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Old October 28th 06, 12:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Default Aircraft manufacturers and their reputations

Recently, Matt Barrow posted:

"Kingfish" wrote in message
oups.com...

Matt Barrow wrote:
http://www.eclipseaviation.com/affordability/economics/ (Compare the
Eclipse
500 and the Baron)


Eclipse sez $29K to insure a Baron? Yikes. That makes a 10 year old
B58 look a lot more attractive to a buyer huh? But if you MUST have
glass...


IIRC, light twins have the highest accident rates...by far.

Not so, in terms of the percentage of the fleet, however, the percentage
of fatal accidents is about 10% higher than singles (NTSB 2001).

Neil