More Sportplanes Hype

Anthony W wrote:
Morgans wrote:



My advice? Put him in the kill file, quickly, and don't look back. He
won't be missed, nor will his bits of wisdom, or lack thereof.

Good advice. However I was beginning to think he was related to zooom.

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Dear Tony,

Do you need more proof? :-)

-R.S.Hoover

So you were running a "sport" airplane manufacturing outfit.

That should qualify you to talk about small business issues -- because these
are typically very small enterprises. Perhaps that's why you have such a
minor-league outlook.


Gordon Arnaut.






"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:49:12 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:

:
:"Ernest Christley" wrote
:
: Damn, Gordon. If you're going to try to participate in an online
: discussion with adults, learn to read.
:
:He isn't worth it, I swear! Plonk him, (everyone else do it, too) and be
:done with him. He is consistent; a pain in the arse.

Oh, I did. I'm actually replying to other people's replies to him.

I'm in a strange mood these days. I'm finding him and Flavored Coffee
Guy a refreshing break from reality. Kind of like going to a Marx
Brothers movie in the middle of the depression. Just don't expect
them to have any relationship to the real world, and chuckle along
with the joke.

"Ernest Christley" wrote

Damn, Gordon. If you're going to try to participate in an online
discussion with adults, learn to read.

He isn't worth it, I swear! Plonk him, (everyone else do it, too) and be
done with him. He is consistent; a pain in the arse.
--
Jim in NC

This is getting ridiculous.

Now you're going to teach me on how to use the word desperate?

What a weenie.

Gordon Arnaut.



"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:37:54 -0400, "Gordon Arnaut"
wrote:

1. The sportplane sellers are pricing their product artificially high in
order to first skim off the low-hanging fruit -- the "desperate"
medical-less pilot who will buy at any price.

"Desperate"? Someone lacking water can be desperate. Someone lacking
prescription medicine can be desperate.

But I don't see how ANYONE can be considered "desperate" because a *luxury
item*
is priced above their price range.

Lower cost...MUCH lower cost...alternatives are widely available. A guy
doesn't
have to spend $80,000 for a Legacy Cub. He can spend half that for a
gen-u-wine
J-3. Or buy a brand-new ready-to-fly CGS Hawk for an eighth of the cost
of the
SLSAs.

If they *are* overpriced, SLSA sales will be low and the manufacturers
will
lower the price in an effort to stay in business.

Ron Wanttaja

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:51:37 -0400, "Gordon Arnaut" wrote:

This is getting ridiculous.

Now you're going to teach me on how to use the word desperate?

Someone apparently must.

What a weenie.

And a good day to you, sir.

Ron Wanttaja

wrote:
Anthony W wrote:

Morgans wrote:



My advice? Put him in the kill file, quickly, and don't look back. He
won't be missed, nor will his bits of wisdom, or lack thereof.

Good advice. However I was beginning to think he was related to zooom.

Dear Tony,

Do you need more proof? :-)

-R.S.Hoover

I dunno, he could be another zooom toady like juan...

I do give him one point. I think all aircraft are too expensive but I'm
broke and I'm pretty sure that is coloring my viewpoint. ;o)

Tony

Anthony W wrote:
I think all aircraft are too expensive but I'm
broke and I'm pretty sure that is coloring my viewpoint. ;o)

Tony
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Investing in yourself returns a remarkably high dividend.

Aluminum fabrication requires mastery of fewer skills than any other
form of airframe construction and Bruce King is about ready to release
the drawings for his BK-1.3, which can be built for about $7k,
including the engine. (Even less if you have a BA in Scrounging :-)

Bruce has a web site (http://www.geocities.com/dbk4939/) Rich source
of information for the thoughtful.

-R.S.Hoover

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
...

Some other ways to make a higher return on your
investment are "rob banks," "burn down your competitors' facilities"
and "sell illegal goods, like drugs or automatic weapons."

Whoa! Back that business model up, RR. While I agree that the prices of
drugs may be a tad high, most of them are legal (with a prescription).

As for automatic weapons, last I heard they were legal in something like 37
states. Just subject to tax and needing a nod from your local sheriff. Try
http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976548381.htm

Rich S.

Richard Riley wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:36:23 -0700, "Rich S."
wrote:


ie, marijuana, crystal meth, heroin, etc"?
:
:As for automatic weapons, last I heard they were legal in something like 37
:states. Just subject to tax and needing a nod from your local sheriff. Try

Huh, I've been out of that loop too long. I thought the feds had
stopped issuing the tax stamp 20 years ago.

In 1986 the feds banned the manufacture of of automatic weapons for
sale to the general public. The did not ban the ownership or transfer of
those already in existance. The theory of the ban was it is supposed to
reduce homicide by automatic weapons. The problem is that between 1934
when NFA was passed and 1986 not one person has been illgegally killed
by the lawful owner of a machine gun.


Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

wrote:

Investing in yourself returns a remarkably high dividend.

Aluminum fabrication requires mastery of fewer skills than any other
form of airframe construction and Bruce King is about ready to release
the drawings for his BK-1.3, which can be built for about $7k,
including the engine. (Even less if you have a BA in Scrounging :-)

Bruce has a web site (http://www.geocities.com/dbk4939/) Rich source
of information for the thoughtful.

-R.S.Hoover

I'm currenty dumping every spare dime in my small, struggling but very
promising business. Along the way I'm fidng that several of the tools I
need for the business are also the tools used to build an airplane. I'm
trying to pick up some of the eqipment and skills I'll need for when the
time comes when I have the space and money to start such a project.

Thanks for the link. I was only considering tube and rag construction
but this looks like something I could do.

My dream of flying is alive and well but it's going to take a few more
years to turn it into a reality.


Tony