John Spartan
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Still no answer to the mystery.
Still no answer to the mystery.
Really? Must have a bird he already loves. Did they announce it somewhere then?the guy took the cash prize
the guy took the cash prize
I hope he didn’t accept a checkthe guy took the cash prize
So why such poor interaction with the public after the drawing? Would it have been that hard to post “The drawing has been completed and we are waiting for the winner to reply. Thanks for your participation” or similar on the Flying website rather than radio silence?Craig Fuller here, CEO of FLYING. The grand prize has been awarded, but after deliberating, the recipient chose the $100k cash prize instead of the ICON.
The aircraft in question was owned by FLYING, so the ICON bankruptcy had zero bearing on the award.
It took us a bit of time to get the award winner to respond to our outreach and to accept the prize.
We will have an announcement this coming week with the award recipient details.
Craig Fuller here, CEO of FLYING. The grand prize has been awarded, but after deliberating, the recipient chose the $100k cash prize instead of the ICON.
The aircraft in question was owned by FLYING, so the ICON bankruptcy had zero bearing on the award.
It took us a bit of time to get the award winner to respond to our outreach and to accept the prize.
We will have an announcement this coming week with the award recipient details.
Turned out instead of delivering a check, they gave him $100,000 worth of magazine subscriptions to Flying![]()
that's cold
Nah, that just funny.that's cold
Now there is an upset customer if I ever saw one.Well, it's a savings for the magazine, since they'll never deliver any copies anyway.
Turned out instead of delivering a check, they gave him $100,000 worth of magazine subscriptions to Flying![]()
Well, let’s see… with recent magazine acquisitions and costs per sub…. Should be able to get them all for…. 3 years.How many subscriptions would be worth $100,000?
Craig Fuller here, CEO of FLYING. The grand prize has been awarded, but after deliberating, the recipient chose the $100k cash prize instead of the ICON.
Taxes are probably why the winner picked the money over the plane. Had the plane been picked, the winner would have had to come up with the money on his/her own to pay taxes, plus registration, etc.
Is this going to be your daily update thread for your gripes with Flying mag?
That might discourage future prize sponsors?No mention that he took the cash instead of the plane.
Why? It’s what happens more often than not.That might discourage future prize sponsors?
That might discourage future prize sponsors?
As I recall, Craig Fuller owns an Astore so that might be the source of that one. After the articles of his about loving the Astore, it will be interesting to see what bird he moves to when the mLSA planes arrive.Doubtful, especially since the Icon wasn't a sponsored prize; it was owned by the magazine (see Craig Fuller's post above).