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Subject: | Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets |
Larry,
I now understand what you were saying - and a good idea. I'll take a
look at how much just including the building and technical stuff would
decrease the total page count. It may take a while to get around to this "new"
project, but I'll put it on my "to do" list.
Thanks,
Buz
In a message dated 8/22/2012 8:06:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
peteromig@gmail.com writes:
But I'd agree that the booklet form( with maybe the just the technical
stuff in it) is useful and the format could be on the website, sort of a
Reader's Digest condensed (my parents had bookshelves full of the bound copies)
version.
We'll always have to fight with sites being down which is why the hard
copy is valuable. I still value having paper in my hands, I can't read a book
on a Kindle or tablet as satisfyingly as an actual book. Hard to think they
(books and newspapers) be museum pieces only someday. Anyway have you
looked at the volume of just technical stuff compared to the a reprint of the
entire newsletter? I'd expect you could reduce the number of pages
significantly. If I recall correctly your newsletters had a fair amount of "rich"
content (stories and the like) in addition to the technical. That or
organize by the technical stuff by systems so you don't have to worry about having
the right years printed. Could be as simple as airframe and engine or be
divided into smaller categories. Just food for thought...
Stay well my friend-
Larry
On 8/21/2012 6:59 PM, _N1BZRich@AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich@AOL.COM) wrote:
Larry, all the past newsletters are currently on the Arion Lightning web
site. You can read them there or copy each one as desired. The though,
while their web site was having problems, was that it might be useful to have
all of them available "in the hangar" so you could refer to them when
needed. That all..... maybe solving a problem that really doesn't exist.
Blue Skies,
Buz Rich
In a message dated 8/21/2012 6:21:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_peteromig@gmail.com_ (mailto:peteromig@gmail.com) writes:
Can't the Lightning folks just archive your booklet form for folks to
download and get printed on there own? Seems the simple way out that leaves the
info available.
My 2 pence- Thanks for the hard work.
Larry Romig
On 8/21/2012 5:26 PM, _N1BZRich@AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich@AOL.COM) wrote:
A week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if there was any
interest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of all the past
Lightning newsletters. I thought this might be a helpful thing to have based
on
the numerous times I used a similar product on aerobatics when I was
building and flying my Pitts Special. It was always good to have the info
available to refer to in the hangar while I was working on the Pitts or getting
ready to go practice a new sequence.
Several Lightning builders responded that they would like to have this
type of resource available, so I have been working with a printer in NC that I
have worked with before when I needed booklets published in quantity.
Anyway, if we printed all Lightning newsletters from day one (Feb 2008) to the
most current one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project would be well over 1000 pages
and would likely take a total of four booklets or one for 2008, 2009, 2010,
and 2011/2012. Unfortunately, that would be pretty expensive. Likely at
least $150 for all four booklets. It could be more depending on how many
folks order the books.
Based on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as the cost
is quite a bit more than I expected it to be. If you disagree, let me
know.
Blue Skies,
Buz Rich
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