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Cessna to assemble SkyCatcher in China
www.flightglobal.com ^ | 28/11/07 | Siva Govindasamy

Posted on 11/28/2007 9:27:15 AM PST by Freeport

Cessna has become the latest airframe manufacturer to tap into China's growing aircraft production expertise, with the US airframer picking AVIC I subsidiary Shenyang Aircraft to assemble its new Model 162 SkyCatcher light sport aircraft (LSA).

Under the terms of the agreement, Shenyang will be responsible for aircraft assembly and Cessna will provide on-site personnel to oversee manufacturing, quality assurance and technical design. Cessna will design the aircraft and handle American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) compliance work, and be responsible for sales, distribution, customer service and warranty administration.


(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; cessna; madeinchina; manufacturing; production; skycatcher
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To: driftdiver
I’d like to see a comparison of the impact labor costs have vs. the government regulation costs. If you can dump your toxic chemicals in the back it certainly cheaper to manufacture.

They have to follow the same rules, and do... Again, take a trip to a vendor. Several I've been to are willing to take you on a plant tour.

41 posted on 11/28/2007 10:00:07 AM PST by Freeport
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To: Freeport

Probably true about the overhead. That said, however, you can rest assured that Citation X buyers are subsidizing a part of the Airframe liability costs for this...

Piper was forced into bankruptcy by litigation, and has only recently recovered.

This aircraft is the fullfillment of a promise by Cessna CEO Russ Meyer to Senator Kassenbaum who pushed through the liability Statute of Repose legislation.

(Again, from a Meyers Aircraft site:
http://www.meyersaircraft.com/Common/Market%20&%20Liability%20Analysis.html#DAPCA)


42 posted on 11/28/2007 10:03:07 AM PST by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: SkyPilot
“LITIGATION”

Crooked, lying lawyers, their “experts”, and stupid jurors!

43 posted on 11/28/2007 10:04:17 AM PST by dalereed
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To: Freeport

The lawsuit of The family of Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan Vs. Parker Hannifin comes to mind. The NTSB ruled the Parker Hannifin vacuum pump did not fail and did not contribute to the crash, yet the jury ruled in favor of the Carnahan family.


44 posted on 11/28/2007 10:05:09 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: jaydubya2

It was a good toy. I didn’t have the launcher catapult though.


45 posted on 11/28/2007 10:09:09 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: HamiltonJay; Aeronaut; Freeport
Well just another reason to buy Cirrus...and it still looks good/US made.
46 posted on 11/28/2007 10:09:28 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, FRed, Run. :^)
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To: tcrlaf

Not to mention that some in the FAA (or rather lobbyists/corporate types) would love to see General Aviation a lot more restricted than it currently is. That can’t help the price at all. They were using 9/11 hysteria to get the media to make private pilots look bad.


47 posted on 11/28/2007 10:13:01 AM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: NCC-1701

Agreed. Although I do have a soft spot for the Reims Rockets that were made in France! :)


48 posted on 11/28/2007 10:18:05 AM PST by papasmurf (FRed Thompson...That's been your mantra, all along. You're just an anti-FRed gnat!)
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To: driftdiver

“Something like a wing collapsing on final would be a real downer.”

Let the survivors sue the hell out of Cessna if it is proven that the fault lies with poor workmanship by the manufacturer.


49 posted on 11/28/2007 10:23:31 AM PST by 353FMG (Hillary - Al Qaeda's Dream)
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To: tcrlaf
“Our high taxes, over-regulation, Inane Enviro regs, over-unionization, and most of all, UNLIMITED CIVIL LIABILITY have pushed many things offshore...Remind me..
Which party is it that supports those platforms again?”

Democrat and Republican

50 posted on 11/28/2007 10:30:17 AM PST by monday
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To: Freeport

The little C-162 looked so sexy for an inexpensive (relatively) airplane.

But, being made in ChiCom country means I’ll take another look at the RV-12 kit...made in Oregon, USA (and your backyard)


51 posted on 11/28/2007 10:31:03 AM PST by hattend (2/3 of the Earth is covered by water. the other 1/3 is covered by Champ Bailey. Go Broncos)
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To: hattend
RV-12 LSA


52 posted on 11/28/2007 10:35:19 AM PST by hattend (2/3 of the Earth is covered by water. the other 1/3 is covered by Champ Bailey. Go Broncos)
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To: Freeport

I’d build an airplane before I’d buy one of these.

I noticed my wife bought a package of “farm raised” frozen tilapia - - it’s from China!!!!!! Never again!!!!!!

Would it be safe to eat, or should we just give it to the cats?


53 posted on 11/28/2007 10:36:58 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: 353FMG
“Let the survivors sue the hell out of Cessna if it is proven that the fault lies with poor workmanship by the manufacturer.”

The survivors? What survivors? Go ahead, sue Cessna after you are dead. I am sure that will make it all better. sheesh...

54 posted on 11/28/2007 10:39:15 AM PST by monday
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To: dynoman

I stopped buying talapia also when I noticed where it was “raised” and found out that on these fish farms they feed them..well, don’t even give it to your cat- throw it out.


55 posted on 11/28/2007 10:43:18 AM PST by Riverine
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To: dynoman

“Would it be safe to eat, or should we just give it to the cats?”

Don’t give it to the cats unless you don’t like cats. Best to take it back to the store and demand your money back. If we all did this, stores would quit stocking frozen bacteria and industrial waste from China.


56 posted on 11/28/2007 10:43:39 AM PST by monday
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To: monday

Survivors are usually not dead.


57 posted on 11/28/2007 10:44:08 AM PST by 353FMG (Hillary - Al Qaeda's Dream)
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To: 353FMG
correction: survivors are never dead. Unfortunately, airplane accidents produce more corpses than survivors. My point is that suing airplane manufacturers for defective products after an accident isn’t a good plan, since most people will be dead. Get it now?
58 posted on 11/28/2007 10:52:29 AM PST by monday
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To: Freeport

“Good going Union!”

This ain’t about unions.

This is about wringing every last penny of profit out of the company, American workers be damned.


59 posted on 11/28/2007 11:06:31 AM PST by EEDUDE
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To: SkyPilot

LITIGATION

Yep. Lawyers have pretty much single handedly killed general aviation in this country.

I despise lawyers.


60 posted on 11/28/2007 11:09:50 AM PST by EEDUDE
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