RIP Cessna...Skycatcher

On Nov 28, 12:53 pm, Newps wrote:
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Yeah, but what about the plane itself?

Salesmen/demo pilots are a dime a dozen and easily replaced.

So are LSA manufacturers and that's why Cessna will sell a million of
them. You can quibble over the weight of the plane or where its
components are made but the fact is you know Cessna did their homework
and will kill the competition. Just like with their latest jet, the
Mustang.

Way back in the 80s there was a Word processing program called
Wordperfect. At that time it was the market-leading word processing
software. It was actually inferior to a number of other programs, but
it had really great technical support and lots of people used it
because they needed the support. The Skycatcher strikes me the same
way. It has some real liabilities compared to other LSAs on the
market, but it will have the Cessna network behind it and a lot of
people will probably buy it for that reason.

Eventually Wordperfect lost out in the market to superior products.
Time will tell if this happens to the Skycatcher. I think if Cessna
had really done their homework they would have designed a plane that
was a little more competitive.

Phil