On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:08:56 GMT, (Drew
Dalgleish) wrote:

I stopped reading custom planes after I bought the issue with the
bearhawk on the cover and found out it was written by budd davisson
the owner of the quick build company. I don't really expect unbiased
reviews from any mag but that was way over the top.

As long as the magazine made it clear that the writer wasn't an
unbiased source, and it sounds like they did (I don't generally read
CP so I don't know), I don't see a problem from an ethical standpoint.
I do think that a review by somebody else would have been of more use
to their readers.

In all fairness to Budd, he was singing the praises of the Bearhawk
long before he became involved financially with it. The situation is
not unlike that of the guy who liked the electric razor so much that
he bought the company. Also, on the email list he has been extremely
generous of his time in answering questions from plans builders who
haven't bought a thing from him as well as the kit builders.

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