American "Flying" Mag.
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American "Flying" Mag.
The yank version of Flying magazine has finally made it into the www. No, this is not an ad for them, just of possible interest, that's all.....
Flying
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FLYING (US) has had an internet presence of sorts through a long relationship with AOL.
Nice to know it's site is more freely available to all now.
Australian Aviation is a better read for news - obviously local, but rarely has a technique / airmanship / procedural article. Some of (US) FLYING's columnists have been very interesting over the years. Peter Garrison still writes a very entertaining technical piece, Gordon 'Hayseed' Baxter wrote about life with feet on the dash and one arm out the window - and I miss Len Morgan!
As for the price of an issue in Oz - newsagents prices for all air freighted US (and UK) magazines is so ridiculously high that it precludes buying one unless there's a serious read in there. However, the annoying little subscription cards that fall out of a newsagents issue do offer a good deal.
There was a 3 year subscription available for about A$80 (well, it was that in 2000AD) and that's a considerable saving on about 36 x $10 on individual copies via the local newsagent.
Compared to an annual subscription to local mags, there seems to be little incentive to subscribe to an Australian magazine. My only local subscription to a PC magazine saved me a few cents a copy and ensured it arrived 2 weeks after I spotted if the newsagent. I cancelled it the same year.
[ 11 October 2001: Message edited by: V1OOPS ]
Nice to know it's site is more freely available to all now.
Australian Aviation is a better read for news - obviously local, but rarely has a technique / airmanship / procedural article. Some of (US) FLYING's columnists have been very interesting over the years. Peter Garrison still writes a very entertaining technical piece, Gordon 'Hayseed' Baxter wrote about life with feet on the dash and one arm out the window - and I miss Len Morgan!
As for the price of an issue in Oz - newsagents prices for all air freighted US (and UK) magazines is so ridiculously high that it precludes buying one unless there's a serious read in there. However, the annoying little subscription cards that fall out of a newsagents issue do offer a good deal.
There was a 3 year subscription available for about A$80 (well, it was that in 2000AD) and that's a considerable saving on about 36 x $10 on individual copies via the local newsagent.
Compared to an annual subscription to local mags, there seems to be little incentive to subscribe to an Australian magazine. My only local subscription to a PC magazine saved me a few cents a copy and ensured it arrived 2 weeks after I spotted if the newsagent. I cancelled it the same year.
[ 11 October 2001: Message edited by: V1OOPS ]
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Biscuits:- I subscribe to Australian Aviation as well, but I think you'll find if you take out a 3-year subscription, it works out a lot less than $8.
Just a thought.
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TheNightOwl.
Just a thought.
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Recently came across another American rag called Flight Journal. Really enjoyed the read myself, and after reading this thread looked it up online- it appears that you can read many of the stories online also.
HJ
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