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Subject: Builders/owners support


Long story short -- buy a IV kit even if it is discontinued (or about to be).  The Lancair kits are great products, but nobody can stay in business stocking *all* of the parts for kits that have not been sold for 20 years.  (Can you get parts for a Pinto from Ford anymore?)  But protect yourself and get *everything* that you can't buy from Vans or Aircraf Spruce at the same time.

- Rob Wolf

That is not exactly true.  Cessna is still supporting every model they ever built.
I was at the 80th anniversary celebration of Cessna in June of  '07.  When the discussion turned to support for the Cardinal which was only built from 1968 through 1978.  The question of replacement parts came up.  They informed us (about 100 of us in the meeting at the time) that they do in fact support all their prior models.  Granted some parts may have to be manufactured to meet our needs and some things like shimmy dampers can be quite expensive, they will make them if they don't still have them in stock.  
BTW, they are having a 40th anniversary celebration of the Cardinal in Wichita in September.  I can't make that event even though I own both a FG and an RG Cardinal as well as a TR182 and part owner of a Lancair ES.  I am having back surgery in August.  If Rob is not a Cessna owner I am not surprised he would not be aware of that fact.  Actually Cessna owners who did not attend the seminar might not be aware.
duane 39WG