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Cessna Scraps Unsold Skywatchers (photos)
Cessna has scrapped the remaining inventory of its 162-model Skycatcher airplanes, capping the end of the company’s light-sport program. The unsold Skycatchers were destroyed as shown in photos of an assembled but unfinished Cessna 162 being dropped into a recycling container as similar aircraft sit in storage (AVweb). (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Why the heck are they throwing away the engines? There are plenty of good parts left on these.
Many years ago, Beechcraft took back surplus T-34 Mentors that navy flight clubs would not use anymore, and all of them ended up under the bulldozers. That is a crime to such a beautiful aircraft. But that is the cost of capitalist economy.
That makes SENSE!! Scrap them INSTEAD of LOWERING the Price to an AFFORDABLE LEVEL... I went to look at a 162 Skycatcher 2 years ago. HELL it cost MORE than my Cardinal R/G did at today's Dollar.
Ralph Charette, your comment "its Jap steel anyways" makes no sense. It sounds like a troll.
I thought the flycatcher was aluminum.
The airplane was manufactured in China and only assembled in the United States. Combine that with its high cost and low demand and it was doomed to fail from the start. Light general aviation now faces competition from social media, cheap airline fares and the interstate highway system. Add to that the increased regulation and cost of learning to fly and operating a small plane and you can see why The light aircraft industry is on the wane.