X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:45:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.12.143.101] (HELO imo-m13.mail.aol.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3051853 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:38:15 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m13.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.4.) id q.bf1.33ad04e1 (42807) for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:38:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:38:04 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Hole in the Lancair Lineup X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1217623084" X-Mailer: Unknown sub 34 X-Spam-Flag:NO -------------------------------1217623084 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 ____________________________________ The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. _Get the TMZ Toolbar Now_ (http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014) ! **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) -------------------------------1217623084 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Rob,
 
U R right!
 
Grayhawk
 
In a message dated 8/1/2008 12:08:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,=20 rwolf99@aol.com writes:
<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>The=20 piston Evolution may be a nice airplane, but it is not filling the hole in= the=20 Lancair lineup.  That humongous chasm is at the low end of the spectr= um=20 -- right smack where the 235 and 320 used to be.  The 360 kits were=20 $20-30K and the finished costs probably average $100K.

Today the lo= west=20 price Lancair is the Legacy FG, right?  Kit cost alone is $42K and th= e=20 finished cost is projected by the factory at $130-250K. 

How=20= is a=20 normal guy with an income of $50-100K (a typical professional, a senior=20 blue-collar guy, but not a CEO/COO/CFO or a doctor/lawyer) supposed to bui= ld=20 one of these?  Well, they are not.  That's why there are so many= =20 more Van's airplanes than Lancairs.

I made this argument to Bob Fai= r=20 many years ago, and it fell on deaf ears.  Seems like the new managem= ent=20 is making the same call.

I'm glad I got in when I did.  Ther's= no=20 way I could afford it today.

- Rob Wolf=20



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