Posted for N301ES <lancair@ustek.com>:

 I fly a GlaStar - glass fuselage with Al wings and tail.  $150k hull is
$2,100.   It ain't the glass, it's the speed and the safety history.  I can
fly my GlaStar on final at 55 kt, or even at 45 kt full stall all the way to
the runway at a controllable 650 fpm descent to a power-up at flare.  With my
ES-P I expect to double those speeds, and with that speed comes damage risk.
 The big ES wing gives us t/o or land roll at 50% that of the IV-P.  Yes we
should get a better rate and availability than the IV's.  The quote I got for
$350k hull is less than $6k.
 
 Robert M. Simon,  N301ES