Dave Martin wrote:

Paul:
        I know it's a lot fun to find stupid errors in published materials. I do it
myself, sometimes in my own magazine. But don't blame John Larsen. He
neither assembles nor proofs the annual engine/PSRU directory. (As the
byline says, Julia Downie compiles these data, and John is not in the loop.)
        Here in the office we should have caught the "cylinders" errors in the
Alturair entry. (The company could have helped us avoid looking stupid by
crossing out the word "cylinders" and substituting the word "rotors" or
"chambers" on the form, but Alturair didn't and we screwed up by not
catching it.)
        We should have also noticed the anti-gravity PSRU. Julia is checking the
original form to see if the wrong number was submitted by the purveyor, but
we should have caught it before publication.
        My only complaint with your comment is that to impugn the entire directory
as worthless based on three typos you found is unfair. I don't make excuses
for our errors. Instead, we print corrections to the significant ones. But I
also don't expect perfection from anybody, which has allowed me to sleep
well enough at night.
        Best regards,
        Dave Martin

 
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