The future of the printed word.
I suspect that there is room for a monthly article from each of three types of pilots; a new ppl holder, a seasoned pilot and an instructor.
The nine writers could be recruited from rotary, microlight and spam-can drivers. With a georgraphical and age spread to mix things up.
Each contributor need only write once every three months, although it would make sense to have some stuff in the safe for rainy days.
So, nine pilots who can write, and a magazine prepared to give three pages per issue to real world flying stories.
All the stories would be current, more of a "what I did this month" than the "I learned about flying from that" kind of thing. People would realise what is happening in their own neck of the woods and we may find that there is more to do than we currently get involved in.
I'm sure that a great many readers would align themselves with a magazine that seemed to be more about real stuff than with what is becoming a Transair catalogue with a price tag.
Should this format prove to be popular, it could be expanded to have the nine of them contribute each month and there would be three stories, one from each stage of the experience spectrum, per discipline, each month.
That would surely have something for everyone.
Last edited by airpolice; 29th May 2012 at 16:25.