Dumping Flying Magazine

"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

Robert M. Gary wrote:
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).

Totally agree. I've subscribed to Flying off and on for more than 25
years. I would always read the accident reports (not to be goulish, but
to learn from them), then straight to Len Morgan. I liked the way he
presented flying from both a historical and personal approach. Lane is
OK, but is no Len Morgan. IMHO, his departure left a big hole in the
magazine. I do find that, almost without exception, the major review
they do each month also shows up in AOPA within a month or 2 (sometimes
the same month). Garrison is good (I'm an engineering geek, so I like
that stuff).

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Dan Luke wrote:

"SeeAndAvoid" wrote:
Never seen IFR, I think that's the one envelope I throw
away all the time asking me
to subscribe. Any good?


A must-have, IMO. Always has some good, real-world IFR flying articles
and it has a funny, irreverent tone that keeps things entertaining.

I agree. Every month, I read IFR cover to cover the day it arrives.

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Peter

Two words: Lane Wallace.

Oh, dude. C'mon. Lane is simply an average-skilled amateur writer
and a less-skilled pilot. You need to expand your reading and you'll
know what I mean and what you're missing.

What do you suggest?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" writes:

What do you suggest?

For a periodical, The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/). I
typically read about half of each issue (another thing I recently
figured out: just 'cause I subscribe to magazines doesn't mean I have
to read everything in them!) Look for articles by William
Langewiesche (see if this link works for you:
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/b...h/ba980630.htm )

For aviation stories, most anything by Ernest K. Gann, of course.
"Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck. "Stranger to the Ground" by
Richard Bach (though a lot of his stuff is too sappy for me). The
collection of Bax Seat stories put together by Flying rag, or "View
From the Cockpit" by Len Morgan.

As I think about it, I have nothing personally against your Lane
Wallace or the others. But they are not good writers. To believe so
does a disservice to those who are.

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" writes:

What do you suggest?


Anything written by James Lee Burke, starting with the Robicheaux series

"No Ordinary Time" by Doris Kearns Godwin

"A Thousand Acres" by Jane Smiley

"The Lords of Discipline" and "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

"Mystic River" by David Lehane

"The River Why" by David James Duncan

"A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean

"The Last Convertible" and "Once an Eagle" by Anton Myrer

Whoops - hit the send button before I could point out that this list has, of
course, nothing to do with flying or Lane Wallace. Having said that, Lane is
a pretty good writer who occasionally writes a Bax level column. She's also
young. Writing is a learned skill.

Michael



"Michael 182" wrote in message
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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" writes:

What do you suggest?


Anything written by James Lee Burke, starting with the Robicheaux series

"No Ordinary Time" by Doris Kearns Godwin

"A Thousand Acres" by Jane Smiley

"The Lords of Discipline" and "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

"Mystic River" by David Lehane

"The River Why" by David James Duncan

"A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean

"The Last Convertible" and "Once an Eagle" by Anton Myrer

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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And none of the content worth a damn. Too bad, because the man
clearly has something to tell us, but he simply doesn't know how. He
is prolific like an Appalachian hill-billy family is...quantity
doesn't equal quality.

Go easy on us hill-billies Bob! ;-)

Marty from MO |-)

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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(Dave) writes:

Here's a post I made about Flying Rag in November 2002.


Flying magazine is about worthless anymore. So I get a thick envelope
from them, open it, and it's a survey complete with a crisp dollar
bill. Alright, I think, a chance to tell them what's wrong with their
magazine.
Now I'm thinking, screw you. Your magazine sucks and the only thing
you want to know from me is my financial situation?? It's now one
dollar better, that's for sure. Maybe I'll send the return envelope
back empty.

Bob,
Years ago at the airport cafe I was bitching about "junk mail". Our rural
carrier was there and piped in "There is no such thing as junk mail!".
He said to remove & destroy your personal info.and bar codes,stuff the PPE
with the remaining material and drop it into the mail box. He called it "Job
security". ;-)
Marty

Rosspilot,

Are you talking about sex appeal?


Me? No way!!!

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)