Flying Magazine

I have read through the comments and maybe someone from The developer should make several comments about this being a different company than the one printing the paper edition. I looked at this and understood that it was something different so I waited until my paper subscription ran out before getting the online edition. With that said, I really like the online edition and it has worked very well for me. I would give it five stars if it weren't for several issues. I wish there was some way to look at the airplane "centerfold" or any photo that spans more than one page. That is one of the reasons that I love the mag, for the nice photos? Next, and this has already been mentioned, it takes a while to download, that's not a problem because there is so much content, but then it installs it self and that seems to take as much time as the download. Maybe the developed should just change the download to include the un-zipping and installing. Like I said, I like the app, once you are over those things, it works well. I am running it on a iPad 2 if that makes any difference. Feb. 28, 2012 - Really like the latest version, works well.

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You know, I had gotten use to having to log out, log back in and restore purchases to regain access to my digital subscription on every update. Then came the updates that required further steps to remove “Buy Issue” button and restore the “Download” button. But this update really takes things to a new level. You now have to recreate your account. Anybody else notice the help articles in the FAQ tell you to only use the first 9 digits of your account number? That of course fails ( and I love that it tells you to contact customer service but doesn’t give you contact info). When I use the full 10 digits I make some progress except that it references an incorrect email (that explains why it didn’t recognize the correct email ) and won’t let me edit it (Flying's online customer service does recognize the correct email). I give up. Deleted the app. The publisher of this app is the supposed leader in this field. Absolute waste of my time. As mention by others, just assume you won’t have access to the digital version.

I purchased Flying magazine and was happy to get the digital i-Pad version as well. I read some of the negative reviews, and wonder if those individuals have a slow learning curve or if the App was made more user-friendly after those comments. Personally I had no problem downloading the App and registration was a breeze. Once I signed in, I was able to quickly download the most recent issue of Flying, which I could browse easily without having to resize. I’m very pleased with the presentation and with the clarity of the pages. I will probably use the iPad version as my go-to reader and use the printed version as a reference for articles I want to clip out and file.

Hard to understand much of the whining in other reviews, because I've never had a problem with the app crashing -- not even once -- in the year plus I've been a subscriber. Dropped my print subscription in favor of this digital format, in fact. The issues look gorgeous on the retina iPad, and navigation is very easy. However, as others have pointed out, downloading is slow, and the interface for managing issues is quite primitive. Thus, one star off for those (long-unfixed) problems, and one more off for the lack of compelling content such as video, animation, etc. that digital should make possible. (Good grief, one of the *radio control* piloting mags blows Flying out of the water in that regard!) Hope they keep improving this!

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I am a print subscriber, but I also use this electronic version of the magazine too. The previous version of the app was workable, but a major issue was the fact that every time the app restarted it started reading from the start of the magazine. I would answer a phone call and then would have to navigate from the cover to where I was just reading. That was very annoying. Now I have upgraded to the latest version. It is requiring me to sign in again, but what is truly annoying is that it doesn’t recognize my print subscription. I am starting to regret my recent decision to renew my subscription. The magazine and content are wonderful, but the delivery is questionable.