Jay,

How? Mooney and Columbia are faster than your number, all modern
airframes are way more comfortable.

I'm with you on Columbia -- but MOONEY?

The Acclaim is faster. I didn't mention Mooney in relation to comfort.
Couldn't. Wouldn't. ;-)

From the 1940s through the 1960s, more pilots trained in the Piper Cub
than any other aircraft.

Ok, I guess.

Why? The Cherokee airframe is draggy in many obvious ways.

Yes, but it is not obvious how to get rid of the drag without building a
new plane.

And there you go into a new certification.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

Not that much, if you're trying to write a quasi-realistic speech for
Bass.

Uhm, no.

What would Cessna have to offer in competition?

The NGP.

I'd really like your comment on the sales numbers. When I looked them up
at GAMA, I was kind of shocked to see how low they were. 5 (!) Arrows sold
in all of 2006! Piper is even more dead than I thought.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)