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IMHO, Richard.
* "so many pilots from
WW11" With apologies to Hartmut: "After 20 missions over Germany and
2 B-17's shot out from under me, I'll be damned before I'll set foot in the
cockpit of an airplane ever again."
* "returned home to marry and start a
family" Please remember that America was starved for "normalcy."
After 10 years of economic hard times (they didn't call it the "Dirty Thirties"
for nothing!) and 5 years of war rations, there was a Huge desire for consumer
goods. Airplanes weren't among `em. Also, Ford/Chevy could change
the fenders and trim and market the car as "New, Improved, Longer, Lower
Look." Try that in Any Certificated Aircraft! `Taint
cheap.
* "airplane like the Cessna 120, 140 did better
in sales." If you read "Stick and Rudder," the author remarks that new
airplanes copy the vices of the old ones. It is very interesting how us
humans value a skill we acquire, even after it is no longer necessary. And
even when it is counter productive!
Percy in NM, USA
From: richard logston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:38 AM
To: Hartmut Beil; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] windsheilds
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Coupers, Just wondering about lack of sales in the
late forties. There was an influx of aircraft after the war thinking that with
so many pilots from WW11 that they would want to continue flying, but many
returned home to marry and start a family ( that is one of the biggest killers
of the desire to fly). I think personally if the coupe had conventional
controls it would have sold better. I was 14 years old at the time and would
marvel at the looks of the coupe in model magazines. But airplane like the
Cessna 120, 140 did better in sales.
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