Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:46 pm
I returned from my slightly extended round-the-world trip and found the new Warbird Digest waiting for me at the post office. Great job, Tim and all involved. It just gets better with every issue. I'm gonna have to take it to Idaho with me on Thursday and get John to autograph his cover shot!
In addition to the other assorted airplane magazines, bills, advertisements, credit card offers, and boxes from aircraft spruce and speciality; I also recieved the latest two additions of the "Girls gone Wild" DVDs courtesy of two of my students. Apparantly they don't realize that the DVD's get charged to their credit cards not mine! I've been getting them for over a year!
In addition to the other assorted airplane magazines, bills, advertisements, credit card offers, and boxes from aircraft spruce and speciality; I also recieved the latest two additions of the "Girls gone Wild" DVDs courtesy of two of my students. Apparantly they don't realize that the DVD's get charged to their credit cards not mine! I've been getting them for over a year!
Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:00 pm
Thanks for your kind comments, everyone.
For those of you who do not subscribe, you should be able to take a look at the latest edition at Barnes & Noble and select Borders and Hastings stores nationwide.
Tim
For those of you who do not subscribe, you should be able to take a look at the latest edition at Barnes & Noble and select Borders and Hastings stores nationwide.
Tim
Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:06 pm
Tim Savage wrote:Thanks for your kind comments, everyone.
For those of you who do not subscribe, you should be able to take a look at the latest edition at Barnes & Noble and select Borders and Hastings stores nationwide.
Tim
Congrats to Tim and crew on another fine issue. I got mine today and It's excellent. Now we will have to inundate Tim with pictures of us doing aviation related activies while reading the magazine
Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:34 pm
Let me just add to the chorus of voices praising the latest issue of Warbirds Digest...great issue. Of course, if helps to have one of my favorites (the P-47) on the cover!
Did I read the issue correctly, in that there will be a special coming out on the P-47 survivors? Any idea when that will be avaiable? (my apologies if this has already been discussed)
Mark
Did I read the issue correctly, in that there will be a special coming out on the P-47 survivors? Any idea when that will be avaiable? (my apologies if this has already been discussed)
Mark
WD#3, and an idea for an article...
Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:05 pm
Hi Tim, Jim et al--
Got WD#3 last week, actually; just getting round to responding now. I had wondered how long it would take for Tim to cause a P-47 to be WD's cover star...
Another excellent issue. Great to see the CWH Firefly in some high-calibre magazine A2A after all this time (bravo to a perceptive Jim C for snagging the session!).
One quibble: that cover teaser "A Tale Of Two Furies"...here's ol' Steve T, Sea-Fury-crazy, thinking "hey cool, which two?" when of course one's a biplane and the other an FJ-4!
But of course both those are thoroughly cool too...
Jug survivor survey? Great idea. I have a shot of the Walt Soplata one if you're interested. (Now there'd be a project, if one could find a set of P-47D wings lying about...)
I've another suggestion for a feature. Having recently seen "The Aviator" (in an old 1930s Art Deco theatre no less) I've been thinking about my "dream project", a movie about the 1949 NAR. That led me to musing again about just what survives from that and the other late-40s NAR meets. Came up with a list of about a dozen aircraft or major "bits" that remain. I think a survey like that, with period and modern photos, would be cool in WD. ("Beyond the Last Checkered Flag" or something like that.) Any comments?
Cheers and may WD keep going from strength to strength...
Steve T
Got WD#3 last week, actually; just getting round to responding now. I had wondered how long it would take for Tim to cause a P-47 to be WD's cover star...
Another excellent issue. Great to see the CWH Firefly in some high-calibre magazine A2A after all this time (bravo to a perceptive Jim C for snagging the session!).
One quibble: that cover teaser "A Tale Of Two Furies"...here's ol' Steve T, Sea-Fury-crazy, thinking "hey cool, which two?" when of course one's a biplane and the other an FJ-4!
But of course both those are thoroughly cool too...
Jug survivor survey? Great idea. I have a shot of the Walt Soplata one if you're interested. (Now there'd be a project, if one could find a set of P-47D wings lying about...)
I've another suggestion for a feature. Having recently seen "The Aviator" (in an old 1930s Art Deco theatre no less) I've been thinking about my "dream project", a movie about the 1949 NAR. That led me to musing again about just what survives from that and the other late-40s NAR meets. Came up with a list of about a dozen aircraft or major "bits" that remain. I think a survey like that, with period and modern photos, would be cool in WD. ("Beyond the Last Checkered Flag" or something like that.) Any comments?
Cheers and may WD keep going from strength to strength...
Steve T
Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:55 pm
mjanovec wrote:Let me just add to the chorus of voices praising the latest issue of Warbirds Digest...great issue. Of course, if helps to have one of my favorites (the P-47) on the cover!
Did I read the issue correctly, in that there will be a special coming out on the P-47 survivors? Any idea when that will be avaiable? (my apologies if this has already been discussed)
Mark
Mark-
Not really a special...but a standalone book on the surviving Thunderbolts. At this point we have completed nearly two hundred pages with about 300 photographs of the survivors. Hope to have it out this summer, I am still gathering details on a couple of the survivors, which is holding things up a bit.
Tim
Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:14 pm
A book is even better than a special issue. Can't wait for it to become available!
Consider one copy already sold...
Mark
Consider one copy already sold...
Mark
Re: WD#3, and an idea for an article...
Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:37 pm
Steve T wrote:Hi Tim, Jim et al--
I've another suggestion for a feature. Having recently seen "The Aviator" (in an old 1930s Art Deco theatre no less) I've been thinking about my "dream project", a movie about the 1949 NAR. That led me to musing again about just what survives from that and the other late-40s NAR meets. Came up with a list of about a dozen aircraft or major "bits" that remain. I think a survey like that, with period and modern photos, would be cool in WD. ("Beyond the Last Checkered Flag" or something like that.) Any comments?
Cheers and may WD keep going from strength to strength...
Steve T
Steve-
Sounds like you should sit down at the word processor and turn that one out for us
Seriously, we are contributor based magazine, so we are always looking for ideas...and that is a good one!
Tim
Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:50 pm
mjanovec wrote:Consider one copy already sold...
Ditto
Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:14 pm
What a great magazine, another fantastic issue. i espeically liked the little data table on flying, restorations, etc...on the warbirds. nice touch that i took a while to peruse through.
And yes, chalk another edition of the p-47 suvivors mag up cause i'll definitley have one of those!
any plans on doing any other specific aircraft specials?
brian
And yes, chalk another edition of the p-47 suvivors mag up cause i'll definitley have one of those!
any plans on doing any other specific aircraft specials?
brian
Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:30 pm
Tim
I can supply a couple of outside shots of the P-47D taken at MOTAT before heading to Wigram and then Oz if you don't already have that covered.
Dave
I can supply a couple of outside shots of the P-47D taken at MOTAT before heading to Wigram and then Oz if you don't already have that covered.
Dave
Latest Issue
Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:55 pm
Another good one! Arrived on WED the 2nd here in Texas. Also went by the local Barnes and Noble and it is now on the magazine rack there.
Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:29 pm
DaveM2 wrote:Tim
I can supply a couple of outside shots of the P-47D taken at MOTAT before heading to Wigram and then Oz if you don't already have that covered.
Dave
Hi Dave-
Thanks. I have several good shots of 42-8066 at MOTAT. I do appreciate the offer, however!
Tim
Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:30 pm
Waltz41 wrote:What a great magazine, another fantastic issue. i espeically liked the little data table on flying, restorations, etc...on the warbirds. nice touch that i took a while to peruse through.
And yes, chalk another edition of the p-47 suvivors mag up cause i'll definitley have one of those!
any plans on doing any other specific aircraft specials?
brian
Brian-
Thanks for your kind comments.
The P-47 Survivors book will be followed by a number of other types. Stay tuned!
Tim
Re: Latest Issue
Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:31 pm
C170BDan wrote:Another good one! Arrived on WED the 2nd here in Texas. Also went by the local Barnes and Noble and it is now on the magazine rack there.
Wow, the varying delivery time by USPS never ceases to amaze me.
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