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I first read that thinking Mike was behind that. Obviously he’s a smart guy, but there’s no way that’s a good idea. Eventually figured out thats a group in Poland. My lunch money says it goes the same way as all the other concept airplanes these days.
 
Bacho said:
I first read that thinking Mike was behind that. Obviously he’s a smart guy, but there’s no way that’s a good idea. Eventually figured out thats a group in Poland. My lunch money says it goes the same way as all the other concept airplanes these days.
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I imagine that's going to depend on how many deposits they get and how much the Polish government subsidizes it.
I read that they've already bought the type certificates and technical data so in theory they could start producing piston wilgas right now.
 
87manche said:
I imagine that's going to depend on how many deposits they get and how much the Polish government subsidizes it.
I read that they've already bought the type certificates and technical data so in theory they could start producing piston wilgas right now.
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Right, but generally they don’t cease production on things when they’re selling well. Is there really a market for a $3-5 million(?) turboprop Bush plane with limited cargo capacity?
 
Bacho said:
Right, but generally they don’t cease production on things when they’re selling well. Is there really a market for a $3-5 million(?) turboprop Bush plane with limited cargo capacity?
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IT will be very niche...

BUT, if the Search and Rescue game starts adopting this type of aircraft then they can tap into a new revenue stream.
 
CarterKraft said:
IT will be very niche...

BUT, if the Search and Rescue game starts adopting this type of aircraft then they can tap into a new revenue stream.
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They had those type of aircraft and they also went out of production, the helio courier for example. Bush and STOL aircraft are badass, but for search and rescue, I don't see an advantage of one of these over a helicopter.
 
Bacho said:
Right, but generally they don’t cease production on things when they’re selling well. Is there really a market for a $3-5 million(?) turboprop Bush plane with limited cargo capacity?
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It will be fun watching doctors lawn dart these into the ground, I imagine a turbo prop bush plane like draco would be a handful.
 
Slander said:
They had those type of aircraft and they also went out of production, the helio courier for example. Bush and STOL aircraft are badass, but for search and rescue, I don't see an advantage of one of these over a helicopter.
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Endurance and range for searching. Time on station for radio middle man.
 
Joez said:
You haven't shopped a plane for a while, have you.
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My point was you don't need a $4million speciality plane to loiter over the imaginary search and rescue area.

Hell those ass clowns in the civil air patrol who can't navigate their way out of a paper bag with it ripped half open use 172s
 
Slander said:
Hell those ass clowns in the civil air patrol who can't navigate their way out of a paper bag with it ripped half open use 172s
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Hey I resemble that remark!! but don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
In my defense, our squadron has really good, professional pilots, but I don't think thats normal.
On a related note, its mostly 182s and they cost close to 500k now with the equipment they come with.
 
dentedsub said:
Hey I resemble that remark!! but don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
In my defense, our squadron has really good, professional pilots, but I don't think thats normal.
On a related note, its mostly 182s and they cost close to 500k now with the equipment they come with.
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I had "squadrons" based at a few of the airports I worked at and they were complete morons. Like I would be eaten by wolves before they would even figure out how to get the aircraft started level of retarded. Perhaps there are good ones out there, but damn I have zero faith in them actually doing something. Spare me the fact they dropped the first bomb in WW2 or whatever they like to share.
 
dentedsub said:
Hey I resemble that remark!! but don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
In my defense, our squadron has really good, professional pilots, but I don't think thats normal.
On a related note, its mostly 182s and they cost close to 500k now with the equipment they come with.
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500k used!? :eek: Or is that new.

I want a 182 and was using 200 as the number to save for.
 
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