Dumping Flying Magazine

Bob Fry wrote:

That's why I started subscribing to the Atlantic. Not an aviation
mag, but very good writers, including the son of Wolfgang
Langewiesche.

with a heritage that includes such authors as Clemens. I just wish the articles
weren't so darn long.

George Patterson
This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to
play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind".

In article , Bob Fry wrote:
made, and thus little new blood. We've all noticed the nearly 100%
old farts at airports and fly-ins; few young people, with their energy
and creativity, can afford or are interested in flying.

Few people are interested in flying, period. There are as many young
people who are as old people - but as you point out, they don't have the
money. I didn't have the money until I was 25, and 6 years later, I
still find myself in about the youngest 10%, because most others my age
have done silly things like get married and have children!

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

I like Flying. I get many of the mags out there as most are pretty cheap. I
got 3 years of flying for $36; if I only read one article per issue, it's
worth it. Lane Wallace is a terrific writer. Very colorful, one of the best
GA writers out there. I think Jay appreciates her because of his English
degree. That says a lot.

P&P reminds me of that "In Touch" mag my wife gets. All pics and very little
substance. I do enjoy Lyn Freeman's Partial Panel though.

Private Pilot is good and is the best GA-focused. A bit cheap-looking.

AOPA Pilot is mediocre but its volume of stuff makes it worthwhile as you
are bound to find one or two interesting articles per issue.

Face it guys, GA has a limit on topics to write about. You can't expect too
much from monthly issues in any single magazine.

Marco


"Dave" wrote in message
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Is it me, or has Flying become among the worst GA magazines to read?
Why does it seem that all I read about are trip reports from Mac and
Dick Collins that, personally, offer little educational value? Each
of these guys write serveral articles per issue. Are they that hard
up for good writers, or do these guys just like to write everything
themselves? When I open AOPA Pilot, Flight Training, Private Pilot,
Plane and Pilot, etc. I find a good balance of education, reviews, and
good tidbits. All I feel I've gained from reading Flying is knowing
every detail of what's in the Avionics stack of Mac's Barron and
Dick's Cessna P210.

I like Flying. I get many of the mags out there as most are pretty cheap.
I
got 3 years of flying for $36; if I only read one article per issue, it's
worth it. Lane Wallace is a terrific writer. Very colorful, one of the
best
GA writers out there. I think Jay appreciates her because of his English
degree. That says a lot.

Yeah, that's it! I like her, um, "English"...

Heh, heh, heh...

Ahem. Carry on.

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

AOPA Pilot is mediocre but its volume of stuff makes it worthwhile as you
are bound to find one or two interesting articles per issue.


I always read "Never Again" in AOPA Pilot.
And the letters from members . . . and I drool over the articles on
refurbishing the sweepstakes plane, almost like dreaming of winning the
lottery. I generally read Boyer's position page, and that's about it for me.



www.Rosspilot.com

"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
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I like Flying. I get many of the mags out there as most are pretty cheap.
I
got 3 years of flying for $36; if I only read one article per issue....

Well... 3 for $36 is pretty high in my book when you can get a whole lot of
magazines on eBay for a lot less. Back in December I bought a 3 yr sub to
Flying for $14.50. Don't see that deal today, but how about 2 years for
$8.99?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll
ViewItem&category=29257&item=4202766217&rd=1

For other titles simply search eBay for the name (or category) of the
magazine you want and add the word subscription to the search.

No, I'm not a shill for the magazine, or eBAy , or the seller. Just thought
others might benefit from this.

Gary Kasten

What I can't figure out is why NAFI (EAA's Flight Instructor "Association")
associates itself with Flying. NAFI members recieve Flying as a "Membership
Benefit" as well as a NAFI publication called Mentor that also falls short
of being useful. When was the last time that you read an honest article on
flight training in Flying other than full motion sim training for the latest
and greatest biz jet? If NAFI really wanted to provide instructors with a
good publication, it would create it's own version of AOPA's Flight Training
magazine.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Dave" wrote in message
om...
Is it me, or has Flying become among the worst GA magazines to read?
Why does it seem that all I read about are trip reports from Mac and
Dick Collins that, personally, offer little educational value? Each
of these guys write serveral articles per issue. Are they that hard
up for good writers, or do these guys just like to write everything
themselves? When I open AOPA Pilot, Flight Training, Private Pilot,
Plane and Pilot, etc. I find a good balance of education, reviews, and
good tidbits. All I feel I've gained from reading Flying is knowing
every detail of what's in the Avionics stack of Mac's Barron and
Dick's Cessna P210.

"Jim" writes:

When was the last time that you read an honest article on
flight training in Flying other than full motion sim training for the latest
and greatest biz jet?

Every month, Richard Collins has a critique article, about 2 pages long,
on someone's flying habits.

Also, Collins recently had an article about personal minimums.

Actually, quite often, now that I think about it.

-jav

Money spent on a magazine doesn't get your feet off the ground. Money
spent on airplane fuel does.
--
Gene Seibel
Confessions of a Pilot - http://pad39a.com/publishing/
Because I fly, I envy no one.



(Dave) wrote in message . com...
Is it me, or has Flying become among the worst GA magazines to read?
Why does it seem that all I read about are trip reports from Mac and
Dick Collins that, personally, offer little educational value? Each
of these guys write serveral articles per issue. Are they that hard
up for good writers, or do these guys just like to write everything
themselves? When I open AOPA Pilot, Flight Training, Private Pilot,
Plane and Pilot, etc. I find a good balance of education, reviews, and
good tidbits. All I feel I've gained from reading Flying is knowing
every detail of what's in the Avionics stack of Mac's Barron and
Dick's Cessna P210.

I agree with you about Flying but its about the only mag I think is
worth reading. The EAA mag is too technical for bathroom reading.
AOPA's Pilot is just too much "following the FARs and AIM and you'll
be the world's best pilot", it seems to not be objective. The IFR mags
get to be repeat themselves too much and I lost interest a couple
years after having my IFR ticket. We really need another Len Morgan.
He wasn't all touchy-feely like Gordon and Wallace but he has the old
time stores that were great (I bought a book of his collections from
the mag a while back). I think they were hoping that Tom Block would
become that but he didn't seem to want to write about the old airline
days. Although the DC-3 drivers are all dead, we'd still like to read
about the old 727 days of hitting the runway on go around, etc type
stores. The young airline guy is interesting but I like the old
stories.

-Robert



(Dave) wrote in message . com...
Is it me, or has Flying become among the worst GA magazines to read?
Why does it seem that all I read about are trip reports from Mac and
Dick Collins that, personally, offer little educational value? Each
of these guys write serveral articles per issue. Are they that hard
up for good writers, or do these guys just like to write everything
themselves? When I open AOPA Pilot, Flight Training, Private Pilot,
Plane and Pilot, etc. I find a good balance of education, reviews, and
good tidbits. All I feel I've gained from reading Flying is knowing
every detail of what's in the Avionics stack of Mac's Barron and
Dick's Cessna P210.