aircraft manufacturer deceptive advertising to non-pilots

[JHW]

For everyone who bemoans the cirrus advertising and blames them for attracting the "wrong sort of pilots", a little history lesson is in order:

it "makes flying more practical for those who don't have time to become "professional" amateur pilots"

 

[Jim Logajan]

 

[Jim Logajan]

Everyone knows the 172 is luxurious and almost opulent! (A web search of N7825U reveals it is still registered, and has a manufacture date of 1964.)

 

[Jim Logajan]

Hey, that plane was deregistered back in 1976. Wonder what happened?

The sad fate of N6233R:

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=22430&key=0

No children were harmed.