"Building a Pattern Airplane" book

Wed Jan 19 19:46:59 AKST 2005

I wish Dean Pappas would put his Flying Models columns into book form
for those of us who don't have a copy of ALL of his writings.  Dwayne

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Keith

Am I the only one who pick up that you're volunteering to allow these
guys to professionally build your plane for free????

Steve Byrum 

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On Behalf Of Keith Hoard
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:30 PM
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I have a pattern kit and all the pieces in my garage ready to go. . . In
case these guys need an airplane to use as a "demonstration" model. . .

Keith L. Hoard
Cordova, TN
khoard at midsouth.rr.com

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I agree too  excellent stuff,put it in print!
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From: "Bill Glaze" <billglaze at triad.rr.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: "Building a Pattern Airplane" book

> While I would buy a copy of Thompson/Atwoods  book in any format, we
may
> now have a new, complementary  source for this valuable information;
> I'm speaking, of course, of the new consortium, known as the
> Brammer/Brox Brain Trust.
> Sure would be a blockbuster combination.  Maybe we could shame
them<BG>
> into compiling their ideas and transforming them into print.  Any
> seconds out there?
>
> Bill Glaze
>
> Del Rykert wrote:
>
> > 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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