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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Primary aircraft proposal.
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 11:19:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 11:19:28 1984
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Seems to me that the Primary Aircraft Proposal is missing the point.
We don't need less expensive new aircraft.  We don't need any new
aircraft (well, not many).  The leaders of the aviation community
have sold the public on the idea that General Aviation is not a
toy, but rather a form of Transportation.  Transportation aircraft
are much more expensive than Toy aircraft, both to buy and to
operate.  As a result, most folks who get into flying get back
out again when they find that they realistically need a 6-figure
income to support a Transportation aircraft.  The number of pilots
interested in Toy aircraft is continuously dropping, and the
supply of used Toy planes will meet their needs for a long, long
time to come.  The continuous turn-over in Transportation aircraft
pilots results in new high-end (not Primary) planes being sold
and then later resold numerous times, working their way down the
price ladder, satisfying the demand of Transportation pilots at
all levels. (This would not be the case if Transportation pilots
kept their planes.)

Conclusion:  the only new planes we need are a slow trickle of
high-end Transportation planes (230+ HP retractables).  And
surprise, this is what the manufacturers have determined is
selling!

Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug