Word: skyhawk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Costs Outweighed. Not too hard to explain, however. Three-quarters of all flying time logged by small aircraft is accounted for by business travelers, and corporations buy the lion's share of the most popular planes in each of the industry's principal categories: the Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine (1976 price: $20,750), the Piper Seneca twin-engine ($75,100) and the Cessna Citation jet ($845,000). Though the operating costs of small planes are high, many corporations justify the craft as necessities. High fuel and labor costs have compelled airlines to cut back on both flights...
...Kuwait, which is about to buy tanks from Britain, is also purchasing $350 million worth of U.S. A-4 Skyhawk attack fighters, plus one Hawk surface-to-air-missile battalion...
...missile (8,000) and MIG-21 fighter-bomb er (1,900); the U.S.'s Sidewinder air-to-air missile (12,000), CH-47 Chinook helicopter (309), F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber (1,100), C-130 Hercules transport (230), F-5 fighter-bomber (1,500), A-4 Skyhawk attack fighter (460) and TOW anti-tank missile (12,500); France's Exocet antiship missile (about 800 sold), AMX-30 battle tank (1,000) and Mirage III fighter-bomber (700); Israel's Gabriel antiship missile...
...more a refund of up to $600. Under the GM plan, customers will get a rebate of $200 on compacts and subcompacts, including Chevrolet's Vega and Oldsmobile's Omega. Buyers of Chevrolet's sporty new Monza 2 + 2, or Buick's Skyhawk will receive $500. Ford is offering $200 on small economy cars such as the Pinto and $500 on small luxury cars such as the Mustang II Ghia. American Motors will pay rebates of $200 on Hornet compacts and Gremlins and up to $600 on certain Matador models. Chrysler will pay rebates...
...predicted that small car sales would drop back below 50% of the U.S. market; indeed, they now account for 47% of all cars sold in the U.S. But GM is nonetheless active in the small-car market. This fall's lineup sports four new subcompacts (Chevrolet Monza, Buick Skyhawk, Pontiac Astre and Oldsmobile Starfire...