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"Morgans" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote:
http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/7-photo-copies.html

No specific safety criticisms that I can see of the Savannah - just
of its STOL flight characteristics being inferior to that of the 701.

They are there. Read between the lines; if you don't choose to do so,
you will not see them.

I'm sure it would be unpopular with the lawyers to outright state that
another's design is unsafe.

See my drift?

I am well aware of innuendo and rhetorical devices. My objective was to
point out that the rhetoric and innuendo was hollow.

But more specifically, if you search the NTSB accident database for amateur
built 701s and for amateur built Savannahs, you'll find 21 accidents (none
fatal) for the 701s compared with _no_ entries at all for the Savannahs.
Obviously the U.S. 701 fleet is older and larger than the U.S. Savannah
fleet, but the point here is that with regard to innuendo and rhetorical
devices, Zenith Aircraft is inside the proverbial glass house and throwing
stones.

"Ken Finney" wrote

The 701 people do seem to want to bash the Savannah people more than the
Savannah people want to bash the 701 people. There is some bad blood out
there.
I'd like to know more about what you speak of.

Just what I read on the 701 pages. Some, if at all true, have some pretty
good questions raised. I did take the time to read the whole thing.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

"Ken Finney" wrote

The 701 people do seem to want to bash the Savannah people more than
the Savannah people want to bash the 701 people. There is some bad
blood out there.
I'd like to know more about what you speak of.

Just what I read on the 701 pages. Some, if at all true, have some
pretty good questions raised. I did take the time to read the whole
thing.
I fly a Savannah, so I'd like to read more. What article would you be
refering to?
thanks,
tom

"tom pettit" wrote

I fly a Savannah, so I'd like to read more. What article would you be
refering to?

Go to the 701 web site, and poke around. I don't recall what they were
titled, but something about "beware of imitations."
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

"tom pettit" wrote

I fly a Savannah, so I'd like to read more. What article would you
be refering to?

Go to the 701 web site, and poke around. I don't recall what they
were titled, but something about "beware of imitations."
I've read all that stuff. I thought there was an article in USA today.
Maybe not.
tom

"tom pettit" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:

"tom pettit" wrote

I fly a Savannah, so I'd like to read more. What article would you be
refering to?

Go to the 701 web site, and poke around. I don't recall what they were
titled, but something about "beware of imitations."
I've read all that stuff. I thought there was an article in USA today.
Maybe not.
tom

Since the original thread started, there has been a pretty complete
re-telling of the story in Yahoo's Savannah group.