Anyone who "hates" the mighty shed is nothing short of an imbecile, or has never flown one and goes purely on the looks of the thing.
Noisy and not particularily fast, but nice to hand fly and I learnt more flying them than on any a/c before or since.
Ugly as sin, but actually a pretty neat bit of design.
LOOP is alright, but nothing special. It does do a slightly better job than the glossier mags, but I wouldn't pay for it.
The standard of journalism is often pretty low. There are a couple of people who can write, but compared to other forms of journalism the sector is very, very mediocre.
Mind you, I haven't done anything to help, so it's a bit rich to criticise too much.