A wry comment I found on the canard newsgroup!?!?
Graham
>Subject: [c-a] Aircraft Engines
>The man on the street figures aircraft components, certainly engines, are
>the most reliable, top quality available anywhere. The current Continental
>ad (AOPA PILOT) includes an interesting line, "It's all part of our massive
>investment to upgrade our tooling to the same level of manufacturing
>excellence used to produce the finest automobile engines." Kinda makes you
>wonder about the "level of excellence" in what we're flying now.
>
>Also looks like they would be satisfied to be "as good as" automotive; no
>need to be better.
>
>FWIW (not much)
>djb
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