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Going Direct: Envy

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Key Takeaways:

  • The author criticizes envy within the aviation community, particularly in response to readers complaining about articles featuring expensive aircraft, advocating for unity and appreciation for the diverse range of planes and pilots.
  • "Flying" magazine has welcomed two new senior editors, Stephen Pope and Pia Bergqvist, both experienced aviation journalists and pilots, to enhance its coverage.
  • The magazine has launched a new, interactive iPad edition, offering bonus video, additional content, and a landscape format, available as a separate digital product from the print subscription.
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(March 2011) I TRY TO BE TOLERANT OF OTHERS, but sometimes it’s hard, especially when it comes to people who are envious. As all you fans of medieval thought are aware, envy is No. 6 with a bullet on the list of the Seven Deadly Sins. And the idea of envy being a bad thing dates to long before the origins of Western thought. Personally, I find envy to be unseemly and a bit baffling. My default setting is to be happy for people who have been lucky in life, not to hate them for it, and when I see someone with that envious look in their eye, I can’t help but think less of them.

So, what does this have to do with airplanes? Plenty.

Isabel Goyer

A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.

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