(Rick Durden) wrote in message om...
John,

Why do I wonder whether the overhead in the Piper's was motivated by
marketing folks who thought they looked cool and didn't have the
faintest inkling of the research that had been done that concluded
they were not a good thing to put in an airplane.....


All the best,
Rick


Rick, I suspect that did have something to do with it but on the other
hand, I like a lot of things about the new Piper panel, including a
centralized (and apparently) organized annunciator panel. AND tons of
real estate for a good switch panel to be relocated to.

To the gentleman from the NJ Civil Air Patrol, thank you very much for
the pictures and the write-up about the Airvan.

I still pick AirVan as my favorite panel and I will close by wishing
all on the groups a very merry Christmas.

best to all of you

John Pelchat