On Tue, 17 May 2005 22:45:42 -0600, "F.L. Whiteley"
I think this was the Florida entity importing 'reconditioned' gliders from
Lithuania. IIRC, LET was refusing them export C of A's as they lacked
factory overhauls, so they were limited to experimental airworthiness.

Going by the spiel on the termikas site, you could understand LET not
handing out a CoA if it would hurt their sales.
Going by the 2004 sales figures, they must live on air cause 2 gliders
produced isn't a record number by all means!

Interesting to note that the US wont register them, whereas they will
let almost anything with a rubber band engine fly around happily.

I don't know the category set up in the US, so maybe it is quite
reasonable of the FAA, though surely if they let their own examiners
through the aircraft and inspect every rivet, they could assess the
airworthiness themselves. Heck, get Termikas to proof load one and
give the findings to the FAA. (Thats if they believe they will sell
enough aircraft to justify that cost)

Chris