The CSA images for the January newsletter are loaded

[admin]

300 plus new pictures courtesy of CSA and Terry Schubert have been loaded. Be sure to use
the new password in the CSA Newsletter.

Find more about Central States Association (CSA) here: http://www.ez.org/csa/csa_info.php

[flyingwaldo]

Why is it necessary to buy a password to see photos of, often, our own planes and, also often, photos sent into Terry by us......?  Particularly when they have no information with them, hence, not all that useful?  This is not a huge public forum and doesn't seem frequented by many other than serious canard flyers and a few really good, experienced contributors.  How that relates to a commercial venture seems odd?  Just my 2 cents...but my thoughts have been known to piss people off before so I won't be surprised......

Merry Christmas to all and, hopefully, a prosperous NEW YEAR!!

[BruceHughes]

Hi Waldo

There are a canard people who do not pay for CSA.   Why that is true, I have never understood   
Terry went to a lot of trouble accumulating those pictures.  Why should he let those who don't
pay for the CSA enjoy looking at the pictures?

Other people who are NOT canard pusher people would have access to the pictures if there was
no codeword.

I think the system is reasonable.

Bruce Hughes   

[ekusafetyman]

CSA is a great bunch of folks and very little in life is free.  I agree with Bruce the fee is reasonable.
Larry

[flyingwaldo]

I don't begrudge Terry his business and the tax advantages of including something in it that helps offset the costs of visiting fly-ins etc.  I just don't find the newsletter as valuable to me as it once was, hence have let my subscription lapse.  But charging folks to see a picture of their own plane doesn't seem reasonable.  Neither does photographing planes on public display then charging to see them.  Now it would be perfectly reasonable if there was some value added like descriptions or comments on the focus of the photos, but there isn't.
Just my thoughts as one who has provided a few now and then.  Not trying to be a Grinch.....

[saybeengineering]

CSA Cloth Patches are again available for sale. Details are in the current January 2012 newsletter.....

Regards,
Afif

[LongEZDaveA]

I believe the way to think of it is that the dues are for the information in the newsletter.  The newsletter is a great source of information for all, whether they are newbies or veterans.  The photos here on www.ez.org are the icing on the cake.  Think of them as just that.  You get the benefit of the collective wisdom that contributes to the CSA newsletter for the price of the CSA subscription.  It's certainly worth more than that to me as a founding member (rember Arnie Ash?) I too wish there were captions included.

[BruceHughes]

The annual directory alone is worth the $30.   In addition you get 4 newsletters and pictures.
How much do you pay for gas for 1 hour?   GEEEEZZZZ

Do you want everyone in the world access to pictures of our airplanes???

Bruce Hughes   

 

[admin]

I just wanted to chime in with a little background. I originally went to Terry and suggested
creating the CSA photo archive for two simple reasons.

First, I knew he must have many many more pictures that members had sent in that would ever be able to be
published in the CSA newsletter and I knew that most of these would never see the light of day and be
able to provide inspiration and ideas for builders and enjoyment for flyers.

The other reason is the pictures allow us to see in full color all the great things that CSA members are doing. It's
very difficult to see in the black and white newsletter some of the craftsmanship that goes into much of the work
until you see a high res photo of it. Some of the work from Wayne Blackler comes to mind, his cowls and air intakes
are works of art and being able to see them in high res makes you appreciate the quality that much more. But there
are many other mods that meet the same level of quality.

There is nothing stopping anyone from submitting photo's to ez.org directly. You can upload images directly but I think
most people do not take the time and it's much easier to send them to Terry on a CD. If anyone wants to send a CD to
me with their pictures I'll be glad to load them under your user name and they will be free to all. If every one spreads
the word it would be easy to go from mostly CSA password-ed pics to mostly free pics. Just PM me and I'll give
you the mailing info.

With all that said however, in my opinion everyone should be a member of CSA just like we should all be members of AOPA because canards and general aviation will die unless we all band together and support both. Except for Beagles newsletter CSA is the only newsletter dedicated to Canards and getting it is like clockwork. We can expect to get it on time, every quarter and know it will be loaded with great articles.

Have a great holiday and a prosperous new year!