Wow, how many are still PO'ed at George Flynn for when Model Rocketry Magazine went bankrupt, and they had subscriptions to it?
Anyone who thinks that a magazine of the quality of LAUNCH was funded solely by the subscriptions is out of their minds. It was more of a personal project of love by Mark Mayfield, using profits from other magazine publishing to help make it go. When Wall Street took a dive, it inevitably took his publishing company with it, like so many other businesses that folded or nearly so.
Yeah, forget great article like this one interviewng Vern and Gleda Estes:
http://vernestes.com/images/LAUNCH%...20150%20ppi.pdf
And tis one interviewing Bill Simon of Estes (designer of some great classic kits, including my top favorite, the Interceptor).
http://vernestes.com/images/LAUNCH%...-Correccted.pdf
Rather than appreciate what a great thing it was while it existed, some would rather piss all over it.
So, CONGRATS on driving away from this forum, anyone associated with that magazine.
YORF is so much richer and informative, and has a better reputation for your efforts, isn't it? Actually, no.
- George Gassaway