This passage from “As We Know It,” the July 2014 Editor’s Log, caught my attention: “What we’ve seen, instead, is the proliferation of smaller, lighter airplanes, often with range and capabilities that seem limiting when compared to what was the norm 30 years ago. This market is populated by storebought LSAs and experimental aircraft. They’re great for a $100 hamburger run, and possibly even an overnight getaway to the mountains or a beach, but the destinations need to be close, the load light and the weather good.”
Really?
An LSA can fly up to 120 knots…try that in your grandpa’s Cessna 152 or 172. And that’s while consuming less fuel and probably with a much better climb rate. True, the 172 can fit four people, if they’re typical Americans of 50 years ago, not the fatties of today, and if you’re making just a local flight.
