RE: [Titanaircraft] Re: Any Tornado S or SS for sale in US or Canada

Trying to focus on aircraft rather than politics, you may be right that I'm
not getting your point.

You SEEM to be saying that, even assuming aircraft prices have stayed the
same, that fewer people can buy them now (not counting the recession, look
at 2005, maybe) than could in 1989.

If that's what you're saying, do you have any quantitative evidence for that
position?

Anyone know what a fully equipped (ie, full avionics) C-152 cost in 1989? Or
if they had stopped making them by then, the last year they sold in
significant numbers?

And, anyone who's flown both knows that the CT is a hell of lot more
airplane than the 152 ever thought of being. 48" wide, to start with! I'm
wide, and my instructor is no tiny guy, and we didn't even bump shoulders.
It's as wide as a 206! The avionics in the CT didn't even EXIST in 1989.

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From: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of ls78705
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:43 PM
To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Titanaircraft] Re: Any Tornado S or SS for sale in US or Canada

--- In Titanaircraft@ <mailto:Titanaircraft%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, "Terry Savage" <chaosrider@...> wrote:
>
> We have too much redistribution of wealth in this country as it is.

That's not what I mean (if you're referring to involuntary redistribution of
wealth by the govt).

> In some industries, like sports and high finance, coming in second is
> virtually worthless. That's what drives up the cost in both of those
> industries, where position matters at least as much as quantifiable
> production.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Markets usually (but not always)
mature in a way that can be described according to the King, Queen, Lords
metaphor (i.e. the software industry, auto industry, etc). We're starting to
see this in the SLSA market too. Look it up.

But this is not relevant to my point.

> That is NOT a problem for people buying LSAs. The crappy state of
> unemployment is.

It doesn't sound like you understand my point at all?

> And, of course, the relatively expensive CT is the best selling LSA on the
> market.

But the important thing to note would be who is buying these CT's and what
their economic position is (as compared to who was able to buy equivalently
priced planes 30 years ago).

LS

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