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Old 02-11-2014 | 04:44 AM
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I disagree it had no merit, it was right on for what it was intended. The business case was solid. We can shoot it down now because Cessna so kindly showed us you can't build a well-equipped light sport airplane for only $100k, or $150k either for that matter. But the SC only failed in that manner- it failed to meet its price point. A modern 152 would be well over $200k and a Diamond DA-20 is over $200k, and here is an airplane that can supposedly do all that for half the cost. I think the reasoning at Cessna for canning the SkyCatcher probably is that we can make money on these things at around $200k, but at that price point there are better airplanes like the Katana.
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