Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbneb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbsck!cbscc!cbneb!adm From: adm@cbneb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Primary aircraft proposal. Message-ID: <2656@cbneb.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 15:18:20 EST Article-I.D.: cbneb.2656 Posted: Sun Dec 9 15:18:20 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 03:21:36 EST Sender: adm@cbneb.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OHIO Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:decvax:-400:cbnap:9900006:000:1255 Nf-From: cbnap!tel Dec 7 09:02:00 1984 > 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 > > 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! Where have you been hiding. The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Assoc.) has been growing in membership at an astounding rate with more aircraft beeing built every year. This hardly qualifies as a declining interest. And to classify these aircraft as "toys" only shows your ignorance of what is really happening. The need in general aviation IS addressed by the new proposal. Its unfortunate that the people with the power have the bucks and don't appreciate the bind the "average" pilot is in. I wonder what the reaction would be if the same restrictions and expense were applied to ground transportation? Your attitude would translate into restricting car sales to new Cadillacs and Mercedes, etc. letting the "common people" ride the bus. Well f%^k that!