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October 9th 09, 09:43 PM
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Blanik Stops Building Gliders
On Oct 9, 1:22*pm, John Smith wrote:
ContestID67 wrote: I was just forwarded a note from BLANIK AMERICA, INC (Vitek Siroky) that Blanik has ceased producing gliders. Lately I heard the rumour that Ford plans to cease producing the T model. * Sad news. *The all metal L-23 has been a venerable 2-place glider for * club operations for many years. Indeed for very many years. Come on, the Blanik is a 60 year old design with a L/D of less than 30! By these standards, even the venerable ASK 21 is a high performance ship! Brilliant analogy! That kind of thinking will keep a lot of folks from soaring, it's already sorta expensive for a lot of us, in case you haven't noticed. Brad 
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