> > You might want to pass along to your group that the head
> liability lawyer
> > at Mazda America, who is a VERY active homebuilder, and who
> doesn't like
> > seeing Mazda engines on homebuilts, nonetheless says that Mazda
> > is not now
> > suing or threatening to sue anyone for using their engines in
> aviation.>


You have any idea what his issue with Mazda's on airplanes would be?  We'd all would be better off to avoid those issues if at all possible.  Sleeping dogs and all that.