Did anyone attend SNF '08?

Jay Maynard wrote:
On 2008-04-16, pittss1c wrote:
Other then that, there were a lot of affordable $120,000 LSAs that are
going to save GA I guess. I am not sure who is buying them.

AMD is selling all the Zodiacs they can build.
I am sure they are being sold (there are a lot of companies still in
business way after burning through a lot of capitol)
And a Zodiac with an O-200 would be a decent choice...
I am probably just out of touch. (I also don't entirely understand the
market for $200,000 172s, but there is one)

Mike

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:VGoNj.69474$TT4.6789@attbi_s22...
I haven't seen any PIREPs about Sun N Fun in this forum this year. Did
anyone go? Any new toys? Did anyone buttonhole AvMap about their recent
announcement of XM weather coming "soon"? (Something we've been hearing
from them for years, now.)

Some locals who attended said that the bad early-week weather really
chopped fly-in attendance, but that the weekend airshow crowd was very
strong...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I seen a guy who basically gave me my first plane flight when I was a kid
today and he went down there, said there was a ton of sport pilot planes
there. He said they were everywhere!

I spent some time there Tom..

Impressive!

Although, does this unit EVER GET HOT!

...You cannot keep a finger on it! (?)

Dave


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:52:13 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Jay,

Had I gone, I would probably have spent a day with Aspen Avionics.
That's a really exciting product, from my POV.

Barb and I had a great time! - Just got back home 3 hours ago..

Lots of planes, lots of display booths..

I have posted stuff on the Cherokee group as well..

Best part was meeting the other Cherokee drivers there...and watching
the Night (!) airshow from Warren's campsite!

Everything has to happen right in front of his campsite!

had a LONNNNNG chat with the Lowrance people, who were having a
looooog day answering the "where's the weather?" questions...



Dave


On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:11:49 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I haven't seen any PIREPs about Sun N Fun in this forum this year. Did
anyone go? Any new toys? Did anyone buttonhole AvMap about their recent
announcement of XM weather coming "soon"? (Something we've been hearing
from them for years, now.)

Some locals who attended said that the bad early-week weather really chopped
fly-in attendance, but that the weekend airshow crowd was very strong...

had a LONNNNNG chat with the Lowrance people, who were having a
looooog day answering the "where's the weather?" questions...

Dave

So what was their answer?

The other Dave

had a LONNNNNG chat with the Lowrance people, who were having a
looooog day answering the "where's the weather?" questions...

Can you imagine working a major even like SNF or OSH for Lowrance and AvMap
the last few years? All they've heard is "Where's the weather?" from tens
of thousands of people. It's got to be like fingernails on a chalkboard by
now.

The fact that neither company has been able to produce a weather product is
more suspicious than ever. Did Garmin make an iron-clad exclusive deal with
XM?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Dave" wrote

Although, does this unit EVER GET HOT!

What part? The black box, power supply, display, or what?
--
Jim in NC

"Dave" wrote

had a LONNNNNG chat with the Lowrance people, who were having a
looooog day answering the "where's the weather?" questions...

They HAVE to be getting the message that the time is now, (and has been) to get
it in their product.

It has to be aggravating to be a salesman, and getting crap sales, because the
front office won't get you what you need to sell product.
--
Jim in NC

Jay Honeck wrote:
had a LONNNNNG chat with the Lowrance people, who were having a
looooog day answering the "where's the weather?" questions...

Can you imagine working a major even like SNF or OSH for Lowrance and
AvMap the last few years? All they've heard is "Where's the weather?"
from tens of thousands of people. It's got to be like fingernails on a
chalkboard by now.

The fact that neither company has been able to produce a weather product
is more suspicious than ever. Did Garmin make an iron-clad exclusive
deal with XM?

No XM Garmin didn't. Just look at the XM site
http://www.xmradio.com/weather/hardw...lutions_av.xmc

I count 12 companies offering hardware.

On Apr 17, 5:37*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I went for one day and as soon as I walked in, I came upon the LSA
Mall and the first plane there was the Flight Design CTLS, one of the
planes high on my list to see.

snip of good stuff

Thanks for the PIREP, John. *I've always had a great time at SNF, and worry
when I hear things like "the attendance was way down", for fear that the
organizers might throw in the towel...

I, too, have been very impressed with the CT, and was lucky to test-fly it
in '06. * It's got more shoulder room than my Pathfinder, fantastic
visibility, car-like engine management, and is great fun to fly. *It's the
slickest LSA on the market, IMHO.
--
Slick? Looks like a tadpole trying to waddle to me.

Cheers