Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5b1) with ESMTP id 812771 for rob@logan.com; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 06:57:52 -0400 Received: from mailcity.com ([209.185.123.154]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71175U5500L550S0V35) with SMTP id com for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 01:27:13 -0400 Received: from Unknown/Local ([?.?.?.?]) by mailcity.com; Fri Jul 13 22:35:54 2001 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 00:35:54 -0500 From: "Aaron May" Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: aaronmay82@lycos.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Subject: Re: Lancair IV Turbine Makes First Flight Organization: Lycos Mail (http://mail.lycos.com:80) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Language: en Content-Length: 1525 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I must say congrats to Lancair. IMHO, the way a kitplane company stays in business is by constantly analyzing their purpose and always applying new ways to innovate and open the door to new markets. That is exactly what Lancair is doing. They just won't stop.They gave the Tigress a go,and it was an awesome plane, but too complex was the word I heard. But that didn't stop them. It seems like just yesterday we were hearing about the new Columbia 300 - a huge step for this organization and the Lancair name.Then came the Legacy and they're selling those like hotcakes and being built in a matter of months. Then they up'ed the Columbia to the 400 and people started looking under the fuselage to see how the gear secretly retracted, not believing for a minute that a fixed gear aircraft could go so fast.And now the Turbine IV. All of this in literally a matter of a few years. That is the wonderful thing about Lancair. They may not do everything - not even many things - perfectly, but one thing they ARE doing perfectly is innovating. Not only in making new planes, but in making improvements to the ones they already have. I, for one, would never have had the opportunity to become a Lancair builder if the team up there would have been content to stay with the 360.They're taking chances to attempt to become a stronger, more successful company, and I say more power to them! (pun intended) Aaron May >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>