Letting my Flying Subscription Expire

OK, I'm going to go out on a limb here. I really like Flying. I believe it's
one of the few aviation magazines that actually has some balls to form an
opinion. I get tired of the aircraft and avionics reviews that are little
more than a regurgitation of a brochure. I also really enjoy their columns
on living with aviation. My favorite columnist is Lane Wallace but I also
like the way each of the others offer their own perspectives on how aviation
fits into their lives. Dick Karl most closely resembles my view of the
ultimate aviation situation (for my life anyway).

I like details too. For example, the latest issue had a feature on the Beech
Bonanza G36. The detailed account of the new Garmin autopilot operational
modes was a refreshing change from the other mags I subscribe to. And I
subscribe to practically all--Flying, Plane & Pilot, Pilot Journal, IFR, IFR
Refresher, Aviation Consumer, GA News, Trade-A-Plane, Aviation Safety, and
AOPA Pilot. I read every one of them cover-to-cover (except TAP of course)
thanks to a one hour+ commute on the train each way to Manahattan.

Richard Collins and Mac McClellan may **** some people off but they at least
take a stand on a subject or have a real opinion. Are Mac's articles on the
latest biz jet a bit out of my league? Sure it is but I'm sure it appeals to
others and the larger audience enables its low subscription price. Collins
sometimes sounds like he's high on himself but he's also the first to admit
he screwed-up so he deserves some respect for that.

For less than $10 a year, I think it's a bargain.

Marco "information junkie" Leon

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
. ..
My last issue of Flying came in the mail today, and I won't be re-upping
the
subscription. In recent years, I've grown more and more reluctant to renew
it, but when it came to crunch time, I went ahead and mailed in my $12.00
or
whatever. Not this year, though. In all honesty, I don't remember the
last
article or column in Flying that made me want to go back and re-read the
article. Instead, the magazine arrives and I spend an hour or so breezing
through it, then it goes into the trash can, leaving me wondering what I
missed.

Once upon a time, I subscribed to 4 or 5 aviation magazines and enjoyed
them
all. Now I'm only taking two aviation related mag's - Sport Aviation and
AOPA Pilot, and both of them are member benefits from their sponsor
organizations. I have a tremendous interest in aviation and love to read,
so why don't the aviation magazines interest me anymore? Have the
magazines changed? Is it me? Is it that the subject matter is finite and
after reading 20 years worth of aviation magazines, there is very little
left that is new and interesting to me?

Anyway, it is sad in a way that there isn't an aviation magazine that
interests me enough that I'll spend $12 or $15 a year for a subscription.

KB










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