[Chris Goss]

The problem is getting people to put pen to paper, writing something that is of interesting/well written and more importantly writing something new or unique. I was told by one editor they publish an article on one aircraft type one month and then are inundated with articles on the same type/subject-it will be at least 3 years before that subject is covered again. This annoys and puts off writers who should know this. Yes there are quite a number of magazines fishing in the same pond and it is embarrassing when, for example, two from the same stable have articles about the same aircraft the same month but readership tends to be different for said magazines. As to After the Battle and Cross & Cockade, these are one offs and quite specialist. However, I have forwarded this as a link to the editors of Flypast, The Aviation Historian, Aviation News, Britain at War, After the Battle and the Key Publishing Group Manager........