X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [69.171.52.140] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 5.0c2) with HTTP id 723706 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:46:44 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: FAA Trying to stop us all? To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser v5.0c2 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:46:44 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <004401c5ba55$3f198230$6801a8c0@compaqvdhfeuva> References: <004401c5ba55$3f198230$6801a8c0@compaqvdhfeuva> X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for Jack Cowell : Rick, are you saying that the 1500shp, 350-knot, six-seater Epic being built at your (I'm told) impressively large facility is the same as a builder going through an assist program like Lancair's? Does that mean that your Epic customers are going to hitch up their trailers or rig a truck to take their planes home and complete them? Of course professional builders stretch the FAA envelope but most of these are (very) small businesses - not businesses with millions of dollars of investment capital targeted at the development and manufacture of a far more complex aircraft than any complex kit a builder could actually make himself. It seems to me that to equate Epic's build program with these one-person or very small shops and/or Lancair's builder assist program taxes even your considerable salesmanship capabilities.