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On Jun 2, 9:44 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote
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I was reading about Twin Otters in Wikipedia, and I see that
production stopped in 1988, but the article doesn't explain why. The
airplane looks like it was (and is) pretty popular, so why did the
company stop making them?

Because people stoipped buying them fjukktard

Bertie

People stopped buying a LOT of airplanes in the '80s, because
the recession hit most people so hard.

People stopped buying them because manufacturers stopped BUILDING them.
Cessna built it's last piston popper in 1984/5 and didn't start up again
until the mid-90's when the limits on liability were signed into law.

The recession in the 80's was pretty much over by 1983.

Flight schools closed down all
over the continent, interest rates were insane,

Are you confusing the late 70's (prime rate 14%) with something else?

insurance companies
raised their rates to cope with the countless nuisance or
opportunistic lawsuits, and there was a general lack of interest in
flying as an occupation.

Sounds like you're in a ten year time warp.

The bush operators who bought Twin Otters saw
a drop in their business, and the airplane is so stout that it lasts
for a long time and doesn't need replacing like the average Chevy.

You got that part right.