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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
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Subject: Re: Homebuilts
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 13:59:10 EST
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> You missed the point.  Even the today's new spam-can 2-place plane with no
> room for luggage nor avionics is beyond the financial means of "the common
> man".

Not true.  Well, if there were any left it wouldn't be true.  But when
the sales dried up they all went away.  A stripped 152 was really quite
inexpensive; but essentially 100% of U.S. sales had the "152-II"
dress-up and avionics option.

I'm trying to remember if there are any 2-place GA planes in production
in the U.S.  I don't think so.  T-Craft closed up earlier this year.
Varga closed up last year.  The Skipper and Tomahawk went away a couple
of years ago, and Cessna has shut down the 152 production line.  The
Super Cub and the old Bellanca tail-dragger lines are trying to be
revived, but I don't think they've succeeded yet.  Maybe the Arctic Tern
is still going, I don't know.

Wait -- I forgot about aerobatic biplanes.  The Pitts S-2 must still be
in production.  The Great Lakes has popped in and out of production
regularly, but I think it's currently "in".
-- 
Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug