That sounds like the entropy death of the Internet.
It also sounds like people who get their news and commentary from sources and social media that match their beliefs and world-view.
With the last of the Kitplanes staff being fired today, I don't think there's much chance of an October issue.
Is that really any different than human writers? Can you tell I’m not a subscriber to any of the mags? lol
Not just fired, fired in the middle of producing the September issue. Man, this really is ugly.
The latest news is that investors and clients are demanding their money back because the development has been a total failure.
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Got a link? Anyone wanna go 300 ways to build it out?Rumor has it the developer decided reviving Dallas Bay Skypark would be more practical although there isn’t much other than this blurb.
Dunlap project blueprint for new, private fly-in community in Hixson
In Dunlap, 1500 acres of land at the heart of a landing strip will soon become home to 340 families.The project is the blue print for a new fly-in community pr
Seems Fuller is trying to build a lifestyle community around the brand, which is a strange strategy. Apparently, the property that was supposed to become The Fields is on the market as raw land.
All of Firecrown's aviation titles are just AI affiliate content now.
Um, yes? Flying has already regurgitated some old Aviation Consumer and IFR articles. I think they are supposedly going to take some of these specialty magazines and put them online, but we'll see how that goes. The quality comes from the contributors, who they have fired(?) And I don't see how you keep credibility for something like Aviation Consumer if your parent company is running ads for aviation products.
If you want to reach out to him, he loves posting on X: https://x.com/FreightAlley
a. They paid very little for them.
Eliminates yourself post consolidation when your market had multiple subs to the publications. And you alienate them by getting rid of the good people that made the subs worthwhile.
You could have purchased these entities yourself and ran them like they had been or you can start up similar businesses under a new name since you believe these entities were so much in demand and profitable. I will be watching for your start up of Pilot Consumer.
Not overly harsh, in my opinion. I would love for EAA’s flagship publication to have content more like the late lamented Kitplanes.
I sympathize for anyone writing aviation magazines today. There is little/nothing new these days. Van's dominates the kit market and there are only so many articles SA can publish on riveting, fiberglass, wiring, and painting. And new hardware? There hasn't been much revolutionary since GPS entered the picture. Maybe glass panels, but are those really interesting? SA had a heyday from the inception of the Vari-EZ through maybe the year 2000. Lots of new stuff. Composites. Pre-punched aluminum. An explosion of homebuilt aircraft. Other than the continued growth in EX-AB, there just hasn't been a steady stream of interesting stuff going on for the last couple of decades.
Flatlining Cristo on a PICC line.. if that's what qualifies for a 121 flight instructor, I've been remiss. Here I was concerned with impostor syndrome adjacent feelings, as I emotionally process forced exit from my childhood dream....My wife is right, this warrior monk shtick is charity work; I should full send it and just go to PA school already.She’s real. Interesting background.
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Don't blame the playa, blame the game.Flatlining Cristo on a PICC line.. if that's what qualifies for a 121 flight instructor, I've been remiss. Here I was concerned with impostor syndrome adjacent feelings, as I emotionally process forced exit from my childhood dream....My wife is right, this warrior monk shtick is charity work; I should full send it and just go to PA school already.
Forget flight instruction, I already recreationally write circles around that monosyllabic slop. I'd Substack already if it weren't for this little flippin'... indenture of mine. Digressing.
Not saying there was room for each individual publication. But I don't think going scorched earth was a good idea
The outside world is a let down, even the McCrystal team of teams acolytes.
I don't think Kitplanes' readership had much overlap with Flying, so it wasn't the "competition".
EAA used to also publish "Experimenter" magazine, which catered more to the old school homebuilder.
I remember the issue of SA where Charlie Becker (nice guy, BTW) absolutely laid it on the line that SA would have a minimum of 12 pages per issue dedicated to Experimenter type content. I'm sure a good lawyer could work with the evidence at hand, but I still think the jury would come back with the conclusion that SA hasn't exactly lived up to that promise.
Used to.
