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[What'saCobra?]

i have had the reasonable fortune to have met Mitchell at his home in CT and found him to be eminently pleasant, sensible and forthright.

The WACO aircraft he builds in limited production in Michigan is simply the best ever built, bar none and is outstanding in every way. i could easily believe that many WACO buyers have the identical demographics of high-line Cobra buyers. Did get a chance to drive his Cobra and it was also quite perfect. The timing was not correct for me to grab a WACO and the opportunity, if not the dream, has not yet matured.

But, given the Fenimore connection, there is very little doubt that Mitchell is not fully informed regarding the need to OWN the AC logo outright, before making important investments with any entity or person connected with it, although Fenimore might gloss over a few details here or there one might suppose.

i am not obligated any more than anyone else to advise either about the inherent risks of partnerships with AC-logoed products, services or representations. Nor am i particularly over-qualified to do so.

But IMHO, ignoring all that, WACO would seem to me to be enough to keep one's interest in life. The later bi-plane looked great last week at the EAA Sun & Fun convention. M's drive for quality is of the highest order and WACO's customer service and reputation is to be envied in the industry. They ain't cheap, but what quality is? Current WACO's are magnificent. Period.

Just like Kirkhams, a comparison i do not make either lightly or without thought about both companies, managements and products.

Maybe there is much more to this than we yet know. Until much more is revealed, i just cannot see M getting fleas over another pipe-dream, even if Fenimore is involved.

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Only somewhat facetiously, i recall the left's arguments against the reality of obviously failed Communism. They would claim it will really work, but it just hasn't been installed in enough countries world wide. Once that was done, it will all work. Naturally, i didn't believe that then in Bezerkley any more than now.

Similarly, i have heard from a few quarters that "if only" the various post-Angliss AC projects were "adequately" capitalized and funded, they "could've been contenders". Sorry, but i believe inherent in the principal ownership, in my opinion, are certain habits and attitudes that are antithical to good form and practice. Given those inherencies, there isn't sufficient capital in the known free world to make that bumblebee fly.

But, perhaps i am misinformed and somewhere in a galaxy far away...