Thursday, November 29, 2007

$110,000, Cessna's new Skycatcher!

Now the price within reach, are my 6 hour drives to New York a thing of the past with the new SkyCatcher, a single engine, 2 seat, 100 HP plane? Can it be anymore dangerous then riding a 1200CC motorcycle? Ignore the fact it is made in Shenyang, China and $71,000 less then it's US equivalent, the price has narrowed enough for me to consider the price/value quotient. Wait, we can't ingore that, that is the whole point of this Blog!

India's yearly economic growth rate averaged over 8% in the last four years. That trend that will double their average income in 10 years. I think we will see a lot of SkyCatchers flying around over there soon. In 2005-2006, Asia accounted for 58% of the international enrollments at US Higher education institutions. India, leading the pack with approximately 76,000 students in the US.

In the US, third grade reading scores slipped to below 2001 levels. Falling to 3rd place world wide.

Bottom Line: At $110,000 the new Cessna is a buy, and it could be my cure for my fear of flying. I hope my kids read this, maybe even get a little envious on how the price/value quotient on a global basis has changed the ingenuity playing fields, after all where are those new SkyCatchers going to be sold?