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Then on the other hand , about 3000 Coupes
found their owners in 1946.
Hartmut
----- Original Message -----From: Wood, PercySent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:52 PMSubject: RE: [COUPERS-TECH] windsheilds----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----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----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----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.============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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