X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.207] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with ESMTP id 1332960 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:55:51 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.138.207; envelope-from=WRJJRS@aol.com Received: from WRJJRS@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id q.2e2.ba87d14 (41810) for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:55:00 -0400 (EDT) From: WRJJRS@aol.com Message-ID: <2e2.ba87d14.32018a24@aol.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 00:55:00 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EAA Sport Aviation To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1154494500" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5032 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1154494500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/1/2006 8:11:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, dcarter11@sbcglobal.net writes: I cancelled my subscription to Sport Aviation two years ago when it deteriorated to where there were zero articles with useful or interesting info to tear out and file. I kept my membership in EAA but use Kitplanes for my source of info. David Carter David, As a chapter VP I sent messages to the EAA about the magazine. They replied that when they included tech articles people complained they were too complicated. (A pure BS answer IMHO) This was supposedly the rationale behind dropping funding of the CAFE tests. The EAA actually says that the articles in SA and the other magazines are written at the 8th grade level or less! Rather pitiful what they think of us. I actually believe that it is just simpler to produce a "dumber" magazine. FWIW Bill Jepson PS Kitplanes is almost as useless on a technical level.WRJ -------------------------------1154494500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 8/1/2006 8:11:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20 dcarter11@sbcglobal.net writes:
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info to tear out and file.  I kept my membership in EAA but use=20 Kitplanes
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David=20 Carter
David,
 As a chapter VP I sent messages to the EAA about the magazine. Th= ey=20 replied that when they included tech articles people complained they were to= o=20 complicated. (A pure BS answer IMHO) This was supposedly the rationale behin= d=20 dropping funding of the CAFE tests. The EAA actually says that the articles=20= in=20 SA and the other magazines are written at the 8th grade level or less! Rathe= r=20 pitiful what they think of us. I actually believe that it is just simpler to= =20 produce a "dumber" magazine. FWIW
Bill Jepson
PS Kitplanes is almost as useless on a technical=20 level.WRJ
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