On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:19:48 GMT, "Maule Driver"
wrote:

Contrarian here... I like Flying

Me too. I'm probably going to resubscribe, since I end up buying it off
the newsstand almost every month. I like reading about the biz jets a
lot more than I used to. And, like you, its interesting to read about
people *using* an airplane, rather than playing with them the way I do
most of the time.

I enjoy Mac and Dick. I always find it educational - especially from the
standpoint of using GA aircraft for travel. I usually like Dick Karl. I
like Garrison as long as he stays technical but I don't care for his
aftermaths. I rarely read the jet & rotorwing reviews.

I like to watch Karl try to justify a jet. Garrison's too technical for
me; he's the only writer there that I almost never read.

Private and P&P just don't have the writers.

Private Pilot has regular helicopter special issues which I appreciate
as a concept, but the writing is very marginal in places. This is one of
the things that Flying and (most of the time) AOPA Pilot have got *down*
- the ability to write, and to spell.

The other thing that honks me off about Private Pilot and P&P is their
photography. I am a nut about cockpit photos, and they just don't get
it. I could take better pictures with my $400 Canon Digital Elph.
Further, sometimes they'll have twelve pictures of the *outside* of the
airplane and not a single one of the panel! Unacceptable. I've almost
written them about this more than once... I'll get around to it someday.

It just goes to show - again - each to his own.

Dave Blevins