Thursday, February 20, 2014

Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Skycatcher demise



I'm currently building one of these.  http://justaircraft.com/index.php?45#gsc.tab=0  It is absolutely the most awesome airplane on the ground I've ever been in and probably the toughest.  A Jeep with wings.  The landing gear and shock system is amazing.  It isn't fast, but I'm not about fast.  If I want to go somewhere fast, I jump on an airliner.  It's an LSA, it can carry a load, I sat in it with a guy almost the size of Richard Williams, and it has a large cargo area for tents and sleeping bags.  I'm putting a Rotax 914 on it because I happened to find a low time used one.  Otherwise I would have gone with a 912S.  I flew it at the factory and they have a 400' strip of which they use about 100' of.  Unfortunately I can't use it commercially as it will be an Exp AB, but it is a fun airplane for landing in rough, short spots.
 
Jim
 
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Skycatcher demise
 
 




Pipistrel reaches milestone in aircraft delivery
Pipistrel has reached a milestone for its Sinus/Virus family by completing its 600th aircraft. The company, founded in 1989, will deliver the aircraft to a customer in Australia. "We are proud to announce that our entire yearly production for 2014 has been sold out already, so aircraft number 700 will also be produced this year," company officials said. General Aviation News (2/15)

Like I said earlier Cessna could have done this. They had a clean slate and could have designed any plane they wanted. Instead they screwed it up in every possible. I seriously looked at these because of their fantastic fuel economy but the headroom wasn't there. It would fit plenty of other pilots though. Other than that I was vary impressed.

Jimmy




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