Wayne, I am in total agreement. We need more pilots. That will happen when the cost of ownership goes down. Rather than taking business away from the new S-LSA market, it is likely to increase everyone's business. Many people will eventually upgrade to a newer aircraft when they have outgrown their first one (except for Ercoupe owners). It will probably be something like the boat market. People are constantly upgrading to a boat that is just a couple of feet longer.
Frank Nelson N51DV - 415C TOA --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as changing the light sport regs to include more airplanes goes, I > think we should all be trying to get them to include every airplane that we > possibly can. We need to increase the pilot population if GA is going to > survive another 10 years, and there are a whole lot more potential LSA pilots who > might buy an old C-150 for $25,000 than there are who might buy a new LSA for > $100,000. The current regs are great for a handful of LSA manufacturers and > for a few very wealthy LSA pilots. If they included all of the light, low > performance,simple, 2 seat airplanes in LSA, we'd have a heck of a lot more > people flying the existing fleet, and that would result in more business for > everyone in aviation all the way up and down the food chain. > Just my opinion. I'm for GA in general. I could care less what the rules > do to the value of my Aircoupe. It's not for sale anyhow, so what it's worth > makes no difference. > Best Regards, > > Wayne DelRossi > Alon Aircoupe N5618F > > "Life begins at 50...... knots." > >
