It is sad but it seems to me like GA has slowly evolved into a magazine
publishing industry. We've joke at our coffeeshop that the gross
weight of magazines published each year exceeds the empty weight of new
light aircraft produced. The editors and writers get to try out the
new ones so they can write about them, then some end up going to the
raffles and sweepstakes to preserve the illusion of private ownership,
and many of the the rest go to govt agencies etc or overseas.