X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:07:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3050588 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:10 -0400 Received: from RWolf99@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.4.) id q.ccd.3c5aaaec (37048) for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com (smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com [64.12.207.142]) by cia-db03.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILCIADB036-90b848925895197; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:05 -0400 Received: from webmail-ne05 (webmail-ne05.sim.aol.com [207.200.67.5]) by smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMA036-5c5848925890246; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:00 -0400 X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Hole in the Lancair Lineup X-Original-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:00 -0400 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-AOL-IP: 72.19.171.41 X-MB-Message-Type: User MIME-Version: 1.0 From: rwolf99@aol.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CAC18496875F11_16CC_3ECD_webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 38159-STANDARD Received: from 72.19.171.41 by webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com (207.200.67.5) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:00 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <8CAC1849665FDFB-16CC-1FAC@webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO ----------MB_8CAC18496875F11_16CC_3ECD_webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 ----------MB_8CAC18496875F11_16CC_3ECD_webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" 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 ----------MB_8CAC18496875F11_16CC_3ECD_webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com--