At 10:55 21 October 2011, Lars Peder Hansen wrote:
Finally, someone is taking legal action against DG Flugzeugbau.

Those who understand German can follow the Nordrhein-Westfalen chapter of

the German Aeroclub he
http://www.aeroclub-nrw.de/htmd/01h-aktuelles.htm



On a related note, the EASA continues to sabotage DG's effort to force us
to
sign contracts, in order to obtain new manuals. The updated Type
Certificate
Data Sheets for LS gliders clearly state that you can use the old OR the
new
(May 2011) manuals.

http://easa.europa.eu/certification/...S_Sailplanes-0



Also, DG tries to force you to pay for the contract in all the years from

2009 if you need a service in, say, 2016. Apart from being extremely
questionable from a legal standpoint, this raises the question: Why should

anyone pay for a yearly contract with DG at all, then? It is much better
to

put an equivalent sum into your own savings account, so you are able to
pay

ransom money if ever needed. Meanwhile, the interest you earn on your own

money may buy you a Flarm, or enable you to take the wife / girlfriend (or

both) out for an evening in town.



Happy soaring,

Lars Peder



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I don't think EASA had much option but to include all the old flight and
service manuals in the TCDS. DG are serial numbering the new manuals to
each individual glider to discourage copying or lending. Surely that means
that if DG haven't provided a "new" manaul for your glider then the
original manual is the latest one available for your individual glider
because there is no "new" manual with your exact serial number.

Of course if DG have created a serial numbered manual for your glider then
they are breaking the law (specifically EC regulation 2042/2003) by not
"making available" the "updated" manauls to the aircraft owner/operator.