Best Aviation Magazines?

In article ,
Jose wrote:

While the majority of guests do still want the paper, it's truly
disheartening how many people check the "No" box. I'm always hopeful
that these are the folks who never make it to the polls.

They are on =vacation= for chrissakes!

On business trips I almost never have time to read any newspapers.
Of course, going to that local pub in Iowa City didn't help create the
time, but it was a far better use of my time anyway.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Someone did mention Fly-Past. ;-)

Whoops. Right.

How much is that magazine today? I was amazed to see a price of over
$3.00, in the mid-1980s. I think most magazines were around $1.00 back
then...

Is it still quirky and good, or have they gotten all polished and
slick?

Slick these days and $8 or $9 a copy. Still, very well done...

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

Also, I've usually got little interest in the local newspapers when I'm
traveling. Why should I be interested in scandals involving a city council
2,000 miles from home? Why should the scores of the local high school
basketball teams interest me? I've rarely stayed in hotels that offer free
local newspapers; most give out either McPaper (USA Today) or the Wall Street
Journal.

Interesting. A pet peeve of mine about traveling is that every hotel
gives out the McPaper. My first act in any city is to make a bee-line
for the local newspaper rack, because I *do* care about what's going on
in the city I'm visiting. (And I DON'T care what's going on in
Wyoming, for instance...unless I'm in Cheyenne.)

The local paper is what provides one with a true measure of a city's
flavor -- which is why we are the ONLY hotel (that I know of) that
gives away the LOCAL newspaper.

In case you haven't noticed, everything in our place is in response to
pet peeves. With nothing else to go one, when we opened we simply made
a list of things we HATE in hotels, and eliminated them in ours, one by
one.

The USA Today was at the top of my list, along with flow-restrictors in
shower heads, and continental breakfasts served in the lobby.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I ALWAYS look for a hotel that has high speed internet (not always available
in some of the backwater places I go to), and with my laptop and a load of
bookmarked URL's I have good data, not the MSM trash.

Yep, and thanks to this group, we were the very first hotel in Iowa
City to have free high speed wireless internet, throughout the hotel.

For the first couple of years, it was seldom used. Now, EVERYONE uses
it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

They are on =vacation= for chrissakes!

Reading a newspaper isn't penance -- it's entertainment, for
chrissakes!

To me, "vacation" is defined by having the time to read the newspaper
over a second cup of coffee in the morning, whilst eating a toasted
bagel with cream cheese and strawberry jam smeared liberally all over
it. All done in a leisurely fashion, of course.

Which is why, BTW, we deliver precisely that to our guests each morning
-- in their suites. No eating stale bakery (with a bunch of guys who
haven't taken a shower yet) at *our* hotel!

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

I think it was Mark Twain who said:

If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed.
If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.

Mark Twain (or, rather, Samuel Clemens) worked at the local newspaper
in Muscatine, Iowa, located just 24 minutes southeast of Iowa City
(from engine start to shut-down). We flew there today, in fact, for a
late lunch...

:-)

The local paper STILL has a portion of their editorial page set aside
as "Sam's Corner", where they quote him every day.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

What are your policies on use of the WiFi, such things as
restricted websites, or use of a software firewall or other
security measures by the user and your server? Can
transients and guests of guests log in, do you require
passwords and do you hide the SSID, etc.?





"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
| I ALWAYS look for a hotel that has high speed internet
(not always available
| in some of the backwater places I go to), and with my
laptop and a load of
| bookmarked URL's I have good data, not the MSM trash.
|
| Yep, and thanks to this group, we were the very first
hotel in Iowa
| City to have free high speed wireless internet, throughout
the hotel.
|
| For the first couple of years, it was seldom used. Now,
EVERYONE uses
| it.
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

The local paper is what provides one with a true measure of a city's
flavor -- which is why we are the ONLY hotel (that I know of) that
gives away the LOCAL newspaper.

Yes, and that's a good thing. But judging guests based on their desire
for the local paper is not.

Jose
--
"There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing. Unfortunately, nobody knows
what they are." - (mike).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Reading a newspaper isn't penance -- it's entertainment, for
chrissakes!

It's time that could be spent flying. Geez, where are your priorities?

Jose
--
"There are 3 secrets to the perfect landing. Unfortunately, nobody knows
what they are." - (mike).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

In article ,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

What are your policies on use of the WiFi, such things as
restricted websites, or use of a software firewall or other
security measures by the user and your server? Can
transients and guests of guests log in, do you require
passwords and do you hide the SSID, etc.?


That reminds me of a time I was using wifi at a hotel and their porn
filter blocked DUATS. I don't know what the weather was up to that day,
but I'm sure all right thinking parents kept their kids inside.