Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group So much for Cessna

Fellow fliers,

To me, this strongly suggests that Cessna fell for the
mis-representations/exagerations that were pushed by the FnAA about sport pilot
and LSA.

My understanding is several other companies were forced to close their doors
after falling for the grandiose prophesies of sport pilot/LSA .

I must admit, the first time I was face to face with a skycatcher I knew it
would be a failure.

I does look like a plane, but it is so small that I could not get my body
(caveat: I do weight 300 pounds) into the cockpit.

R. Williams



---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Bill Watson" <bill@sportpilot.info>
To: <Sport_Pilot@yahoogroups.com>, <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:48:39 -0800
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group So much for Cessna

> from the EAA hotline:
> Cessna quietly ends Skycatcher program
> No official announcement has been made by Cessna Aircraft over the end
> of its Skycatcher program, but the company has removed all evidence of
> the aircraft from its website. According to AOPA, "The decision [to
> stop selling the airplane] came in late January when dealers were
> notified that the aircraft is no longer in the Cessna lineup." Cessna
> had planned to build 700 Skycatchers per year, but fewer than 200
> aircraft had actually been delivered since the program was launched in
> 2007. Flying online (2/11), American City Business Journals/Wichita,
> Kan./WBJ Biz Talk blog (2/11), AVweb (2/11)
------- End of Original Message -------



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