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Old 31st Oct 2009, 22:04
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Mickey Kaye
 
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I don't have a problem with a market that is driven by price and thats the area that concerns me with the skycather. Ok you can save a few quid over the 150 cause its TBO is 2000 hours and it runs on MOGAS rather than AVGAS but I'm not convienced that offsets the 60 plus grand you have paid to buy the aircraft.

I really do hope that it is a success however as the present training fleet is too expensive to run. I'm also not convienced by most of the new "eastern european" stuff its too flimsy and so called designers don't seem to have any idea how to desin a training aircraft eg no toe brakes, wing storage panels WTF. At least on that front Cessna does at least have it right.
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