To Speedracer , I have always loved the look of the Firebird , from the first generation right up till Pontiac got eliminated by GM . No other car , even the Corvette , had the mass media exposure our cars did . Your second gen was of course made famous by Burt Reynolds in the Smokey & the Bandit movies , and my third gen had David Hasselhoff playing second banana to K.I.T.T , the robotic car in the Knight Rider TV series that launched Hasselhoff's career .

To Wingspanner , You are not the first private pilot I've heard saying that the recreational ownership of small aircraft is being priced out of the reach of all but the very rich , with most citing onerous FAA regulation as the primary cause . To be honest with you , I believe the general economy also has a large role in this , as I hear the same lament from my recreational boater friends , that their hobby is being priced beyond their reach , and they of course don't have the FAA telling them what kind of metal their engine's cylinders must be made of . Gee I'm left to wonder if those cylinders were Nickel plated rather than Chrome , the OS engines saga playing out in full scale ?

Bottom line = the FAA is gonna do what all government regulatory agencies do , it's gonna regulate . How much or how little remains to be seen and I am determined to do whatever it takes to stay within those regulations not only for the sake of legally covering my own Butt , but also to show the hobby in the best possible light of being comprised of a bunch of people who CAN follow the rules while still enjoying what we do