"Building a Pattern Airplane" book

[Del Rykert]

Does anyone know what happened with this or what the status of it is? With 
us wanting to address new pattern fliers I found the book very worthwhile.

                             del
               NSRCA - 473

Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: "Building a Pattern Airplane" book


> 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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