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Old September 18th 06, 08:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Cessna Cardinal 177 RG II v. Piper Arrow III (70s) v. Piper Arrow III (brand new)


karl gruber wrote:
No......certainly not the Cutlass RG. It was introduced after the cutoff
date(I think it was fall of 1978) for the GI bill.

The other three wouldn't exist without the GI bill students. Thousands of
these students got their commercial in the basic three trainers.



So what you're saying is that a plane that was able to take the abuse
of flight schools for decades while not putting them in the hole would
for some reason be an impractical and uneconomical airplane?