Letters

Name the best BBQ in the country (The Best of the South, Our readers weigh in on the best eating, including the best BBQ, March issue)? C’mon gang, that is an impossible task. I know, every, and I mean every, establishment and person in the world has to have one superlative claim to fame. But […]

The letter to the editor in the March 2005 edition of The Southern Aviator (The two don’t add up) in which Bill Howard objects to Joel Elman’s article in a previous edition and calls it “irresponsible” was, to me, indicative of what is wrong with general aviation today.Yes, there are high fuel prices, insurance, tie-down/hangar […]

I enjoyed your article in the March issue (To save the South). In 1972, my friend and mentor, the late songwriter Mickey Newbury, recorded a song that he called “An American Trilogy.” He had taken a few lines from “Dixie,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and an old Stephen Foster song “All My Trials” […]

I read the subject article in the Jan. 28 issue with interest. Attached is a photograph I took of one row of C-46s at K-2 Air Base in Korea while stationed there as part of the 1973 AACS Squadron in 1956. I was not a pilot then, but I rode in several of them around […]

On behalf of all of us at Up in the Air Pictures, thank you for the most favorable review of our documentary, “The Barnstormers, Pioneers of the Sky” (Feb. 11 issue). It was a labor of love and admiration of those daredevils who brought aviation to the general public. I also read with interest the […]

Being new to GA and old to NRA, I support learning from the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action (To create a powerhouse GA, model the NRA, Jan. 28 issue). NRA has proven repeatedly that gun control only works on well-behaved citizens. Poorly-behaved citizens do whatever they want, to whomever they want. The knee-jerk reaction at every opportunity comes from […]

cannot believe you would allow an article to be published that was written by someone who obviously does not know the difference between a C-82 and a C-119 (“Flight of the Phoenix — 2004 vs. 1965”, Feb. 11 issue). Bobby R. Jackson via email Editor’s Note: As many of our readers pointed out, the aircraft […]

I loved your article on “Flight of the Phoenix.” I haven’t seen the movie, just loved your article. I laughed out loud at the “Flight of the Physics” line. Good information about the original movie. I also enjoyed your observation about the antenna at the end of the article. Good work! Bill Hayes via email

In the Dec. 24, 2004, edition of General Aviation News, I found the article “Ready for an adventure?” written by Meg Godlewski. It mentions Nauticos and the expedition they are organizing to find Amelia Earhart this month. She and Frank Noonan disappeared July 2, 1937. Your article says that “No trace of them has been […]