On Jun 13, 4:15*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Jun 13, 2:13*pm, NG wrote:

...As such the standard airowrthiness certificate remained revoked...

I think I remember reading about this case a long time ago. Do you
mean that the glider has still not been issued an airworthiness
certificate? If so, I'm sorry to hear that.

Also, can you describe how you came to purchase the glider from AMS
and not from DG Flugzeugbau? I'm not sure I understand how AMS was
entitled to sell to the public gliders that they ostensibly made under
license for DG.

Thanks, Bob K.

Bob

I think AMS had a license to manufacture gliders from the old Glasser
Dirks. I don't think that was just an agreement as a subcontractor
(which might have been the case with Elan at one time) - i.e. they
could sell the gliders themselves. I do not know if the new DG
extended that license. But I suspect the terms around all this is part
of the issue with the very frosty relationship between the new DG and
AMS Flight.

I think DG tried here to solve the problem with this USA based AMS
build glider that was not their doing and this is an unfortunate NTSB
ruling for some USA owners. Anybody else have any opinion if this only
affects the AMS built DG-500, DG-505 models, all other AMS built
gliders were experimental - right? You'd hope that the FAA would be
liable here for continuing to grant USA registration to AMS
manufactured DG gliders, oh one could wish...

Darryl
(ex owner of an AMS built DG-303 -- registered experimental).