# Columbia Jet

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829>\
**Category:** General Aviation\
**Created:** [September 1, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829 "2007-09-01T13:35:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cirrus000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@cirrus000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/cirrus000)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829/1 "2007-09-01T13:35:32Z")

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November 1-2  
Dallas, TX - **Jet** Preview  
KDAL

Is Columbia designing a jet. I didn’t think they had the financial capabilities to build one.

As if there couldn’t be another VLJ. 😒

[flycolumbia.com/Columbia\_Air … mbia\_Tour/](http://www.flycolumbia.com/Columbia_Aircraft/Columbia/News__Events/Fly_Columbia_Tour/)

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**Author:** ![CAFlier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@CAFlier](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/CAFlier)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829/2 "2007-09-01T14:24:48Z")

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Building a mock-up and/or a prototype is not the same as producing a certified aircraft as we have seen so many times recently. It seems like you have to show a mock-up these days just to signal to the market that you are still in the game. 10 years from now, it is very hard to believe that we will see 10-15 companies producing VLJs.

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**Author:** ![azav8r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/azav8r/32/79324_2.png) [@azav8r](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/azav8r)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829/3 "2007-09-01T20:20:50Z")

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“Jet Previews” are held all over the country. They are nothing more than a regional gathering of manufacturer’s showing off their offerings to the demographic of their target buyers. They’re like a mini NBAA show, if you will. You may see piston singles to Gulfstreams…it just depends on who chooses to participate.

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**Author:** ![cirrus000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@cirrus000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/cirrus000)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829/4 "2007-09-01T22:23:45Z")

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thanks for the clarifying that.

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**Author:** ![gtpslim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@gtpslim](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/gtpslim)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/columbia-jet/3829/5 "2007-09-02T00:21:22Z")

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> [@cirrus000](#):
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> November 1-2  
> Dallas, TX - **Jet** Preview  
> KDAL
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> Is Columbia designing a jet. I didn’t think they had the financial capabilities to build one.

Don’t think they have the technical capabilitiies to do the design anymore. Over the last couple years, there has been a significant loss of engineering expertise to various other companies, like Epic. The pace of their new products shows how smart some of those guys are. You can say Columbia has a “lean” operation that is inplace to support production, but they don’t have the resources to do much beyond that. The lack of significant product changes really shows this.