Gary,

You must have me mistaken for Bill Gates! (Of course,
he wouldn't refinish, he would just buy a factory and
have them make a few new gliders...)

Shipping from the east coast of the USA to New Zealand
would cost a mint, I'm guessing. And I don't have
the vacation time necessary to make the trip myself.
Although I would love to visit New Zealand and Australia,
there's a lot of America and Canada I've never seen.

If (that is a BIG IF) I refinish the glider and if
I send it out of America to eastern Europe, I would
think shipping it there rather to Down Under would
be quite a bit less expensive.

And to Bob: My understanding is a refinish, including
cockpit refinishing, is less than $10,000, for my Standard
Class LS1-d.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 17:36 18 November 2005, Goneill wrote:
Can I put another alternative forward. Why not get
a price from
Sailplane services in New Zealand for a regelcoat,
they are the
Schemp Hirth Agent for New Zealand.
They operate out of of the home field of the 15meter
World Champion
John Coutts ,Ben Flewetts Discus 2 used at the last
Worlds was
refinished by them,Terry Delores will know them, email
John Roake
he has been steward at a couple of world championships
these are all independent people who can testify to
there work quality,
the last time I priced up this they were comparable
to european prices.
Advantages are that the work can be done in your off
season and and
as a bonus you can pick the glider up in New Zealand
and fly at Omarama
then ship it back.
gary