RIP Cessna...Skycatcher

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
Darkwing wrote:
Building it in China, OH JOY! I would think this would be a negative.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._196672-1.html

Cessna has chosen the Chinese-government owned Shenyang Aircraft
Corp. to build the Model 162 Skycatcher. Earlier this week, Cessna
announced it would be building the Light Sport Aircraft offshore. In
a news release, Cessna CEO Jack Pelton said the company needed top
quality at a competitive price and SAC put it all together. "Our
solution is to partner with SAC, a company with excellent facilities,
state-of-the-art technologies and a workforce highly experienced in
aircraft manufacturing. SkyCatcher customers will get an advanced
design, high-quality workmanship and world-class product support, all
at an affordable price from Cessna, a brand known and trusted
worldwide." The move, coupled with Cessna's acquisition of Columbia
Aircraft has dominated Cessna's profile in recent months as it
continues to pile up record sales for its business jets.


I'd demand my deposit back.

Yeah. More interesting than anything else
is that they took all that money from people
and didn't tell them or even know where they
were going to build it.

Gig 601XL Builder schrieb:
Darkwing wrote:
Building it in China, OH JOY! I would think this would be a negative.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._196672-1.html

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I'd demand my deposit back.

why? just because it is made in China?

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Martin Hotze wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder schrieb:

I'd demand my deposit back.

why? just because it is made in China?


Yes and No. I doubt any one of those x00 people that paid the deposit at OSH
thought they were ordering an aircraft that was going to be built in China
by a third party. They were willing to pay a premium because they were
buying an airplane built by Cessna. They are not.

That said I might consider an aircraft contracted to an outside builder but
not if it was built in China. I'm forced to buy many things built in China
because either they are the only option or because of price. In this case
there are aircraft just as capable if not more so at a lower price either
built in the US or other countries where social and political beliefs are
not odds with my own.

Garrmin builds all there circuit boards there. They have ther own factory.

aluckyguess wrote:
Garrmin builds all there circuit boards there. They have ther own
factory.

Garmin Asia is in Taiwan. Do they also have a plane in China?


Garmin (Asia) Corporation
No 68, Jangshu 2nd Road
Shijr, Taipei County, Taiwan,
Phone: 886 2-26429199
FAX: 886 2-26429099