aviation magazines

[troyzohner]

What is your favourite aviation magazine?

 

[jarhead]

Penthouse

 

[WrightAvia]

I tend to like the aluminum ones, as they don't interfere with the aircraft compass. The aluminum ones are also prone to denting and handling damage.

Steel magazines weigh more and are more subject to corrosion, but are more robust.

Plastic magazines such as the "zytel" ones are ok, as long as they have metal feed lip adapters.

 

[jarhead]

WrightAvia

Although I think I crossed swords with you once before on these boards, I have to admit, your last post cracked me up! My wife said to me from across the room, What are you laughing at. I just told her, "you wouldn't understand"

ROTFLMAO

 

[WrightAvia]

Hey, after you gave him the "penthouse" one, I knew it was safe to say it was game on!

 

[jarhead]

Tell me, WrightAvia, does an A-10 Warthog have a "magazine" Would that be an "Aviation Magazine"? Probably not a magazine, as the gat-gun is belt fed I think.

 

[WrightAvia]

I think you're right jar, that big gun (cannon) is probably belt fed or some kind of chain gun.

I'm not up on that kind of stuff...chain gun and belt fed, may just be different names for the same process.

 

[bobbysamd]

Mags

I read Flying and AOPA Pilot. I also have free sub to Air Transport World.

I'm disappointed at how much of a shill Flying has become. It seems that all you have to do to have Flying run an article about your flight school is buy advertising in it. So much for objectivity. I did like reading about the new Melmoth in last month's issue.

 

[skyking1976]

Re: Mags

I did like reading about the new Melmoth in last month's issue.

I agree. Peter Garrison has to have the highest IQ of any writer on that staff. I still have an old Flying issue with the maiden flight of the first Melmoth.

And for the top 3 best aviation mags....

1. Airliners
2. Old copies of Hustler found behind jumpseats.
3. Gun Digest

 

[Sphincter Boy]

AOPA

 

[typhoonpilot]

Flight International

Flight International

They do a great job of helping one keep abreast of the news and have good articles on new planes and new technologies.


Typhoonpilot

 

[ammodawg]

Okay the A-10 is belt fed but I don't think there is any difference between that and chain fed. I just know that the ammo was heck on my back. I use to be an ammo troop in the AF. When fully loaded it weighs 3 tons. Great for deer hunting.

For magazines the only 2 I have ever really read were Flying and Private Pilot.

 

[Skygod]

There are lots of great flying magazines. I think clearly the best for airline coverage is 'Airways' (found at Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc and online at www.airwaysmag.com).

Glossy high-quality pictures, and in-depth articles by true airline professionals. From big airlines and airports to small operators and the human soul of transportation. I should add that I have written for this magazine a few times, but I'm not letting that sway my vote. Much.

The Rick Drury column is worth the price alone. This guy flew 220 combat missions in A-1 Skyraiders, then worked for an airline (cough cough) out of Laos, and is now an MD-11 check airman. And he can write as good as Gann, Bach, Morgan and the rest.

Flying is good for a while, but tends to cycle the same stuff around and around. I'd join AOPA just for the AOPA PILOT magazine, maybe the highest production values and best articles on general aviation.

Aviation Leek and Soviet Technology has to be the gold standard for weekly aerospace news.

 

[SPBRIAN]

My all time favorite for interesting stories with humor thrown in is flight journal, usually found in hobby shops. After that I pick and prod my way through the rest of the magazines looking for something interesting to read.

-Brian

 

[stillaboo]

IFR Magazine

Expensive, but those guys are real regs. hounds, and allot of the authors are former ATC, so they offer the other side of the coin, "why does ATC do this to me?"

-Boo!

 

[Typhoon1244]

Flight Journal. Good stuff for histroy buffs.

 

[jbDC9]

Flying magazine sucks!

Nope, don't like Flying anymore... I still thumb through it because I pick up free copies, but they pretty much suck.

Is anyone else tired or reading the same old crap every month from the King of General Aviation himself, Richard Collins? "There I was, flying from here to there, lotsa weather, but no problem, had my Stormscope and radar up and running, plus downlinking and uploading the Nexrad weather pictures, blah blah blah...." and "Single pilot IFR with no autopilot is just not safe, better declare an emergency or wait for a better day." Tell that to all the freight dogs out there every night... Same stuff over and over. Plus, who can relate to that kind of equipment in a GA airplane? The Citabrias, PA-28s and 172s I rent certainly don't have it...

And then there's Dick Karl.... probably a nice enough guy, but stinky rich and flies a Cheyenne and talks like an airline wannabe. Again, who can relate to these dudes?

And then there was that article a few months ago, saying how cheap it would be to run right out and buy a jet! Only a million or so, maybe less to pick up a used Citation, oh boy!!!!

Ugh, makes my head hurt. Maybe I should've become a surgeon like Mr. Karl then buy all the winged toys I want...

 

[Chunk]

Aviation Leak & Space Technology (I have to let it lapse, though....too much $$)

 

[stlpilot]

"Richard Collins"

Oh you mean the next best thing to sleeping pills. I remember watching his videos when a certain professor of mine was to lazy to teach. The video I remember usually went something like this, "their I was flying from point A to Point B then" ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ oh I forgot the rest it was lights out!


I was partial to "IFR", it gives great perspective of the instrument world especially for single pilot ops. And back when I was instructing it really helped me understand the ins and outs of IFR system, information for which I could pass on to my students. A lot of books do not give detailed explanation of certain IFR rules or the structure of the system. Where else can you find obstacle clearance criteria at DH (now called DA) for an ILS? and so on.

Id also agree with the Flying Magazine reviews. Don’t buy it unless its very cheap or Free.

 

[bobbysamd]

Flight International & IFR Refresher

Flight International

Seconded.

I recall reading about RJs in Flight International when they were first on the drawing boards in the early '90s.

IFR Refresher used to have some great articles. I subscribed to it for a few years. For that matter, IFR was a great read.

Shall we post some anti-choices?? For one, Piloting Careers and its descendant, Career Pilot. Published by you-know-who, of course. I don't recall the name of their descendant at Air, Inc., but I'm sure it's no different.

I haven't seen a copy of Pain and Pilot (intentional) in years, but I saw where it swallowed the Peter Buckingham book lock, stock and barrel, and wrote a glowing review.