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From: bl@hplabsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Homebuilts
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 12:43:16 EDT
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> Ah, my favorite soapbox subject...   What kind of plane does "the
> common man" want?  Sorry, he doesn't want a 2-place plane with no
> room for luggage nor avionics.  What "the common man" wants is a
> miniature airliner.
> 
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> 
> Unfortunately, such planes are beyond the financial means of "the common
> man", and so we find ourselves in the current General Aviation "slump".
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug

You missed the point.  Even the today's new spam-can 2-place plane with no
room for luggage nor avionics is beyond the financial means of "the common
man".