this is to all of you who don't want to go to the site. This is copied directly from their site as I am writing this post.
January 17, 2002
2001 was a challenging year for all of us. The events of September 11th left us with a deep sense of loss. For a long time I found myself unable to express my grief. While still trying to come to terms with our national tragedy, I was hit by another gut wrenching blow. My wife Lauren needed brain surgery. I retreated from work to focus on helping my family make it through this challenging time. As we pulled together as a family around Lauren it reminded me that this is what was important in life. Love your family and make yourself and your loved ones as happy as possible.
I have renewed an old vow to apply this philosophy to all aspects of my life. My family and I spend much more time together now, and we have undertaken activities that make us all happy. As an example, we are avid hockey fans. I have played since childhood and my son Alex is an up-and-coming young hockey player. For this reason, as well obviously as business reasons, we decided to purchase an ECHL hockey team, the Baton Rouge Kingfish. We are all enjoying our involvement with the team immensely.
Unfortunately our pursuit of happiness in our lives has led us to decide to close Crow Aviation’s modeling division. This decision will free up much needed time in Lauren’s and my schedules and will remove a great deal of stress from our lives. CAI started as a way for me to share my love of jet modeling with fellow modelers. I honestly enjoyed meeting many of the great people on the jet circuit, and I am proud that we introduced some innovative products to the jet world. However this enjoyment and my sense of accomplishment have been destroyed by the rumor mongers, unscrupulous modelers, closed minds and petty jealousies I have encountered along the way. Needless to say these negative forces have stolen the fun from this venture and brought unnecessary stress into my life. Couple this stress with the fact that the general jet modeling community has significantly reduced its spending on high end model kits, and the decision I had to make was very clear. CAI will no longer produce jet models.
To those of you who have become friends and/or customers, thank you. I have enjoyed your company and appreciated your business. We will stay in touch. If you need spare parts or accessories please call us at 225-214-1090. If you don’t get a person on the phone, please leave a message and we will get back to you. Please do not try to contact us via e-mail since it has been disconnected as of today. To everyone in the jet modeling community, I wish you the best of luck and continued enjoyment of this hobby. As a parting note I urge you to remember that the power of rumor is significant. Resist the urge to relay information when you are not positive about the facts. See you on the circuit.
Sincerely,
Scotty Bolduc
PLEASE NOTE:
ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS:
Spare parts will continue to be available as long as supplies last, which should be quite a while given our current inventory. We also have a large stock of accessories that will still be available for sale. You can still access our catalog on-line in PDF format as well as a list of some of the newer accessories at the following link:
http://www.crowaviation.com/accessoriesset.html
ASSET PURCHASE:
If anyone is interested in purchasing a portion or all of the assets of Crow Aviation’s modeling division (tooling, molds, raw materials, etc.) please call or contact me via fax at 225-214-1099. The assets represent a significant capital outlay on my part of several hundred thousand dollars. I will only consider and respond to serious offers.