Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Story from EAA's E-Hotline

Personally I think Piper has a wnner, and Cessna a loser. The only sure thing Cessna has is that its pilot centers are forced to buy the Cessna. Not sure I would even consider the Cessna offering with the Piper being a choice.

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Peter Walker <peterwalker58@...> wrote:
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> Hello
> Piper is selling a name along with backup in the long term
> Its real competition is Cessna  The Piper has the useful load to offer fat versions at a premium Leather anyone?
> THety also have a made in Europe (not in China) like BMW Mercedes sticker
> Peter
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> --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Richard Williams <rkwill@...> wrote:
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> From: Richard Williams <rkwill@...>
> Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Story from EAA's E-Hotline
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 8:59 AM
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> Some 120k to 140k for a 'PiperSport' is really stretching the dollar that's still in my pocket after the downturn in the economy in the U.S.A. {:-(
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> From: "Gary Orpe" <garyo@... com>
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> To: <Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com>
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> Sent: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:59:29 -0800
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> Sportcurser. It will be called the PiperSport instead. There will be three models; the basic PiperSport
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> to the show in Florida? To far for me and hard to focus on that right
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> subject there is a light out there somewhere in the world, we just keep looking
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> Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
> [mailto:Sport_ Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com] On
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> Behalf Of Gary Orpe
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> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:39
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> PM
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> Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Story from EAA's
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> > More on the SPORTCRUISER from EAA
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> > PIPER MAY ACQUIRE MAKER OF
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> SPORTCRUISER S-LSA
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> > Piper Aircraft may soon enter the light-sport
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> S-LSA. Piper's possible move to
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> be in line with the new direction
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> > Piper signaled last May when it was
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> acquired by the Singapore-based
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> Imprimus.
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