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Old June 22nd 07, 08:30 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Thomas Borchert
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Default What I wanted Piper Ceo Bass to say...

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.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)