"C J Campbell" wrote:
Every field of business is terribly difficult. No excuse. If you can't
stand
the heat, get out of the kitchen. What I said about aviation can be
applied
to almost every other field of business. There may be exceptions, but
I
can't think of any right now.

Then why is it that there is currently only one innovative, successful
American company building piston GA airplanes? Lancair may make it two,
but they're not there yet. How far is the market from the end of pent up
demand?

If it's no worse than any other businesses, building light aircraft must
be a deep secret from entrepreneurs. IMO only lovesick dreamers would
ignore other opportunities and invest the money necessary to turn
Cessna's piston business into a real winner. Such people may exist, but
putting them together with a talented, similarly driven CEO who could
pull it off would be little short of a miracle.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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