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Rob,
U R right!
Grayhawk
In a message dated 8/1/2008 12:08:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
rwolf99@aol.com writes:
The
piston Evolution may be a nice airplane, but it is not filling the hole in the
Lancair lineup. That humongous chasm is at the low end of the spectrum
-- right smack where the 235 and 320 used to be. The 360 kits were
$20-30K and the finished costs probably average $100K.
Today the lowest
price Lancair is the Legacy FG, right? Kit cost alone is $42K and the
finished cost is projected by the factory at $130-250K.
How is a
normal guy with an income of $50-100K (a typical professional, a senior
blue-collar guy, but not a CEO/COO/CFO or a doctor/lawyer) supposed to build
one of these? Well, they are not. That's why there are so many
more Van's airplanes than Lancairs.
I made this argument to Bob Fair
many years ago, and it fell on deaf ears. Seems like the new management
is making the same call.
I'm glad I got in when I did. Ther's no
way I could afford it today.
- Rob Wolf
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