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> Rick,
> Firstly, loved the expression "13th clown"... never heard it before.
Yeah, that's an old favorite of mine.
"If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown" (Adam Walinsky)
> Next, thanks for the compliment previously,
> but remember it's probably based on a rumor that -I- started. ;-)
I figured you were behind it all along!
But nobody contested it so I guess there must be some truth in it.
>
> Now regarding "fair price".....
> That is not really what's in contention.
> I believe it used to be in contention about 5 years back
> when we hadn't acclimatized to LSA-Airplanes costing $100k+,
> but -now- an LSA-Airplane at $110k hardly raises an eyebrow.
> It's generally accepted that the price of $110k to $120k
> for the Cessna Skycatcher is comfortably within the ballpark.
>
> If the Skycatcher was being built in Kansas or elsewhere in USA, we'd all be
> perfectly happy with it, and there'd be no discussion other than, "it's an
> American airplane, built in America by American workers, good job, way to go!"
>
> But once we realize it's built in China by labor at $1.84/hour or whatever
> we can't help suspecting that this is -not- good for America,
But wait a sec, if an American company is assembling and distributing these planes, aren't Anericans making some of the money? Isn't that better than sending ALL your mey to an airplane company offshore?
And those Continental engines are still built in Mobile, Alabama: an actual American city!
It's a well-known fact that most folks buy what they learned to fly in. Cessna 150 students buy Skylanes and Skyhawks. Cherokee students bought bigger Cherokees and Saratogas... etc.
So a student learning in a Skycather will quite likely end up contributing greatly to economy my Mom's hometown: Wichita Kansas (the AIR Capital of the World, I have the T-Shirt that says so).
> and is instead just adding to our economic woes. And quite likely,
> it's providing way more profit to Cessna Owners and Execs than what > is fair.
Whoops, go back and look at the definition of FAIR again:
whatever a willing buyer will pay a willing seller = FAIR.
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> We test this theory by looking at what is available here,
> built in USA or other "western-civilized" countries eg; Germany.
> I think there -are- LSA-Airplanes being built in USA and Germany
> and sold here for under $120k.
> And Abid has been selling LSA-Trikes at under $60k, mostly USA built,
> and fitted with the expensive R-912.
I thought Abid's trikes were built offshore and are-ssembled here in the USA. Just like the Skycatcher. But either way, kudos to Abid for offering a fair-priced flying machine to those who want a trike.
>
> That being the case, "buying American" is very do-able when it comes to LSA aircraft.
> (hence dissatisfaction that people who specifically want a "Cessna", have to "buy Chinese")
>
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
Cheers to you too Mike,
and Merry Christmas,
Rick
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