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On Apr 26, 7:13*pm, " wrote:
http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/...ffordable.html Yeah real sad....but the tail has been waggin' the dog for a long time now. |
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http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/...ffordable.html wrote ... Yeah real sad....but the tail has been waggin' the dog for a long time now. Not sure I get what you guys are implying ?!? |
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On Apr 27, 12:05 am, "Mike Isaksen" wrote:
wrote: http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/...ffordable.html wrote ... Yeah real sad....but the tail has been waggin' the dog for a long time now. Not sure I get what you guys are implying ?!? Perhaps it could be that EAA was founded to focus on the HOMEBUILDER not the "order a kit and have a professional shop build your $500,000 pressurized monster for you" The EAA seems to have forgotten what the E stands for. It was always supposed to be about the joy of flight / affordable aircraft. It seem shocking that they now have to go searching for affordable airplanes Oh Well its the best option we've got right now, The AOPA caters to the money crowd and theres not really anybody else to go to bat for the little guy right now The EAA does try but somewhere along the way they changed from grass roots organization to big business. Oshkosh brings in a lot of money and it too tempting to leave on the table and get back to your roots Later Larry |
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cavelamb himself wrote:
Nowdays it's supposed to be Easy aircraft assoc. Which ones are easy? The ones that take less than 10 years to build? Which ones are hard? The ones that never get built? |
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Jim Logajan wrote:
cavelamb himself wrote: Nowdays it's supposed to be Easy aircraft assoc. Which ones are easy? The ones that take less than 10 years to build? Which ones are hard? The ones that never get built? Well, by inferance, the ones that come with all the parts already made. Richard |
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Ok so I took a bit of poetic license But you have to admit the majority of the displays at Oshkosh are for airplanes costing over $100,000 Hell I'm building a 601XL from a kit, and the Factory built LSA version from AMD is around $80,000 It's impossible to bring the recreational discretionary income dollars to the sport with entry costs that high, and thus we have no next generation coming up in aviation For reference the typical toys Americans spend their Recreational Discretionary dollars are Boats ( saw really nice one at Bass Pro a couple of weeks ago for less then $30,000. Campers / Trailers Same or lower price range Motorcycles, classic cars, snow mobiles the list goes on..... Its just very difficult to get new people into aviation and to get the sales up enough to lower costs with an entry price of $80,000 Yes I know UL types cost less but these are perceived by the general public as the domain of the daredevil and don't really help up get new blood into the sport. Not everybody is gonna build their own either You wanna see an explosion in sales Gimme a $40,000 RTF enclosed cabin metal 100 MPH airplane and I'll show you the revolution Its just my opinion i would be happy to be wrong if it would mean more people would get exposed to flying Later Larry On Apr 27, 5:58 pm, Jim Logajan wrote: wrote: Perhaps it could be that EAA was founded to focus on the HOMEBUILDER not the "order a kit and have a professional shop build your $500,000 pressurized monster for you" Seriously, what percentage of finished experimentals fall into that category? It was always supposed to be about the joy of flight / affordable aircraft. It seem shocking that they now have to go searching for affordable airplanes At about what price point would you define "afforable aircraft?" |
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cavelamb himself wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote: cavelamb himself wrote: Nowdays it's supposed to be Easy aircraft assoc. Which ones are easy? The ones that take less than 10 years to build? Which ones are hard? The ones that never get built? Well, by inferance, the ones that come with all the parts already made. That includes all E-LSAs - by definition. I should really get back on point - which is why the EAA is being taken to task for a situation not of its making? |
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