Have you ever see just an average person win the AOPA plane?
I'll have to wrestle Spike for next year's Sweepstakes plane, though.. a Beech Debbie!
http://www.aopa.org/summit/news/2012/121011new-sweeps.html?WT.mc_id=121011epspec&WT.mc_sect=summit
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Any published numbers on the price of the upgrades again this year from the OWNER'S association?
Ah yeah. As usual, no.
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Tornado Husky, a brand-new airplane that had been battered by the 2011 Sun ’n Fun twister and repaired by the craftsmen at Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyo., to perfect condition. The airplane with less than 200 hours total time on the airframe and 180-horsepower Lycoming engine had recently undergone an annual inspection at the Aviat factory, and it was waiting for him to pick up at Summit in Palm Springs.
Sorry to interrupt your rant, but what improvements? Repairs, yes, but that would be an insurance thing. I know it's an issue with you, but it isn't applicable this year!