| Many folks who worked in Wichita, Kansas believed | | | | for general aviation. Most of the light, small jet |
| that the companies there would be exporting light | | | | corporate aircraft manufacturers have also laid-off |
| aircraft to China and India as those nations grew. | | | | employees as well. China is also building jet airliners, |
| Unfortunately both India and China see the general | | | | albeit smaller ones of the 90 passenger or so size. |
| aviation market as a growth industry for home grown | | | | The reality is that not only are the Chinese going to out |
| companies. And they not only plan on making aircraft | | | | produce Wichita, but they are going to be able to do it |
| for their own markets but for an export industry also. | | | | for a lot less money. |
| No one should be all that surprised with this really, and it | | | | Due to lawsuits, over regulation, and due to the cost |
| is too bad that American aircraft manufacturers didn't | | | | structures of building aircraft in the US there is no way |
| see this one coming. | | | | that our general aviation manufacturers can compete |
| According to FlightGlobal; "Aviation Industry Corporation | | | | on a global scale. Whereas, it is true that American built |
| of China General Aircraft plans to build a small | | | | private aircraft are much safer, and are built under |
| business jet as well as small piston-engined aircraft. | | | | more stringent guidelines, that is not enough to hold this |
| AVIC General Aircraft president Tan Weidong says | | | | market. |
| manufacture of the four- to six-seat piston aircraft | | | | As the Chinese enter the general aviation |
| could start as early as 2010." | | | | manufacturing sector in 2010, and as the light aircraft |
| Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, and Mooney have all | | | | manufacturers in India also come online, we will see the |
| laid-off factory workers making small propeller aircraft | | | | loss of yet another industry. Please consider all this. |