That's really a shame. The planes were really cutting edge and very
sweet. One of the engineers I went to school with went to work for
Lancair at the beginning of the Certified line of planes. I wonder if
he still works there...
Anyone got a spare $25M??? Oregon is a beautiful state to live...
Chris
>
> This isn't an Europa subject, but interesting nevertheless -
>
> The Sept. 24th Oregonian reported that the certified division
> of Lancair is up for sale. The company has had no luck in
> finding $25M funding for production rampup for over a year,
> and laid off 80% of its staff early this year. No word on the
> fate of an estimated 100 aircraft order list for the Columbia
> family of planes.
>
> The original division of the company that makes kitplanes is
> doing fine and is finanically and organizationally independent
> of the certified division.
>
> Cirrus was lucky in being able to secure substantial production
> funding last summer.
>
> Shaun
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