2018 - AN EXCITING YEAR
At 18:17 14 February 2018, AS wrote:
On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 8:45:07 AM UTC-5, Kevin Neave
wrote:
I think the emphasis was on *affordable*
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A new K21, DG1000, or Perkoz are all around 80-85k Euro.
Plus VAT
Plus trailer
Plus Instruments
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This means it's unlikely that you'd get a new 2-seater in the UK for
much
less than 120k GBP
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There doesn't seem to be much in the way of suitable 2nd hand ab-
initio
trainers around at the moment
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KN
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At 13:20 14 February 2018, Kiwi User wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 03:58:51 -0800, AS wrote:
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Any new affordable trainers to replace the aging fleet of 2-33,
TwinAstir or K21 models on the horizon? Without them, we are
just
rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic!
Uli 'AS'
Kevin - you got it!
There is nothing wrong with the TwinII or the K21 except most TwinIIs
in
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e US are essentially single seat gliders with a large luggage
compartment
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ue to multiple repairs while the K21s are few and far between and
when one
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comes up for sale, it still costs a fortune.
We need an affordable, well performing fiberglass trainer that prepares
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ure pilots for the V3, D3, etc.
Uli
'AS'
PW 6
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