gov. Moff Tarkin, edited by Mark Walton (72)
 File:Galactic Flight 1.JPG| table of contents Vol I issue 1, click to read 
Image:galacticflight1-1.jpg|interior from issue #1
Image:galacticflight1-2.jpg|interior from issue #1
Image:galacticflight1-3.jpg|interior from issue #1
Image:galacticflight1-4.jpg|interior from issue #1: "I wondered why Luke's mother had to be such a sexpot.. but that's a minor quibble." And "Got a charge out of Luke's sexy mom, and the lean yet muscular Han. Some may fault the comicbook style, but I found it a gas." And "Lyan Skywalker certainly had style in this story, and it would have been interesting to know much more about her...." -- from LoCs in "Galactic Flight" #2
Image:galacticflight1-5.jpg|interior from issue #1
Image:galacticflight1-6.jpg|interior from issue #1
Image:galacticflight1-7.jpg|interior from issue #1
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Galactic Flight 2 was published in 1979 (second printing August 1980) and has 120 pages.
The art is by Teanna Byerts and Carrie Bowles.
From the zine, a statement of timely compliance: "Galactic Flight is in the collections of Gary Kurtz, George Lucas, Lucasfilms Inc., and Twentieth-Century Fox." See The Star Wars Letters for more on this topic.
 
* Flightpath: Editorial by Mark Walton (3)
* Ion Trails: Letters from Our Readers (5)
* Venture to Hamlor by Mark Walton and Christine Jeffords, art by Teanna Byerts (10)
* A Visit to Corell, edited by Helen Montgomery, "adapted from "Spacer's Guide to the Civilised Worlds," compiled under the direction of Prof. Marisela Hahl and Dr. Damon Sarhad, 18th edition revised, Emperor Palpatine University Press, 22 Imperial Standard, Reel III, Frame 28 ff.") (includes map) (The universe described in this article is what Christine Jeffords borrowed with permission to use in the Brightstar Universe. Jeffords writes about this in the editorial for Outlands Chronicles #1, as well as reprinting it in that issue.) (85)
* Where the Wookies [sic] Are, edited by Helen Montgomery ("Adapted from "Wooka: A Speculation Upon a World," the graduate thesis in xenobiology of Lyeia Cinadon, Class of 5905 (Old Republic Calendar), University of Alderaan.")(89)
* Kinmeet by Susan Matthews, art by Carrie Rowles (94)
* The Adventures of Teanna, or Whaddaya Get When You Cross Eight Rabid Star Trek Fans with a Beetlebug, cartoon by Teanna Byerts which portrays many Star Wars fans crowded into a VW Beetle to drive a long ways from their "hick town" to see the Star Wars movie (120)
 File:Galactic Flight 2.JPG| table of contents Vol I issue 2, click to read 
Image:galacticflight2-1.jpg| from issue #2, Teanna Byerts
Image:galacticflight2-2.jpg| from issue #2, Carrie Rowles
Image:galacticflight2-3.jpg| from issue #2, Carrie Rowles: "Hildur and Carl were like father and mother to him; and Luke, remembering his own Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, understood Han's situation."
Image:galacticflight2-4.jpg| from issue #2, Carrie Rowles: "Luke made his decision -- it was practically a crime to disturb a man who was sleeping so angelically... Luke sighed deeply, took a firm double handful of Han's bedclothes and pulled hard, uncovering the Captain of the Millennium Falcon all at once; discovering too late that Anna was at the door to rouse them, and that Han slept in the nude."
Image:galacticflight2-5.jpg| from issue #2, Carrie Rowles: in this story, Luke and Leia are coupled up, Han and Luke become adopted brothers, and Han says, "Someday the Princess may be my sister-in-law."
Image:galacticflight2-6.jpg| from issue #2, Teanna Byerts
Image:galacticflight2-7.jpg| from issue #2, Map of Corell (Han Solo's home planet)
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
 
==Issue 3==
Galactic Flight 3 was published in May 1980 and is 142 pages long. 
It was edited by Mark Walton and Christine Jeffords. It was published by Phantom Press.
The art is by Teanna Byerts, Lin Stack, Pam Kowalski, Martynn Walther, Beckey Aulenbach, and Carrie Bowles.
The dedication in this issue: 
The editors also state that 
From the editorial: 
From the afterward to The Devil and Deep Space: 
* Flightpath, editorial by Christine Jeffords (3)
* Ion Trails, Letters from Our Readers (6)
* Boredom by Mark Walton, art by Lin Stack (11)
* Old Corellian Proverb (29)
* Inside The Millennium Falcon by J.J. and C.W.M. Adamson (30)
* The Birthday Present by Mark Walton, art by Lin Stack (38)
* A Short History of the Lightsaber edited by Charles Garofalo (47)
* Jedi’s Journey by Christin Jeffords, art by Carrie Rowles, Epilogue: Postscript to a Journey (93)
* The Devil and Deep Space by Christine Jeffords and Susan Matthews, art by Pam Kowalski, Beckey Aulenback, Martynn Walther ("The two of them really had very little in common ~ apart from the fact that each would have been insulted at the suggestion that they night have anything at all in common. The gems provided the link, the gems and their more-or-less rightful owners but what with the imperious pirate on one side, the piratical Imperial on the other, Han Solo was as good as caught-between." See more about this story in the editorial.) (99)
** Epilogue, poem by Christine Jeffords (The Soliloquy of Han Solo to His Partner) Ragnarok series, sequel in the next issue. (137) 
** Afterward: A Disclaimer from the Author, vignette by Susan Matthews (140) 
* A Calendar of the Galactic Cycle, compiled by Christine Jeffords (141)
* Courtesy Corner, ads (143)
 
Image:galacticflight3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Lin Stack (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Carrie Rowles (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Carrie Rowles (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Beckey Aulenbach (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-7.jpg|from issue #3, Pam Kowalski (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-8.jpg|from issue #3, sample text (photocopy)
Image:galacticflight3-9.jpg|from issue #3, Martynn (photocopy)
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Galactic Flight 4 was published in September 1980 and contains 102 pages.
 
It was edited by Mark Walton and Christine Jeffords. Associate editors were Cary Bucar and Don Emerson. It was published by Phantom Press.
The artists are Lin Stack (back cover, interior), Beckey Aulenbach, Pam Kowalski, Martynn, Teanna, Mark Hendriks (back cover), and Carrie Rowles.
From the table of contents page: "GALACTIC FLIGHT is in the collections of Gary Kurtz, George Lucas, Lucasfilms, Inc., and Twentieth Century Fox." This statement is foreshadowing to the Open Letters to Star Wars Zine Publishers (1981).
Dedication: 
From the editorial: 
* Flightpath, editorial by Mark Walton (3)
* Ion Trails, Letters from Our Readers (6)
* What Star Wars Does to Me, poem by by c.a. bucar (9)
* Tarleen Vahylon by C.A Bucar, art by Beckey Aulenbach (From the flyer: "GF proudly presents our first fiction piece by a prolific fanwriter — and the first appearance of the Lady Tarlaan, Alderaani noblewoman, fugitive, and unwilling spy." From the zine: "For those of you who may be wondering about this short, let me explain. I, like numerous other STAR WARS fanatics, have been guilty of the crime of beating Han, Chewie, Leia, Luke, Ben, Darth, Threepio and Artoo's pasts, presents, and futures to death. Now, for a complete shift in scenes, I take our friends into the life of another person who, through no fault of her own, begins to find herself out of her depth and mixed up with things she has little or no true understanding of. We see this entire novel from her side, but include the faintest tinges of our old friends, the SW regulars, to keep us in touch with where we are. I hope you like it. Being the odd person out, the character of Tarleen can fit any one of you readers, the guys can make her masculine line if they like, thus taking you into the action personally. Any complaints, praises, comments (sans poison, bombs, booby-traps, etc.), are welcome.") (11)
* A Matter of Importance by Mark Walton, art by Carrie Rowles ("A simple and revealing vignette in which a certain smuggler is brought to understand the quirks of royal-born Aldersani.") (41)
*The Abduction of Princess Leia by Mark Walton, art by Lin Stack ("The Alliance is in danger from within — and only Han Solo has a plan to deal with it.") (50)
* Torben, Pyand's Other Son by C.A. Bucar, art by Carrie Rowles ("The boy Torben sensed that his father^s mysterious visitor would play an important part in his life.. .but even he could never have realised just how much.") (75)
* From the Desert, poem by C.A. Bucar, art by Teanna (87)
* Second Round by Christine Jeffords and Susan Matthews, art by Pam Kowlaski and Martynn, a Ragnarok sequel to a story in the previous issue ("How not to survive as a smuggler: get caught in the middle of a feud between Captain Mari Sevenstars and Jennet ap Rhiannon. Another in the Galactic Cycle's continuing series of Han-prequels.") (89)
* Nightsong by Maggie Nowakowska (144)
* Lament of Princess Leia by Terri Black (146)
* Courtesy Corner, ads (147)
 
Image:galacticflight4-1.jpg|from issue #4, Beckey Aulenbach
Image:galacticflight4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Beckey Aulenbach
Image:galacticflight4-3.jpg|from issue #4, Carrie Rowles
Image:galacticflight4-4.jpg|from issue #4, Lin Stack
Image:galacticflight4-5.jpg|from issue #4, Lin Stack
Image:galacticflight4-6.jpg|from issue #4, Pam Kowalski
Image:galacticflight4-7.jpg|from issue #4, Pam Kowalski
Image:galacticflight4-8.jpg|from issue #4, Marytnn
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==References==
Category:Star Wars Zines
Category:1979 ZinesCategory:1980 Zines