FWIW, I offered to promote/assist (pro bono) with a similar type of
opportunity for Technical Soaring in 1997, again in 1999 (both times to
Sanderson), and most recently directly to OSTIV. IMVHO, TS has been
patheticly promoted by SSA. The ball is now is OSTIV's court.

Does the SSA have the capital to invest in such a venture? Like the
computer project, this may be done more cheaply within the membership, than
contracting outside help.

Would I buy a set? Sure!

Frank Whiteley

"Burt Compton" wrote in message
...
Dick Johnson told me of this: Can you imagine all of the 'Soaring"
magazines
from 1934 to present on a searchable CD-ROM? Could this be a
profitable
project for SSA? Anyone have experience in this and know the costs and
potential profit?

EAA did it - the following is from their web news:

SPORT AVIATION MAGAZINE ON CD-ROM ($159.00)
UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE (19.99)

The latest upgrade to the popular Sport Aviation on CD-ROM collection is
now
available. Including the entire collection of Experimenter/Sport Aviation
magazine from 1953-2002, the upgrade is part of all new set purchases. The
upgrade includes Sport Aviation magazine images through 2002, an updated
search
database to include 2002 articles, and improved search capabilities from
the
original version. The CD-ROMs are fully searchable by author, subject,
date,
and full text. You can view every article, every advertisement,
photographs,
drawings, and letters from a half-century of publications.

Go to:
http://www.eaa.org/communications/ea...0711_sacd.html

Burt Compton
Marfa, west Texas