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N941WR 11-30-2011 06:21 PM

It is good to hear SA is heading back to its roots. Thanks Chad!

My copy still hasn't arrived yet, it might be a conspiracy! ;)

NYTOM 11-30-2011 06:27 PM

Blast from the past
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by N941WR (Post 601588)
It is good to hear SA is heading back to its roots. Thanks Chad!

;)

Boy I agree! This is the first addition I've read cover to cover in a long time.:)
I guess their listening in the ivory tower after all.:D

Kyle Boatright 11-30-2011 06:38 PM

I thought it was another weak issue. The "worthy" items were the Duck article, the Voyager article, the how-to articles, and the what our members are building section.

The RV-10 article is a near duplicate of one Ed Kolano wrote for Sport Aviation about 7 years ago. It seems awfully soon to spend another 7 pages on duplicate content.

Mac also did another advertorial. This one was for Sennheiser headsets. I suspect there is/was a strong correlation to Sennheiser's full page ad about 20 pages farther into the magazine.

Beyond that, I counted at least 7 safety related articles, columns, or whatever. Safety articles are fine, but 7 multi-page safety articles in one issue? That's a bit much.

Once again, it was an edition of SA that had way too much of a "Flying" or "AOPA" or "Aviation Safety" vibe. I want interesting airplanes and the people who build them, restore them, and fly them.

chipf 11-30-2011 06:49 PM

I haven't had a chance to look at that issue yet. My wife grabbed it and read the RV-10 article. Took it with her on our vacation. I overheard her saying we have the sports car, now we also need a sedan.

Ausmo 11-30-2011 06:57 PM

Chip, take good care of the wife of yours, she's a keeper! ;)

bhassel 11-30-2011 07:56 PM

Great issue! I agree. I read the whole thing! That's a really nice change.

Bob

Subwaybob 11-30-2011 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ausmo (Post 601604)
Chip, take good care of the wife of yours, she's a keeper! ;)

My wife told me to build till I'm happy. Gonna need a bigger hangar. ;)

aarvig 11-30-2011 08:58 PM

I thought it was a good issue too. But as everyone has said, there is to much of "Flying" magazine creeping into Sport Aviation. I see ad's for aircraft that are priced in the low millions (TBM-Socata)in Sport Aviation now. I quit reading flying because none of it pertained to the type of aviating I do. Affordable, do it yourself aircraft. Not overpriced, Jet A burning, section 179 tax deducting, flight level flying, corporate cruisers. I understand the need to appeal to a broader audience. Unfortunately, the broader audience is not what EAA WAS about. It seems another wonderful, homespun organization has fallen prey to the bigger and better mentality.
Sport Aviation...you need articles EVERY MONTH on more than one homebuilt project/restoration. We want multiple pages, builder bio's, lots of pictures and the full story! With experimental aircraft getting completed at the rate they are it shouldn't be a problem to do detailed spreads on 3 aircraft projects per month. I don't want to see turbo props or jets in Sport Aviation unless someone built/rebuilt it in his/her hanger!:D

L.Adamson 11-30-2011 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by aarvig (Post 601637)
I don't want to see turbo props or jets in Sport Aviation unless someone built it in his/her hanger!:D

So.............what about a Douglas A-36 Invader restoration. Not exactly a little kitplane, but it's being rebuilt by some people who have built several experimental kitplanes.

But............I still have a complaint. I like "Flying" magazine. The views regarding SA in this thread are not mine. In fact, I find this thread terribly boring...............but I won't start a thread to dump this forum. :(

L.Adamson

Kyle Boatright 11-30-2011 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by L.Adamson (Post 601640)
So.............what about a Douglas A-36 Invader restoration. Not exactly a little kitplane, but it's being rebuilt by some people who have built several experimental kitplanes.

But............I still have a complaint. I like "Flying" magazine. The views regarding SA in this thread are not mine. In fact, I find this thread terribly boring...............but I won't start a thread to dump this forum. :(

L.Adamson

Douglas A-36?

Germans at Pearl Harbor? ;-)

Seriously, Flying is a fine publication. But it and AOPA Pilot have always been skewed towards GA as a form of transportation. Sport Aviation filled an entirely different niche, promoting the fun of building, restoring, and flying interesting aircraft. Today, Sport Aviation appears to be making a big shift towards being another transportation magazine.


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