"Building a Pattern Airplane" book

[JonLowe at aol.com]

Don,
Understand.  I have had some experience turning documents into PDFs, so if I can be of help, let me know.  

I also understand the distribution control problem with electronic media and copyright concerns.  Almost any printed document can be turned into a PDF nowdays with just a cheap scanner and shareware/freeware software if no electronic copy exists and someone is so inclined.  

Assuming the docuemnt exists in some electronic format, many people are going to "print on demand books", just printing a copy on a cheap laser printer and using relatively cheap plastic binders.  This way you beat high printing costs and minimum quantities.  The trick is to balance the value to you so you get paid for all your work, and still make it inexpensive enough that it is not worth someone's time to go around your copyright.  Frankly though, a PDF is invaluable to some of us since we can have it with us on a laptop, and print out sections if we need them for a project.

Again, if I can be of help, let me know.  I'm still interested in buying someone's extra copy if they have it, or even just borrowing a copy to read.

Jon Lowe

In a message dated 1/7/2004 10:36:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, AtwoodDon writes:

> In a message dated 1/7/2004 4:31:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, drykert at rochester.rr.com writes:
> Jon..
> 
>     There had been a comment about getting publishers permission to put it
> up on the NSRCA web site. I don't know if that went any further than that
> though.. A comment?..
>     It was a great help for pilots entering pattern. Many have sworn by it
> usefulness especially for those of us in the pockets with little or no
> activity. It saved my bacon a few times.
> I am working with Bruce Thompson to see if we can adapt this to an Adobe PDF format for distribution.  Please be patient, we had basically shelved the publication, all copies gone, and are now working thru the considerations of what will be required to control the distribution electronically.  
>  
> Best bet for the interim is borrow a copy from a friend until we reach a decision as to how to manage the electronic 
> distribution issues.
>  
> Thanks for your patience.
>  
> Don Atwood
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