Maximilian_Jenius
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That's my vote!
Favorite Aviation Magazine
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That's my vote!
Orange Anchor
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Good to see BCA is appreciated.
OldTownPilot
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That's my vote!
Anet geek!
AOPA Pilot.
I like Flying too, but when I flip through some of my old ones from 1970 that I keep at my parent's house, it makes me sad about how far GA has gone down.
Back then, an average blue collar guy could envision himself getting into a Cherokee 140 or even one of the lower end Beechcraft. Now, crap, the upper middle class would be lucky to be able to RENT one.
I like Flying too, but when I flip through some of my old ones from 1970 that I keep at my parent's house, it makes me sad about how far GA has gone down.
Back then, an average blue collar guy could envision himself getting into a Cherokee 140 or even one of the lower end Beechcraft. Now, crap, the upper middle class would be lucky to be able to RENT one.
Excuse me, thats uncalled for. That's simply an inaccurate statement bucko.
It's only the "Ethics Role Model" articles in that magazine that are fiction.
:rim shot rebound:
LineCheck
Well-Known Member
Excuse me, thats uncalled for. That's simply an inaccurate statement bucko.
It's only the "Ethics Role Model" articles in that magazine that are fiction.
:rim shot rebound:
:laff:
Sol Rosenburg
Well-Known Member
Aviation History--
Some bookstores will have it and I always pick it up and read it. Very nice stories of real aviators from the formative flying years on.
Some bookstores will have it and I always pick it up and read it. Very nice stories of real aviators from the formative flying years on.
Orange Anchor
New Member
Not necessarily the magazine but the writer. Flying was great when it had Len Morgan and now where Budd Davisson is writing. The guy in Plane/Pilot who does the ferries is a very interesting writer. And then there are the British publications what go in depth on a specific airplane.
For news and industry, Av Week, Flight, BCA, AIN
For news and industry, Av Week, Flight, BCA, AIN
WacoFan
Bigly
I really like Martha Lunken in flying. She gave a friend of mine a checkride for PPL in my friends 1931 Waco RNF last fall. She is a funny writer. I like her. Kind of like Bax, but more experienced pilot. Somewhere between Bax and Morgan I would say.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
I used to get Plane and Pilot but got tired of it, I've been reading FLYING for years but now I pretty much just read Les Abend and Dick Karl's articles. Or Martha Lunken's, though she doesn't always have one. She never bores me.
I get AOPA magazine but I usually just look at the pictures, the text is just a compilation of guys bitching about the way things used to be and how much stuff sucks but in such a way that they think it'll only get worse. If they had solutions that'd be one thing, but its always "I want to fly more, but fuel is expensive, and its getting more expensive, GA is doomed. User fees".
I usually go into the bookstore and read Airways and Airliners every month. I pick up an issue of Airliners every now and then mostly because they buy my photos from time to time. They don't pay much, but its pretty cool to open up a magazine and see a shot you took covering an entire page.
I like flying GA, but I'd usually much rather read about the airlines. I've always been into the a.net type crap as much as I've been into actual flying and I'm not ashamed of it at all.
I get AOPA magazine but I usually just look at the pictures, the text is just a compilation of guys bitching about the way things used to be and how much stuff sucks but in such a way that they think it'll only get worse. If they had solutions that'd be one thing, but its always "I want to fly more, but fuel is expensive, and its getting more expensive, GA is doomed. User fees".
I usually go into the bookstore and read Airways and Airliners every month. I pick up an issue of Airliners every now and then mostly because they buy my photos from time to time. They don't pay much, but its pretty cool to open up a magazine and see a shot you took covering an entire page.
I like flying GA, but I'd usually much rather read about the airlines. I've always been into the a.net type crap as much as I've been into actual flying and I'm not ashamed of it at all.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
swisspilot
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tlewis95
I drive planes
+1
Very very good articles with not much advertisement. I have never seen the "how to make perfect landings" again since canceling my Flying subscription.
btw, an example of a cool article -
http://www.sportaviationonline.org/sportaviation/201001/#pg54
Number 8 is the 140 that I fly, and I am the one that Tina mentions about Airventure.
I think Bill Cox is the ferry guy you're talking about. I'll second Budd Davission, his stuff is always pretty engaging.
Timmypig
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Wings & Airpower were great, 'twas real shame to see them go. None of the others give the Cold War jets fix that those mags did. Flight Journal is OK, nice glossy pics, but less 'meat' than Wings & Airpower had.
We're pretty poorly served in Australia. I read the US edition of Flying almost every month, but stopped a few years ago and don't miss it. Plane & Pilot good for its GA focus.
We're pretty poorly served in Australia. I read the US edition of Flying almost every month, but stopped a few years ago and don't miss it. Plane & Pilot good for its GA focus.