A proportion of buyers of GA magazines are dreamers who never get round to flying. Impulse buyers at news-stands. A market only available to paper, not electronic media
Jujupilote wrote:
I like the technical articles of kitplanes, which is available on their website. How they are still free I don’t know but it’s great !
Just read a very good article/comparison on avionics on their website. Never heard of it before but will browse for more!
I take it all back about Pilot: the infringements article in the November edition is proper investigative journalism
I get the LAA mag with my subscription; sadly I seem to never have time to read it, but it’s the kind of content I like. There’s usually a good trip report, there’s technical stuff about building and maintenance, a monthly article about all the stuff that’s broke recently on LAA members planes etc.
Maoraigh wrote:
I read flying and motor mags in the Aberdeen town library […] electronic media
Eureka moment 
just checked my library’s website and they do magazines online via an app, including:
Which includes 1 to 3 years of back-issues. Easily more than I could read.
And for those who don’t know, Flyer magazine is now free for everyone to read online:
NicR wrote:
Flyer magazine is now free for everyone to read online
The Flyer back catalogue becomes free after a 3 month delay; same for the UK LAA magazine. AOPA Pilot has highlights from each edition on their website, and Plane and Pilot has individual articles. I think the market has changed and nowadays magazine content has to be published online to bring search traffic to the publisher.
Astonishingly, Google Books has a complete series of 80 years of Flying (and its predecessor Popular Aviation) from 1927 to 2008, which someone must have spent a long time scanning. Just had a quick look at one from 1946 and it’s funny how familiar the aircraft in the adverts are
