What Was Old... Is New -- Again
CubCrafters is on the move -- reporting to ANN that they accomplished a number of milestones in the SPORT CUB program and intro'd an overhauled and upgraded website, to boot.
SPORT CUB Program Manager Don Johnston commented, “With the new site, we have confirmed to our SPORT CUB customers the available panels, panel options, and other airframe options. Further, we are nearly finished from an engineering standpoint on several key airframe details and related components. We are well into fabricating new SPORT CUB parts and, although still early in the process, the first conforming SPORT CUB is in on the manufacturing floor.â€
Commenting on the overall status of the program, Johnston said, “SPORT CUB is an all new, ground up redesign of the legendary aircraft that inspired the light sport category. We appreciate our customers’ patience and their embrace of our philosophy about this airplane and its place in the new category. Every component in SPORT CUB – the fuselage, wings, cockpit, panel, interior, seats, cowling, fuel system and so on – has been designed new for substantial improvements in safety, performance, materials and construction versus any current or previous like aircraft. None of the more 70 confirmed SPORT CUB deposit holders want a 50 year-old reproduction airplane. More important, for their investment, each wants way more than the nostalgia of ‘just a Cub’.
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CubCrafters is on the move -- reporting to ANN that they accomplished a number of milestones in the SPORT CUB program and intro'd an overhauled and upgraded website, to boot.
SPORT CUB Program Manager Don Johnston commented, “With the new site, we have confirmed to our SPORT CUB customers the available panels, panel options, and other airframe options. Further, we are nearly finished from an engineering standpoint on several key airframe details and related components. We are well into fabricating new SPORT CUB parts and, although still early in the process, the first conforming SPORT CUB is in on the manufacturing floor.â€
Commenting on the overall status of the program, Johnston said, “SPORT CUB is an all new, ground up redesign of the legendary aircraft that inspired the light sport category. We appreciate our customers’ patience and their embrace of our philosophy about this airplane and its place in the new category. Every component in SPORT CUB – the fuselage, wings, cockpit, panel, interior, seats, cowling, fuel system and so on – has been designed new for substantial improvements in safety, performance, materials and construction versus any current or previous like aircraft. None of the more 70 confirmed SPORT CUB deposit holders want a 50 year-old reproduction airplane. More important, for their investment, each wants way more than the nostalgia of ‘just a Cub’.
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