Cessna developing new LSA

On 2006-06-07, john smith wrote:
And you can still attend OSH and SNF.
I have flown the Champ to both. You learn to pack only the essentials.
If you aren't going to use it more than once, you don't pack it.

I've gone on a month long fly/camp trip in my Cessna 140 (actually, did
it twice in quick succession). Everything I needed fit in the luggage
space of the C140 quite happily. You just have to travel light.

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I suspect Cessna's plane will look a lot less like something Dr. Seuss
would have designed than the CT : )

Now that was the funniest description I have ever heard.
You are 100% correct on that one.

Agreed. But that will be its strength as a trainer, methinks. It's "cute"
and non-threatening.

More importantly -- it flies great, has good range, some serious speed, and
burns almost no gas.
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Nah. Bad mistake. It still uses a Rotax, which "I" will avoid like the
plague.

Why? It started easily, ran very smoothly, and sipped gas.

What's wrong with Rotax?
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And you can still attend OSH and SNF.
I have flown the Champ to both. You learn to pack only the essentials.
If you aren't going to use it more than once, you don't pack it.

I've gone on a month long fly/camp trip in my Cessna 140 (actually, did
it twice in quick succession). Everything I needed fit in the luggage
space of the C140 quite happily. You just have to travel light.

Mary and I have motorcycle camped coast-to-coast in North America. Without
the kids, we can pack very, very light indeed.

Of course, we're awfully spoiled now -- and older, too.

Okay, we need TWO "CTs" -- and we'll fly everywhere in formation....

;-)
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I think you're right, but the folks at Cessna must disagree. I went to
the Saab Jet Preview at Oxford, CT on Tuesday and talked with the local
Cessna dealer. He didn't have any details on this new plane other than
what we've already read.

Newps wrote:

Cirrus killer? Nobody needs to build one of those. Just stand back and
try not to get hit with the Cirrii that are currently raining down.

Kingfish wrote:
I went to
the Saab Jet Preview at Oxford, CT on Tuesday

How was that?

I got the card but had other commitments.

Kind of disappointment actually. The Mustang and Adam jet were
no-shows, but the Eclipse was there. After seeing the cabin interior I
think any trip much over 1 hour might be too long, unless you're built
like Mini Me.
Cessna's only showing was a 182 and 206, not even a CJ made the trip. I
did go for a demo flight in a Columbia 400 and was thoroughly impressed
with the plane. Just gotta save my pennies and I'll have one g


B A R R Y wrote:
Kingfish wrote:
I went to
the Saab Jet Preview at Oxford, CT on Tuesday

How was that?

I got the card but had other commitments.

The LSA class is limited to 120kt - you call that "serious speed"?? Or
were you flying straight down? G

Jay Honeck wrote:
More importantly -- it flies great, has good range, some serious speed, and
burns almost no gas.

I actually met a couple that did just that -- in Cessna 140's. And they
talked on the radios CONSTANTLY while flying -- about whatever came
into their mind. They learned to fly in ultralights and 50 AGL was
cruising altitude for them. What a pair!!

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsjVhg.22591$1i1.13638@attbi_s72...
Nah. Bad mistake. It still uses a Rotax, which "I" will avoid like the
plague.

Why? It started easily, ran very smoothly, and sipped gas.

What's wrong with Rotax?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


There is a reason pilots that fly Rotax power are usually nicknamed 'Dead
Stick.'