"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.