Cessna Anticipates AvGas Demise

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ...

CESSNA TO OFFER DIESEL SKYHAWK
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#196294)
Cessna will offer the 172S Skyhawk with a Thielert turbo diesel engine
with deliveries to start in mid-2008. In an announcement at AOPA Expo
in Hartford, Conn., Cessna officials said the decision to offer the
diesel came after extensive market surveys and flight testing. "The
Skyhawk is already the best-selling, most-flown airplane ever with
more than 43,000 delivered and this option further expands the market
due to the worldwide availability of Jet A fuel," said John Doman,
Cessna vice president of propeller aircraft sales. Cessna will install
the engines at its Independence, Kan., factory under the supplementary
type certificate already held by Thielert.


Yup, gotta pay for the new improved NAS.
JetA power GA aircraft are going to pay more taxes per gallon than the 100LL drivers, so UnkaSam wants more JetA
sales...

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:03:28 +0000, Blueskies wrote:

Yup, gotta pay for the new improved NAS. JetA power GA aircraft are
going to pay more taxes per gallon than the 100LL drivers, so UnkaSam
wants more JetA sales...

The salespeople at AOPA were really cagey WRT the Diesel 172. As best
several of us can figure, this is for the overseas market.

The salesperson did mention, for example, that 100LL was not to be found
in South Africa. I've no idea whether or not this is true, but it seems
to indicate the target market at which this is aimed.

- Andrew