Dumping Flying Magazine

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:9gEdc.1010$cD2.23960@attbi_s51...
What's all the fuss over Lane Wallace? Are you talking about sex
appeal?

Yes. In-person she has a warmth and magnetism that's hard to quantify.

And she's an excellent writer.

And she's a pilot and aircraft owner.

That's what I call "The Whole Package". (I married the only other one
like
her in the whole world! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Heh. Nice save.... ;-)

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message .

.......the DC-3 drivers are all dead,


HEY!!!!!

"Rosspilot" wrote:
I guess not my type . . .

She ain't no Sandra Bullock, but then Sandra Bullock ain't no pilot.
I'll take Lane: we'd always have something to talk about, uh, later.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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I'm with you on this one, don't see it. Compared to Collins, yeah, major
babe-age. Usually get pretty drowsy reading her as well, but hey, that's
me. I still get Flying cuz it's cheap, that's about it. Never seen IFR,
I think that's the one envelope I throw away all the time asking me
to subscribe. Any good?
Chris

"Rosspilot" wrote
What's all the fuss over Lane Wallace? Are you talking about sex appeal?
I guess not my type . . .

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message

........ 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). I think they were hoping that Tom Block would
become that but he didn't seem to want to write about the old airline
days.

I had the good luck to meet Len Morgan a couple of times. I wouldn't
presume to say we were friends, but we did chat a few minutes over coffee
once at LGA. A *very* nice guy. All the senses you pick up from his
writing are dead on.

Although I've never met Tom Block, we passed in airport concourses a number
of times. :-) I've spoken with a number of people who knew him, some of
whom friends who flew with him at US, and a noticeable theme that emerged
was that there were few people more impressed with Tom Block than Tom Block
YMMV

"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.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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"John Gaquin" wrote:
a noticeable theme that emerged was that there were few people
more impressed with Tom Block than Tom Block

Funny, that's exactly the impression I got from reading his columns.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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Like anything else in aviation, it was better decades ago than now.

The writers/editors were better. One cannot compare MacLellan to Robert
Parke or Robert Blodgett. The columnists like Stephen Wilkinson, Bax, and
Tom Block were also better than what Flying has now (although Wilkinson did
himself in with his article discouraging the use of checklists)

I've been subscribing for forty years, and I might finally drop it too.
"Dave" wrote in message
om...
Is it me, or has Flying become among the worst GA magazines to read?
Why does it seem that all I read about are trip reports from Mac and
Dick Collins that, personally, offer little educational value? Each
of these guys write serveral articles per issue. Are they that hard
up for good writers, or do these guys just like to write everything
themselves? When I open AOPA Pilot, Flight Training, Private Pilot,
Plane and Pilot, etc. I find a good balance of education, reviews, and
good tidbits. All I feel I've gained from reading Flying is knowing
every detail of what's in the Avionics stack of Mac's Barron and
Dick's Cessna P210.

Dave wrote:

Is it me, or has Flying become among the worst GA magazines to read?

Dunno. I dumped my subscription over ten years ago.

George Patterson
This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to
play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind".

I get AOPA Pilot, like everyone, but some months it's just too boring
to even begin reading. It seems like the kind of flying magazine that
would have been published in the old USSR. Painfully official.

On the other hand, P&P and Private Pilot seem terribly lightweight and
disorganized. Sometimes I'll buy them on the newstand if they are
covering something of particular interest, but I'd probably never
subscribe.

I really like Flying...and I don't even read Lane Wallace most months
(although I do think she's great, and my wife has several of her
pieces posted in her office). Flying seems to hit the right balance a
lot of the time, and I don't think I could live without Garrison
(checkout www.melmoth2.com if you're a fan). Probably too much
business jet coverage, but I imagine a lot of their ad revenue comes
from bizjet builders. I'm willing to let Collins be Collins, although
I certainly understand why many may be absolutely sick of him by now.

But if I could read only one flying magazine, it would have to be the
Aviation Consumer. Absolutely authoritative, totally free of
advertising pressure and willing to kick up a storm of controversy if
need be. On top of that, I KNOW reading it has saved me a small
fortune as an aircraft owner. It's worth the subcription price just to
get access to their awesome web site, which is unequalled by anybody.
No, I don't work for them. Try it and see.