If someone came up with a DG-1000 equivalent at 1/2 the cost, people would
line up to buy them.

Mike Schumann

"Nyal Williams" wrote in message
...
Not necessarily; we will have to be persuaded to buy
them.

At 22:36 01 November 2006, Mike Schumann wrote:
Prices will come down when the chinese start building
gliders.

Mike Schumann

'GK' wrote in message
groups.com...
[1] of the cost of a
new glider and [2] cost of replacement parts. The
high cost of a new
sailplanes and the delays in production was blamed
on the war between
Airbus and Boeing.

- In one of the previous DG newsletters their explanantion
of higher
costs was....inability to produce a quality glider
elsewere but
Germany.
They raise prices because they want to make more
$$. That's it. After
all, they dont even have a competition outside of
Germany.