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john_g · 27 March 2002, 06:15 AM

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An accountant I am not, just a working man who looks after his hard earned pay.

Lets not fall out hear. As I said I am a member of both and have been for many years, both journals have thier strong points and of course weak points. But as a long term subscriber to OTF, the two things that begin to grate are as stated, white space and biogs. I can agree that biogs are ok once, or twice, but that has not been the case. Of course there are diifferences, the world would be very boring if we all looked the same. OTF are to be commended on thier general innovative journal production. If you do not want to justify the text fine. Of course white space is there to be used, but examine some of the journals, and from this punters point of view I ask myself, some of this space is not doing anything, it could have been put to better use. The veriety of size used for the photographs and illustrations I do not have a problem with, and of course I have not criticised the quality of the paper or covers which are excellent.

It would be interesting to see how much space is actually taken up with biogs, and I am not going to do a survey of the last 16 yaers. But take Vol 16 and as of today I have the first three issues, issue one has 5, issue 2 has 3, and interestingly issue 3 none, yet it had five articles include.

So we have 8 biogs, which vary in length, some are 1/2 a column and others 1/4. I personnally would prefer to use that space for another item. I accept it is OTF editorial choice.

So to return to my original point, C&CI in my opinion if you want content for the mighty $ is better value for money.

I would also agree with Andrew, do not forget The 14-18 Journal, it really is excellent value for money.

As a matter of interest, for those who have not recived the latest issue of C&CI , the latest issue has glossey laminated covers, colour side views of 55 sqn DH4's and three view colour drawings of SPA 124 Spad X111, Articles on 55 sqn Capt. Orlando Beater DFC, Esc SPA 124, RNAS Airship service and The Construction Corps, Capt Basil Hallam Radford, A mission to the RFC (This will interest our American friends).

27 March 2002, 06:15 AM	#30 (permalink)
john_g Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: England Posts: 192	Aviatik An accountant I am not, just a working man who looks after his hard earned pay. Lets not fall out hear. As I said I am a member of both and have been for many years, both journals have thier strong points and of course weak points. But as a long term subscriber to OTF, the two things that begin to grate are as stated, white space and biogs. I can agree that biogs are ok once, or twice, but that has not been the case. Of course there are diifferences, the world would be very boring if we all looked the same. OTF are to be commended on thier general innovative journal production. If you do not want to justify the text fine. Of course white space is there to be used, but examine some of the journals, and from this punters point of view I ask myself, some of this space is not doing anything, it could have been put to better use. The veriety of size used for the photographs and illustrations I do not have a problem with, and of course I have not criticised the quality of the paper or covers which are excellent. It would be interesting to see how much space is actually taken up with biogs, and I am not going to do a survey of the last 16 yaers. But take Vol 16 and as of today I have the first three issues, issue one has 5, issue 2 has 3, and interestingly issue 3 none, yet it had five articles include. So we have 8 biogs, which vary in length, some are 1/2 a column and others 1/4. I personnally would prefer to use that space for another item. I accept it is OTF editorial choice. So to return to my original point, C&CI in my opinion if you want content for the mighty $ is better value for money. I would also agree with Andrew, do not forget The 14-18 Journal, it really is excellent value for money. As a matter of interest, for those who have not recived the latest issue of C&CI , the latest issue has glossey laminated covers, colour side views of 55 sqn DH4's and three view colour drawings of SPA 124 Spad X111, Articles on 55 sqn Capt. Orlando Beater DFC, Esc SPA 124, RNAS Airship service and The Construction Corps, Capt Basil Hallam Radford, A mission to the RFC (This will interest our American friends).