How about a high-end, glass-paneled, composite, $70K S-LSA?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:11 am
Since this is the time of year when we think about gift giving, I thought this might be a nice little mind-gift for LSA fans that would like to find something new, high-tech and high-quality under their Christmas tree. Is it possible? Perhaps.... But at the least, it's something one can dream about when thinking of what Santa might bring for 2012 if we've been good...
[by James Lawrence, just posted at Dan Johnson's blog-site bydanjohnson.com]
News travels fast these days: Just ask Herman Cain. New tech net scraper Gizmag just ran a blurb on the Pipistrel Alpha that I covered earlier. Gizmag's focus is on Alpha's low cost, which as they note is less than €60,000 (currently about $80,000). Now consider this: if the euro continues to go through its troubles and drops further against the dollar, imagine a quality SLSA, like the Alpha promises to be (it's based on a years-proven design — the Vinus/Sinus — with hundreds now delivered), priced at, perhaps, $70,000. For all of us who've decried the high costs of LSA, might this be the price point/airplane that would help break the LSA sales logjam?"
(BTW relative to 12 mos. ago when the Eurozone headache began - and despite the above comment on the Euro's value - it has actually increased in value a bit when measured against the USD, 1.32 to 1.34. Lawrence has never been the guy to listen to when he starts talking economics and currencies. See xe.com).
[by James Lawrence, just posted at Dan Johnson's blog-site bydanjohnson.com]
News travels fast these days: Just ask Herman Cain. New tech net scraper Gizmag just ran a blurb on the Pipistrel Alpha that I covered earlier. Gizmag's focus is on Alpha's low cost, which as they note is less than €60,000 (currently about $80,000). Now consider this: if the euro continues to go through its troubles and drops further against the dollar, imagine a quality SLSA, like the Alpha promises to be (it's based on a years-proven design — the Vinus/Sinus — with hundreds now delivered), priced at, perhaps, $70,000. For all of us who've decried the high costs of LSA, might this be the price point/airplane that would help break the LSA sales logjam?"
(BTW relative to 12 mos. ago when the Eurozone headache began - and despite the above comment on the Euro's value - it has actually increased in value a bit when measured against the USD, 1.32 to 1.34. Lawrence has never been the guy to listen to when he starts talking economics and currencies. See xe.com).