On 2005-09-29, Jonathan Goodish wrote:
Composites may indeed be superior in some ways, but long-term cost of
ownership for composites used in certificated GA aircraft is a huge
unknown at this point.

Not really - just look at certificated composite gliders. There's plenty
of old plastic gliders around now. Plenty of people who know how to do
repairs on them, too. Not to mention in the powered world, the Diamond
light planes have been around for quite a while now.

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