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Mike Smith recognized the real problem with the V-tail and first certified a stub spar that anchored the front of the root rib of the...

I don't like to see more then 435F in the climb and 400-420F in cruise. I ran a set of TIO-540-A2C engines in the Upper Midwest from...

Once they finally fixed the tail, the breakup of V-tails have been much rarer. This one does look like it did lose the LH ruddervator...

More likely they have bigger fish to fry given the moribund anti-trust enforcement under prior administrations.

A starter that was $600 in 2021 is now $1,500. A prop governor return spring that was $60 in December is $150 in January. These prices...

What ship was listing? Certainly not Hartzell after their accumulation of monopolies or near monopolies on combustion heaters, engine...

Two companies. The equity was private. Mine! Other family members have been very involved at the upper level of companies owned by...

You apparently don't understand math. We have not had 30% inflation in the last year, or even the last three years in total. You...

We could have along discussion on whether a 3 year horizon qualifies as long-term, but I'll leave that. The third alternative is that...

Did these things happen, or are you just spinning a hypothetical here? Seems unlikely that Hartzell wasn't profitable as it has been...

You must have been asleep during the 2012 election and missed all the discussion about Bain Capital, etc. Lots of examples if you want...

PE is neither all corporate looters, nor all angel investors. Some are pretty much corporate looters, others careful to grow key parts...

We can watch Hartzell in real time.

Yours is a malformed question in that I never said that there were private equity firms that "specialized" in off-shoring. However...

Sometimes it works that way. Many times it does not.