X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:47:40 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from bay0-omc3-s40.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.240] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3053404 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:21:06 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.54.246.240; envelope-from=gt_phantom@hotmail.com Received: from hotmail.com ([10.12.232.160]) by bay0-omc3-s40.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:20:27 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:20:10 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: Received: from 67.34.249.76 by COL0-DAV22.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:20:05 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [67.34.249.76] X-Originating-Email: [gt_phantom@hotmail.com] X-Sender: gt_phantom@hotmail.com From: "GT-Phantom" X-Original-To: References: Subject: RE: Hole in the Lancair Lineup X-Original-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 21:20:06 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <009b01c8f507$106f6090$6601a8c0@thunderlap> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_009C_01C8F4E5.895DC090" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Thread-Index: Acj1Bqp0fiADDm15TIG4AdtR8QdJbwAABkJg In-Reply-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Aug 2008 01:20:10.0211 (UTC) FILETIME=[1262F330:01C8F507] X-Original-Return-Path: gt_phantom@hotmail.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009C_01C8F4E5.895DC090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The "hole" in their lineup has essentially been ceded to the RV series. While it may suck for us, being fair it seems like a good business decision. _____ From: rwolf99@aol.com [mailto:rwolf99@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 13:07 To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Hole in the Lancair Lineup 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 ! ------=_NextPart_000_009C_01C8F4E5.895DC090 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The=20 "hole" in their lineup has essentially been ceded to the RV=20 series.
 
While=20 it may suck for us, being fair it seems like a good business=20 decision.

From: rwolf99@aol.com = [mailto:rwolf99@aol.com]=20
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 13:07
To:=20 lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: Hole in the Lancair=20 Lineup

The piston Evolution may be a nice airplane, but it is not = filling=20 the hole in the Lancair lineup.  That humongous chasm is at the low = end of=20 the spectrum -- right smack where the 235 and 320 used to be.  The = 360 kits=20 were $20-30K and the finished costs probably average $100K.

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

How is=20 a 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 = build one=20 of these?  Well, they are not.  That's why there are so many = more=20 Van's airplanes than Lancairs.

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

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

- Rob Wolf ------=_NextPart_000_009C_01C8F4E5.895DC090--