That is helpful. All the L13's are grounded in the US. That is
creating a problem with student training. It's also creating money
problems for clubs and commerical operators. I think some will have to
close operations. Some may have already, although I don't have any
personal knowledge.


On Oct 30, 1:52*pm, StaPo wrote:
In Czech Republic, there exist temporary exemption from fulfilling of
AD EASA 2010-0185-E, based on glider compliance with previous AD EASA
2010-0160-E.
Details and conditions on czech civil aviation authority webpagehttp://www.caa.cz/index.php?clanek=1741&menu=101&mm=19*(in czech
language only).
Exemption is valid in Czech Republic only, is applied (due to
conditions/restrictions) to approx. 1/2 of Czech-registered L13 fleet,
and is valid up to 4.11.2010 only.
But thanks to this exemption, most of czech gliding schools/aeroclubs
are able to finish training saison.

For 2011 saison, we all are waiting for LET/AI service bulletin, which
will include lot of wording like "eddy current", "approved probe",
etc., and will have to be EASA-approved. Hope it will come before
March/April 2011 and will be financially feasible.