Well, one could say my hands are now tied on this, eh Ian?
I get both mags - I also read the US mag
Flying. However, all that does is to prove that the US flying culture is so different from ours!
People often slate Pilot's quality from before and during their recent problems, so I'm taking the last few issues of both FLYER and Pilot as a comparison.
FLYER
- good photography
- good writing
- content recently went up a bit but went down?
- could we have some more content every month please? I'd pay more money to see new columns, flying adventures and one off pieces. "Pro" section was good, e.g. Meridian, TBM700 etc Good for dreaming. Wouldn't want too much commercial flying copy - limited anyway?
Pilot
- very much improved now that changes have settled down
- very content orientated ( a good thing - currently)
- liking the "fly an old type" thing every month, e.g. Spit, Widgeon etc
Odd really, combine good points of both mags and you'd have one super GA mag.