Craymondw(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: direction |
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A GL 2 FT builder that also owns a Gl111 informed me that Stoddard Hamilton decided to get away from high performance aircraft and look into the Glasstar after the manufacturers of the Kitfox convinced them that their way was the better direction. I didn't care for that new direction at all and felt that Stoddard Hamilton was abandoning the Glasair builders and their composite direction. After listening to sales pitches in the late 1980's about how inferior alumni mum was and the future was in composite, Stoddard Hamilton introduced the steel tube, aluminum winged Glasstar. I was part of a group of builders that felt that was a mistake and that a four seat high performance composite version should have been offered instead, followed by a certified version. Also carbon fiber versions of the Gl 2 series and Gl three's should have been introduced. The management of Cirrus and Lancair decided to stick with composites and the Cirrus series of aircraft have become one of the best selling light planes in aviation history closely followed by Columbia aircraft. What a lost opportunity!! I feel that Glasairs with proper speed modifications would not only out perform Lancairs but have superior handling characteristics better than both Lancair and Cirrus designs. Further more, unlike Cirrus designs, I have never heard of unexplained loss of control in adverse weather of any of the Glasair series. And lastly, in the event of an off field landing the survivability in Glasairs appears to greater than their counterparts.
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