I hope the big push to up production doesn't mean a decrease in quality
control as often happens is such cases. I was one of those who spoke
with John and was told there was a 1yr wait to be expected for the 914and
thus put in an order. hope they won't want me to take delivery in Jan.
That'll be way too soon.
Craig Ellison
A205
writes:
>That search just caused a temporary dearth of 914 engines! The
>military
>drone market has kicked in
>since Kosovo and the Afganistan war. If you had tried to order a 914
>as
>soon as a month ago, you
>would have had a year wait. However, John Hurst now tells me that
>the
>factory has increased production
>a lot and there should be 914s in at the US distributor by end
>January.
>
>Me wonders just how many 914s were being produced per week before the
>big
>bulge. To go from 1 year
>wait to 1 month wait in 1 month implies lotsa excess capacity.
>
>Shaun
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Fillinger" <fillinger@ameritech.net>
>Subject: Re: "intercooler"
>
>
>> Nice also an agency that thinks in $10's of millions, could find
>> nothing more practical than a Rotax (as does the Defense Dept. for
>the
>> Predator UAV in Afghanistan lookin' for UbL).
>>
>>
>
>
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