AUVSI has released the very first issues of their magazine, Unmanned Systems, from 1982 (!!) for reading online or on your iPad. The tone was much more military in those days but otherwise it's interesting how little has changed (see below). It's free. Read it here.
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Comment by Alex Roup on July 10, 2012 at 8:05am I think you meant 30 years

Alex: whoops, typing too fast. Fixed.

Downloading! wow nothing changed much in 30 years... I guess until recently things were quite harder to do, lack of CPU/Memory power and network grid / GPS not as great as today... Plus all the nice new sensors that came from the rapid evolution of the smart phones.
Great read.
Comment by Jack Crossfire on July 10, 2012 at 2:45pm They definitely had some crazy ideas, in the age before the invention of the expanded tweet.

Talking about the new old stuff... just look at this:
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