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Old July 13th 10, 03:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony[_5_]
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Default L13 Blanik Mandatory Bulletin

On Jul 12, 9:39*pm, Ronald Locke Ronald.Locke.
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Ernst;732355 Wrote:

After a fatal accident in Austria LET issued a Mandatory Bulletin:
http://www.let.cz/files/bulletines/M...9a_english.pdf


EASA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/easa_ad_2010_0119_E.pdf


Could anyone advise the current situation in USA, Canada and Europe
regarding the grounding of L13 Blaniks ?

Have many been put back into service as a result of satisfactory wing
spar inspections, or do most remain grounded due to the fact that the
required average usage statistics required by LET cannot be met, and
with respect seem most unreasonable.

For instance – what two seater training glider (or for that matter any
two seater glider) would have an average of 35% dual and 65% solo usage!
More likely, greater than 80% dual *would be a more realistic figure I
would have thought.

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Ronald Locke


I haven't heard that the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive
yet, so no L-13's in the USA should be grounded.