Sorry folks....you 150-152 purists better put your contacts in. All this thing is, is a modernized 150-152. I don't just see a family resemblence, I see a 50 year old design with some swoosh and swoop built in to make it look modern.
I am okay with that, and Jim is right on. Don't criticize it, embrace it. Come on....an O-200, how retro is that, slant tail fastback....kind of fills in the gap left between straight tail/fast back, Omni Vision/Straight tail, and Omni Vision/slant tail.
In fact....with this announcement, I think the 150-152 club should immediately start a forum and web page specifically devoted to being the type club for the new bird, just like I think the Cardinal Flyers should jump on the NextGen Cessna due to the similarities.
The only thing I see wrong with the new bird is the missing cantilever wing, but that probably is too heavy, although other LSA's made it work quite well.
