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Its pretty easy to explain really. 51 cents US buys one dollar Australian. This makes buying Australian made stuff for Americans a real bargain. Of course the question is raised "but don't Australians have to buy the parts for making these things from the US thus increasing their costs" Nope! We make most of it or import from SE Asia. All good parts of course as you will find most of the electronic components do not come from the US but SE Asia. Most Australian business are run along similar lines to the US so as long as you take the normal precautions buying in Oz should not cause any problems. We have been buying from the US for years and it is uncommon to get caught out with no delivery or bad product. Companies like Jabiru and X-Air are just two examples of excellent product at affordable prices. No I do not have any interest in either but I do intend installing the MicroAir in my coupe when it is finished. There are other companies that make terrific ultralights which we cannot sell into the US because of your archaic ultralight rules. Did you know we can register and fly a Aeronca Chief here as an ultralight? I must do the numbers and check if I can do the same with the coupe. How about a Spitfire with a 3300 Jabiru engine flown as an ultralight. That's already available. Unfortunately the US is pricing themselves out of the world market at present with the high value of the US dollar but more importantly it is making it very hard for me to buy the necessary bits from the US to finish off my Coupe. Now if I could just buy the manufacturing rights from Univair think how much we could save on bits by making them here. Hmmmm!. At 04:25 3/05/01, you wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > >Hey Bill, > >Don't tell anyone, but I just bought a MicroAir 760 for $596 ($1147 >Australian) from X-Air in >Australia. they also have the MicroAir Transponder for $922 ($1775 >Australian). Don't know >how they do it. Don't much care, either. > >MIke Dean > >- >__________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from this list please send >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Regards Brian Garrett Melbourne Viewbank 3084 Australia (613) 9459 1779 Sonerai II VH-JGB 415C VH-??? __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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