But look around, if you dare. The FAA cowers like a sheriff in a town recently run over by the James Gang. Timidity has grown from these scars. Such talent has long scattered to greener fields, such as the Internet. Aircraft piston engines haven't improved much since the 1950s.
Fuel injection passes for a modern development.
The only two American enginemakers slug it out with as much fervor as heavyweights in the tropical sun. And so it goes. This is why Vern Raburn's crazy idea to build a jet for the masses is so thrilling to watch. No, he will prove something more profound - and far more encouraging. A Raburn jet success will show that capitalist crazies can bring fast, exciting and beneficial change to anything they touch.