After almost a year of trying, the Surplus War Property Administration admitted this week that the Government had managed to sell the U.S. public only 6,912 of its 27,253 used aircraft.
Best sellers: 1) the feathery, civilian-type Piper Cub (used for pilot training); 2) the puddle-jumping Taylorcrafts, Fairchilds, Aeroncas and Ryans (used for screening cadets and artillery observation). No sale: advanced trainers, multi-motored bombers, fighters. Reasons: suci craft are too expensive, some are altogether too "hot" for the average civilian pilot.
Despite its weak sales approach, SWPA succeeded admirably in discounting two...