Juan Jimenez wrote:

It could just as well say much more about the accuracy of your story, and
the fact that you won't name which magazine broke your confidence says even
more. Are you worried they're going to take exception to your side of the
story? If so, why?

I do believe I will mercy snip at this point. There's too many BS artists
plying trades around here these days.

Juan,

Why don't you ask Jim? He knows the magazine and probably recalls the
phone call.

If you want to jog Jim's memory, it was Pilot magazine and the call took
place in March or April of 2003.

There is no doubt that the Pilot editor forwarded my email or
significant portions of it to Jim, as he quoted it verbatim when he
called me.

The details of the call were a little fresher when I described my
conversation with Jim in a post dated Apr 11, 2003 on RAH.

Juan, you are quite the journalist, researcher, and IT professional
aren't you? In thirty seconds you could have found that the magazine
was likely to be one of two popular magazines, then a search of "Pilot
magazine zoom" would have revealed the answer and led you to my earlier
post and other posts about Jim's short tenure as a Pilot contributor.

You are known by the company you keep, Juan. Do you think your
association with Jim has helped or hurt your reputation in journalism,
aviation, or aviation journalism?