Debacle: Flight test of Diana-2

Stanford Korwin wrote:

At 17:00 12 October 2005, Naresh wrote:

Hi All,

Recently, I was invited by the Diana-2 dealer to be
part of the
potential customer flight tests in Switzerland. It
was a humiliating
fiasco. I've written about it on my blog www.neshe.com
Please feel free
to browse.

In a few days, it will also contain a technical part
with photographs
and a video.

Best regards,
Naresh



Mr. Beres has responded (in Polish) to questions on
the Polish gliding website regarding Mr. Naresh's complaint.

As I interpret his comments, he did not consider Mr.
Naresh to be sufficiently experienced on high performance
sailplanes to undertake a trial flight on the Diana
safely - particularly as Mr. Naresh was not familiar
with the site and in, apparently, not ideal meteorological
conditions.

A statement from the organiser of these trial flights
(in Germany and Switzerland) is promised today.
If it is in English, I will supply the website address.
If in Polish, I will summarise his comments.

Unless I am requested not to do so.

sta13.




Sta13,

1. As far as the experience goes, it is not accurate, I have the emails
(all the collection of them), and I have significantly more experience
than what was requested.
2. They did not even wait for the check ride instructor to brief them.
3. The meteorological conditions? Wow, thats one hilarious one: it was
22deg cent. and zero wind. We were towing not winching (diana prototype
cannot be winched).

I have video's to corraborate this, and will put the video on the site
as well as photographs that show that Mr. Beres's statements are untrue.

I believe that they decided to not let me fly, period, no explaination.
They can say anything, if it was the experience, they knew mine, they
could've told me no-can't-do, or could've said that you need more hours
than I have and I'd never have wasted my time and money.

Thanks
Naresh