On Thursday, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
(GAMA) announced second quarter shipment and billings figures.
Industry billings continue at a record-setting pace totaling $12.1
billion, a 24.1 percent increase in the first half of 2008. But
piston-powered airplane shipments totaled 1034 units compared to
1226 units delivered in the first half of 2007, a 15.7 percent
decrease.
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It's hard not to note the irony. A former Luftwaffe pilot who
returned to Britain this year to apologize for his World War II
bombing raids escaped unharmed after his Mooney M20T lost its
engine last week near Marshfield.
The Idaho Business Aviation Association announced Wednesday its
September luncheon meeting will include a static display and
presentation on the recently-certified Kodiak aircraft.
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