Aero-TV: So... Let's Take A Thorough Look At Cessna's ...

Let's Take a Good Long Look At An Exciting LSA offering... From An Industry Heavyweight

With industry heavyweights Cirrus Design and Cessna Aircraft now firmly committed to the LSA market, the future for the entry level of aviation appears to be a bit more "sure" than it has been in many a moon. Our series on the Cirrus Design SRS took a long look at that exciting entry, but now it's time to take an equally thorough look at Cessna's SkyCatcher program... as well as its controversial decision to do some major assembly work in China.

ANN's Aero-TV crews have been following this program since its inception and have put together an extensive look at the SkyCatcher, its cockpit, the market, future training issues and (of course), the China decision.

In Part One, Aero-TV brings you to the initial announcements that took the wraps off the Continental O-200D powered SkyCatcher... right from the grounds of Oshkosh 2007.

Part Two covers the amazing new cockpit offered for this aircraft... a brand new Garmin glass-panel system, with details provided by none other than Garmin's Gary Kelley.

In Part Three, Aero-TV chats up some of the industry's experts as to the portent implied by Cessna's aggressive entry into the LSA market... with comments from John and Martha King, EAA Prez Tom Poberezny... and the guy who "gets to take the blame, Cessna CEO Jack Pelton.

Finally, we have a recent interview that takes a look at Cessna's decisions in regards to their announcement that the will put a fair amount of assembly of this little bird in China... an interview that took place entirely inside the SkyCatcher's surprisingly roomy cabin.

And, before we forget... stick around for Friday's programming -- in which Teledyne-Continental's irrepressible Mac Little talks about the new and surprisingly lighter Continental O-200D... an engine that's getting ready to make aviation history -- again.

But Here, In Part Two, Aero-TV Checks Out The SkyCatcher's Garmin G300 Glass panel!!!

FMI: www.cessna.com

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[LethalHobo]

LOL a cirrus commercial in a cessna show. Yay Capitolism

[shortkid97]

you just called a guy a poster your a retard

[freddytuber]

Great video? This is like an auto test without driving you dumb poster. Booring. The guys from Aero TV should look at some Top Gear revies and learn. I have NEVER seen such lame and useless reports. No info on details, no examples, no flight time, absolutly nothing but blah blah blah.

[darkslegacy]

would it be possible for the screens to be programmed to display virtual dials. I'm from the so-called Ipod gen. and i musch prefer dials to glass, it feels so musch better than glass.

[zacsg1]

great video!!!