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I honestly think everyone is jumping to conclusions far too early....the AD
on Blanik's will reach a satisfactory conclusion all soon enough .there are just too many of these world wide in continuous use and for all practical purposes the AD's on these gliders have been few and far between..they are still among the best club training gliders available by far..and they are affordable...for the abuse these gliders have been given throughout their lives, the "club's" lack of attention, stored outside in the elements and basically given "office" annual inspections by many clubs and users they have been rewarding ten's of thousands of hours and pilot certificates....the alternatives.2-33's and 2-22's though old and a bit clumsy have also done an admirable job or creating pilot certificates and will continue to do so.not with a lot of glamour, but still working....K7's and K-13's have done a good job but old and hard to find, at least at affordable prices in the USA and the wood takes special care and storage....and can also and has been a subject of AD's and special service bulletins..K21's and Grobs have had and will have their share of AD's, many very expensive to repair, more so than what the AD is likely going to be on the L-13's...DG1000's and Duo's.not likely going to fit into club budgets for 2011 HpH will hopefully have the new Twin Shark available to offer...it too is however going to be out of the budget for most clubs, or, even if they have one, not likely to fit assembled in the most typical club hangar either......and if these glass and carbon fiber gliders are left to the elements and tied outside like an L-13...then you'll find the real cost of ownership. Clubs to exist will need lower cost trainers....like Blaniks....those that can be affordable to rent, lease, own and replace...few clubs will have $100,000.00 budgets for new glass ships...and if they can't find affordable gliders these clubs will simply fail to exist.... tim "Tim Hanke" wrote in message ... On Sep 18, 9:27 am, Pat Russell wrote: Sign the petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/blanik/petition.html It is alleged that this will help. Interesting enough is that the Blanik L-13's are NOT grounded in the Czech Republic. The gliding clubs said no to LET. See link: http://translate.google.com/translat...ogle.com&twu=1 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5460 (20100918) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5460 (20100918) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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On Sep 19, 11:16*am, "Tim Mara" wrote:
I honestly think everyone is jumping to conclusions far too early....the AD on Blanik's will reach a satisfactory conclusion all soon enough .there are just too many of these world wide in continuous use and for all practical purposes the AD's on these gliders have been few and far between..they are still among the best club training gliders available by far..and they are affordable...for the abuse these gliders have been given throughout their lives, the "club's" lack of attention, stored outside in the elements and basically given "office" annual inspections by many clubs and users they have been rewarding ten's of thousands of hours and pilot certificates....the alternatives.2-33's and 2-22's though old and a bit clumsy have also done an admirable job or creating pilot certificates and will continue to do so.not with a lot of glamour, but still working....K7's and K-13's have done a good job but old and hard to find, at least at affordable prices in the USA and the wood takes special care and storage....and can also and has been a subject of AD's and special service bulletins..K21's and Grobs have had and will have their share of AD's, many very expensive to repair, more so than what the AD is likely going to be on the L-13's...DG1000's and Duo's.not likely going to fit into club budgets for 2011 HpH will hopefully have the new Twin Shark available to offer...it too is however going to be out of the budget for most clubs, or, even if they have one, not likely to fit assembled in the most typical club hangar either......and if these glass and carbon fiber gliders are left to the elements and tied outside like an L-13...then you'll find the real cost of ownership. Clubs to exist will need lower cost trainers....like Blaniks....those that can be affordable to rent, lease, own and replace...few clubs will have $100,000.00 budgets for new glass ships...and if they can't find affordable gliders these clubs will simply fail to exist.... tim "Tim Hanke" wrote in message ... On Sep 18, 9:27 am, Pat Russell wrote: Sign the petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/blanik/petition.html It is alleged that this will help. Interesting enough is that the Blanik L-13's are NOT grounded in the Czech Republic. The gliding clubs said no to LET. See link:http://translate.google.com/translat...=auto&tl=en&u=... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5460 (20100918) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5460 (20100918) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Well said Tim.....if reasonable cost trainers cease to exsist, so will most soaring clubs. |
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