That's been the problem with general aviation for a long time...the rich want it to be an exclusive club for them so the have priced the little man out!!!
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Charles Smith <cwssyst...@centurylink.net>wrote: > The A/C is 'ugly' all right, but to me that is the beauty of it, the > 'little man' getting himself something that flies. forget the beauty, forget > the finesse, forget the technology, he wants to fly! That used to be what > the EAA was all abnout, then it got smothered by the rush to beauty and ever > higher technology. Now, nobody shows up at Oshkosh with the cheap "little > man's" planes that may not look like something out of science fiction with a > $10,000 paint job. One of my best memories is of meeting a chap with a KR2 > who flew into Oshkosh years ago. It looked awful, still hade theglass > fabric showing all over through the obviously cheap paint job, he obviously > had functionality as a priority over pure beauty, but it FLEW HIM TO OSHKOSH > and did what he wanted it to do. I sort of think this pursuit of pure > beauty and one-upsmanship is a great part of the reason that EAA has become > primarily a millionaires club, the 'little man' flying his cheap homemade > unsophisticated plane that he never intended to be a show-off piece has been > shoved far into the background and scorned.. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
