Letting my Flying Subscription Expire

Matt Barrow wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

It has gone significantly downhill. It has much less content than just
a few years ago and too much of it is the same stuff written by the
same old blowhards. Just look at how thin it is now compared to only a
few years ago. Clearly the budget for editorial content has been cut
to the bone. Richard Collins is particularly hard for me to take.

Agreed. Collins is fine ONCE, but so much is just repaet business and he has
a hard time geeting past OWT's.


I still think it's worth it for Lane Wallace, Aftermath, and Les Abend.

I can't past Wallace's "touchy/feely" writing.

The "touchy/feely" style is what I like least about Lane, I like her
mainly because she actually is a spamcan owner and writes about the
kinds of topics that interest me, like flying a spamcan in Austrailia,
or interviewing the last guy to get an FAA Navigator's rating (complete
with sextant!). Sometimes I like her touchy-feely stuff but not that
often (I really liked her column on why she didnt' want an instrument
rating, for example), but usually I just find the topics she writes
about interesting and as a hobbyist spamcan pilot myself I can identify
with her more than the other staff members there..

In all, though, it's not what it was 30 years ago when I first subscribed
and got the awesome "Flying Annual" issue each year.

Heh. It's not even what it was 5 years ago.

Peter,

Collins is just too full of
himself. When Collins came back, the magazine practically turned into "The
Richard Collins Magazine".


Isn't it a pity? The guy is practically ruining the magazine. And at an age
where he could easily quit.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Dan,

there is still a concerted politico/religious attack on public
school science education underway in the U. S.


Well, in that regard, you're right, the topic deserves attention.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Dylan,

The trouble with 'Flying' I found was it seemed like you were nothing if
it wasn't turbocharged, pressurized or turbine powered.


and weather downlink. Each and every single article and column mentions
how great it is.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Dan,

there is still a concerted politico/religious attack on public
school science education underway in the U. S.


Well, in that regard, you're right, the topic deserves attention.

Perhaps so, but please, not in this forum.
--
Jim in NC

I quit subscribing years ago. The writers of many aviation mags churn
out clichéd, insipid crap that often has little relevance to the
flying I do, putzing around in an Aircoupe. AOPA Pilot is also filled
with junk that is wordy and boring. I've never found anything from
EAA that is consistently good.

Instead, I've taken to individual writers. Rod Machado has a regular
article in AOPA Pilot and is a fair to good author. Often the Never
Again article is better written and far more interesting than that
from the professional writers. Mike Busch
(http://www.savvyaviator.com/articles.html) writes clearly and concisely.

Also try Aviation Consumer and Light Plane Maintenance for articles
that are both relevant and interesting to read. What a concept! I
wish a similar mag with just plain flying stories could be produced.

My problem is that I haven't paid for a subscription in a decade, yet Flying
still keeps showing up at my doorstep. Christmas present subscriptions, ya
know!

AOPA is generally pretty good except that everything seems like an add for
the organization. I don't like Rod. Good topics but the silly humor gets in
the way. If he cut it back to just one or two puns per paragraph, it might
be palatable.

But, by far the best writing and information-filled articles are on AvWeb.
If you aren't reading it, you are missing 80% of the good information
floating around. Mike Busch shows up there too.

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Travis

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...
I quit subscribing years ago. The writers of many aviation mags churn
out clichéd, insipid crap that often has little relevance to the
flying I do, putzing around in an Aircoupe. AOPA Pilot is also filled
with junk that is wordy and boring. I've never found anything from
EAA that is consistently good.

Instead, I've taken to individual writers. Rod Machado has a regular
article in AOPA Pilot and is a fair to good author. Often the Never
Again article is better written and far more interesting than that
from the professional writers. Mike Busch
(http://www.savvyaviator.com/articles.html) writes clearly and concisely.

Also try Aviation Consumer and Light Plane Maintenance for articles
that are both relevant and interesting to read. What a concept! I
wish a similar mag with just plain flying stories could be produced.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote:


The trouble with 'Flying' I found was it seemed like you were nothing if
it wasn't turbocharged, pressurized or turbine powered.


and weather downlink. Each and every single article and column mentions
how great it is.

Perhaps they are overdoing it, but it would be hard to overestimate how
revolutionary this technology will be for light GA flying in the U. S.

I can see how the topic might be less than fascinating for European readers,
though.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Morgans,

Perhaps so, but please, not in this forum.


Hey, but it went so well last time ;-)

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

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.