Died, at the age of 86 the publisher Kostas Kavvathas.

He was the founder of many magazines, most recognizable: 4 wheels, flight & space, sound & hi-fi, RAM and EN Lefko radio station.

He was also the owner and founder of the company “Technical Publications SA”.

Known was his love and for their raceswhile also pilot of various types of aircraft. As a journalist he threw with more than 23 types of fighter aircraft.

Who was Kostas Kavvathas

Kostas Kavvathas was born in Athens in 1939, during the difficult years of the Occupation and the Civil War, as he himself used to say and graduated from the 2nd Men’s High School.

From a very early age he showed his interest in the air events And so in 1957 he was trained at the Tripoli Athletic Center, where he released a lifetime license.

The following year (1958) he went to Great Britain where he attended the London Northern Polytechnic School of Mechanical Engineering, until 1960. He may not have completed his studies but came very close to him car – And on a racing level- since then Great Britain was one of its focus.

His journalistic journey started the 1959 In the magazine “Fast”, He was interrupted for his military service and continued in 1963 in the newspaper “Noon“

Where for three years he maintained the car column, then he worked in the weekly news magazine Alpha.

In October 1970, he founded with his wife wisdom 4 -wheeled. Initially he wrote Kavvathas with a single “B”, as it is imprinted on page 3 of the book that in 1972 translated, “Porsche, man and carsINTERTECH Press OE KAVATHAS & SIA ».

He also wrote in the weekly magazine timely and his articles were also published in the newspapers from 1991 to 1998, in Kathimerini since 1999 and for a short time, and on the first issue from the first sheet to 2012.

At the same time, he participated in the Greek car races of the time (5 Acropolis Rally), while also participating in craftsmanship, climbs, circuits and other rallydriving Peugeot 204 and NSU 1200 TT with the pseudonym of Peleas.