Without doubt this is truly a magnificent ship. I would love to see the P-38 look alike with contra rotating props that Hughes built for reconnaissance. Unfortunately he crashed that plane and I am assuming that was the only one made. It too was a flying work of art.
If this is just a temporary halt due to market conditions I might be able to understand. On the other hand I would be truly saddened to see that much effort and MILLIONS spent only to see those efforts go up in smoke. There is something about that airplane that gets me excited everytime I see a picture of the Altaire.
@FlighTekE; I was thinking the same thing and I totally agree with you. barrettjet makes a strong point in his review also but it still disgust me that the sale of a true American Icon such as Beechcraft can be sold to Communist China. If the IDIOT leaders had done their job right to begin with this would not be an issue. I blame this on overpaid corporate executives more than I do the slowing economy.
I've got a Great idea. Lets load up all of the OVERPAID EXECUTIVES and load them on Air Force 1 and send them along with ODummaBumma to China instead. I'm sure they will do a VERY FINE JOB of destroying China's economy and the U.S. will once be strong again.
