So why did Cessna buy Columbia?

"C J Campbell" wrote:

The last thing Cirrus wants is for Cessna to buy Columbia, so they have
been acting as 'spoilers' attempting to disrupt the deal. They don't really
want Columbia for themselves.

Maybe they'd want to buy it and close it down. That would leave them all
alone in the hi perf, plastic SE piston market until Cessna could begin
producing their next gen design.

Would the economics of that work out for Cirrus?

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

On 2007-11-19 09:26:58 -0800, "Dan Luke" said:


"C J Campbell" wrote:

The last thing Cirrus wants is for Cessna to buy Columbia, so they have
been acting as 'spoilers' attempting to disrupt the deal. They don't really
want Columbia for themselves.

Maybe they'd want to buy it and close it down. That would leave them all
alone in the hi perf, plastic SE piston market until Cessna could begin
producing their next gen design.

Would the economics of that work out for Cirrus?

Not necessary. All they need to do is to hold up any sort of competent
management of the company until the only thing that can be done is to
sell the assets at auction.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:54:38 -0500, "Darkwing"
theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:

Is Cessna looking at it as a huge shortcut to building (and just adding
overnight) composite aircraft to their piston single lineup? I personally
like the Columbia line, if I had an extra half million laying around I would
love to have a 400.

Good, proven, efficient design tht makes the competetion nervous and
gets them into the new advanced aircraft designs.

Roger (K8RI)

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DW

I expect mostly that Textron thought they could make a go of it.
Textron (parent of Cessna, Lycoming, Bell Helicopter, Macauley,
EZ GO, Greenlee, Jacobson Lawm Mowers, and a whole slew of little
guys including my company)

Hey, do you get an "employee discount", Ron?

;-)

(If we see you at OSH '08 in a Columbia 400, we'll know the answer...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 2007-11-19 09:26:58 -0800, "Dan Luke" said:


"C J Campbell" wrote:

The last thing Cirrus wants is for Cessna to buy Columbia, so they have
been acting as 'spoilers' attempting to disrupt the deal. They don't really
want Columbia for themselves.

Maybe they'd want to buy it and close it down. That would leave them all
alone in the hi perf, plastic SE piston market until Cessna could begin
producing their next gen design.

Would the economics of that work out for Cirrus?

Apparently not. Cirrus has just announced that they will not be bidding
for Columbia's assets.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Jay Honeck wrote:
I expect mostly that Textron thought they could make a go of it.
Textron (parent of Cessna, Lycoming, Bell Helicopter, Macauley,
EZ GO, Greenlee, Jacobson Lawm Mowers, and a whole slew of little
guys including my company)

Hey, do you get an "employee discount", Ron?

Actually, they said I could get it at cost (I asked if that meant
I had to pay more than a regular customer).

Actually, I have no need for a Cessna. I want to know where my
employee discount is on an EZGO golf cart for the airport house
in NC.

Jay Honeck wrote:
I expect mostly that Textron thought they could make a go of it.
Textron (parent of Cessna, Lycoming, Bell Helicopter, Macauley,
EZ GO, Greenlee, Jacobson Lawm Mowers, and a whole slew of little
guys including my company)


Hey, do you get an "employee discount", Ron?

;-)

(If we see you at OSH '08 in a Columbia 400, we'll know the answer...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
Hey, Don't get him thinking! He does get a Cessna discount (which we
don't need). He's really not a good Textron employee, we don't fly a
Cessna, we don't have a Lycoming engine, we don't have a Macauley prop,
I won't get off my John Deere. If we ever get the airport property
built we might get an EZ GO (especially if he can get a good price on one).

Margy