Letters to the Editor - 2003/01
The staff of Model Aviation apologizes for
the error in the advertisement on page 59 of
the December issue. We regret any
inconvenience this may have caused readers
or Machine Works Northwest.
Top Gun/Sun-’n-Fun
Due to prior commitments, I am just now
trying to catch up on a huge backlog of
reading. I call your attention to an error which
has slipped through and I would hope that you
would appreciate it being pointed out to you.
In the September 2002 issue of Model
Aviation, on page 19, the first page of the Top
Gun report by Mr. Stan Alexander, in the first
sentence of the second paragraph (which is
quoted below), an error has been stated. “This
is the same airport at which the Experimental
Aircraft Association (EAA) holds Sun ’n Fun:
its annual southern version of the Oshkosh,
Wisconsin gathering.”
Weather and Thermals for Modelers
CATO THE CENSOR, a Roman orator who obviously possessed the modeling spirit, once proclaimed his astonishment that two weather forecasters could greet each other and keep straight faces. Cato's disdain for meteorologists (from the Greek words meteor, meaning one who creates an outlandish weather prediction, and ologist, meaning to roll on the floor while seized with laughter) stemmed from one of his official duties as protector of the Roman culture against Greek influence. It is fair to speculate, however, that he also was less than thrilled with the fictional weather forecasts of his time-234 to 149 B.C.
Getting The Word Out
TO CREATE a model and write a construction article about it, you need a proven design, quality plans and photography, and construction notes clear enough to make an editor pirouette atop a leather-bound thesaurus. However, judging by some publications, more foot stomping than spinning on tiptoes takes place in editorial offices across the country. While designers should treat all segments of a project with great and equal detail, poorly written building instructions are seen far too often. They may account for more disasters on workbenches than at flying fields.
