Flying Magazines Get ANOTHER New Editor

HeyEng

HeyEng

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So after J. Mac left the editor's desk, the guy who replaced him has now been replaced by Robert Goyer. I thought that working for "Flying" would be one of the best gigs out there, but after being bought out by Bonnier, there sure seems like there has been some turmoil over there.

I think they should let Martha Lunken be the editor. That would be a good magazine!!!

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2010/101006flying.html
 
I haven't read more than a couple of pages of that bound set of advertisements for over a decade. Garbage, with the exception of Garrison, who I think is a pretty sharp cookie.
 
Transition the a jet.

Is a turbo prop in your future?

Flying a Bonanza to Alaska.

Etc..

That magazine lost touch a long time ago.
 
Codyjp said:
That magazine lost touch a long time ago.
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Oh, money never loses touch with its audience. It's as reliable as the day is long in that regard. It just turns out that no one on this website is that audience, unless you count starry-eyed kids lookin' to fly to Paris twice a month and bang hot stews forever because they'll never get old, let alone die. "Flying" is for suckers and those who profit from suckers. Probably not in that order.
 
I never got into Macs articles a whole lot either. I do really enjoy Les's though. Got to meet him in person when I was down at DXR with the airplane once, really cool guy!
 
Mark815 said:
I never got into Macs articles a whole lot either. I do really enjoy Les's though. Got to meet him in person when I was down at DXR with the airplane once, really cool guy!
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Did you compliment him on his epic mustache?
 
mshunter said:
The way they were written always seemed to talk down to his readers.
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A loooooong time ago I sent a letter to the editor about one of his articles. I'll give him kudos for actually responding, but let me tell you he is just as egotistical and talks down in his response as comes through on the paper of the magazine.

After his response I promptly stopped reading it. Forever.
 
They have to be losing readership as well as AOPA too. I can't stand either of th
em anymore. The average guy who flies on the weekend is disappearing, and they are aiming at the elite that makes up private aviation now, and in the future.

Bax was the best, Martha Lunken is a hoot! The rest are rubbish writers. It always comes across that unless you are in a million dollar plane, you must be of the unwashed masses and we will not pay attention to you.
 
cezzna said:
The average guy who flies on the weekend is disappearing, and they are aiming at the elite that makes up private aviation now, and in the future.
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But to behonest....just look at the make up of the posters on this site. Everyone is ga-ga-for-glass(?) cockpits, love the Cirrus' and Katanas. Have you looked at the price of new aircraft? There is NO WAY the average Joe can even think about buying a "new" airplane. Those with older airplanes wouldn't even consider putting LCD displays in them. They cost as much to install as the plane is worth. Just to retro a C172 with G430/530s is approx $20K. (In the mid 1980s, you could buy a good IFR 172 for 20K.) The average person's salary is about the same, but the cost of the same plane has tripled.

The magazines, by default, are writing about and advertising new equipment that is not attainable by the masses. Nor are they attainable for the average flight school. It is getting near impossible in my area to find a good HP plane to rent.

For me, FLYING mag lost credibility with L Wallance. The last straw was her article about how "great" GIA was. I'm not big on J Mac either.
 
National Waco Club newsletter.
Antique Airplane Association newsletter
Sport Pilot and Vintage mag from EAA
Hustler

I'm set. No need for Flying magazine.
 
NJA_Capt said:
For me, FLYING mag lost credibility with L Wallance. The last straw was her article about how "great" GIA was. I'm not big on J Mac either.
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The article of which you speak ... http://www.flyingmag.com/safety/training/gulfstream-training-academy-provides-alternative

She was never one for fixing herself up either. Exactly how much denim can one woman own in the 21st century?

I actually liked reading Dick Karl's column. It seemed a bit more inline with the average Joe - if the average Joe happens to lead a surgeory department at a major hospital. :rolleyes:
 
dasleben said:
Did you compliment him on his epic mustache?
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I did actually haha

I was down at Danbury getting some MX done on the airplane. The guy working on the plane knows Les, and pointed him out to me before I left. I didn't believe it was him but the stache was HUGE and a dead give away. I told the mechanic that, who in turn told Les when he introduced me, "Hey Les, this is Mark, he didn't believe it was you until he saw that mustache!" haha

Cool guy though!
 
I love Dick Karl, total airline geek and I can totally relate. The articles about his opportunity to deliver a brand new Southwest 737-700 were amazing, you really felt happy for him. His articles are always lighthearted in contrast to the chest pounding from everyone else.

Lane Wallace pisses me off sometimes. She wrote a whole article about how "cute" LSAs are, and how they're "ALMOST" like "real airplanes". Huh? They aren't real airplanes? Then what are they? Paper? And how Sport Pilots can actually be compared to "real pilots". Yeah...sport pilots can fly a 172 just like the rest of us, just with more restrictions like 1 passenger and only in the daytime. I guess they're only "real pilots" for Halloween.

"I Learned About Flying From That" is usually great.

Les Abend has a 'stache to go along with his manly manlyness.

Martha is great.

I really don't read the other people's articles most of the time. In fact, I was subscribed to Flying for about 10 years but just stopped paying for it recently. When I'm in a bookstore, I usually open it up, flip to Les Abend's article, read that, then put it back on the shelf.
 
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