ORIGINAL: MerlinL14
Does a Seagull Arising Star or 2 month old Seagull Boomarang qualify ??
, or a Blackhorse Travel Air or a Blackhorse Tornado??
Well yes, of course they do, but with the exception of the Boomerang, the Arising Star is their super cheapie contact covered trainer, and both of those Black Horse units are really quite old designs. ie: suggesting they were actually manufactured when?
Having said that, Black Horse has been dropped as a brand by the single line distributor of those three products in this country, though I'm aware from the ads in RCM&E that it is still a high profile low end brand in the UK. Seagull and Phoenix have been retained. Like I said, their latest offerings, and I've a few, Decathlon, PC-9 (2x), Laser, Atlantis, indicate they've really lifted their game...and you can't complain about the price. FTR a Boomerang trainer costs just £40 over here!
Any way, I still feel that VMar have moved on from their dark days. They have ditched the cotton wood for balsa and that is a great leap forward and cann't help but heal their cinderella past.
If they have that's a very positive move. Possibly following suit due the others doing so? I 'fess to not having bought anything from VMAR ever, and though I've flown quite a few of their offerings, haven't flown anything NEW or recent from them apart from their colourful Extra. One thing that's good about the latest stuff coming from Seagull et al, is that it's balsa and laser cut so it self-aligns straight.