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Hi
I have been a DG, LS owner for 20 years. Mr Weber created this monster 13 years ago by encouraging us to use is facility. I have never needed DG services to keep my aircraft airworthy. Last month I needed information on L'Hotellier connection for my LS 6. I sent a email to DG and voilà, 24 hours later I had all I needed without effort. I have done this many time and DG personnel always encourage me to do so by saying "you are very welcome". Now Mr Weber is creating another monster with is taxes. I am not a business person but creating an artificial need to extract money from potential customer is not a smart move. I will have another sailplne, 18 meter. It will not be a DG product! Regards. S6 |
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http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/betreuung-e.html
The way I read the article.. pay the fee and get support. Don't pay... no support. Need a part.. pay the fee, plus parts cost.. get the part.. Pay the fee, get the life extension inspection details for 1/2 cost. It will be interesting to see how the FAA views this, the Euro "feds" require current manuals.. and updates. granted our manuals must be current too, all ADs are downloadable from the FAA web sites. But to pay a fee to the builder company just for the privilege to fly another year... ?? There are a lot of Schweizers out there for us recreational flyers.. BT "S6" wrote in message ... Hi I have been a DG, LS owner for 20 years. Mr Weber created this monster 13 years ago by encouraging us to use is facility. I have never needed DG services to keep my aircraft airworthy. Last month I needed information on L'Hotellier connection for my LS 6. I sent a email to DG and voilà, 24 hours later I had all I needed without effort. I have done this many time and DG personnel always encourage me to do so by saying "you are very welcome". Now Mr Weber is creating another monster with is taxes. I am not a business person but creating an artificial need to extract money from potential customer is not a smart move. I will have another sailplne, 18 meter. It will not be a DG product! Regards. S6 |
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BT wrote:
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/betreuung-e.html The way I read the article.. pay the fee and get support. Don't pay... no support. Need a part.. pay the fee, plus parts cost.. get the part.. Pay the fee, get the life extension inspection details for 1/2 cost. It will be interesting to see how the FAA views this, the Euro "feds" require current manuals.. and updates. granted our manuals must be current too, all ADs are downloadable from the FAA web sites. But to pay a fee to the builder company just for the privilege to fly another year... ?? While I'm not a fan of this method of recouping their expenses, I think it's fair to say DG Flugzeugbau did not build the gliders that will be charged the yearly fee. Those were built by the company that went bankrupt. DG Flugzeugbau IS saying they will continue to support the gliders THEY built without charge. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly |
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How are "orphaned" Libelle's kept going?
Herr Hansjorg Striefeneder's company sees to it, I guess. Who takes care of the Centrair's? Hmmmm. Will we LS drivers end up on the same forgotten island as the Centrair drivers, or will a Streifeneder come along? Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA LS1-d (Who had no plans nor money available to move into anything else.) |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:09:26 -0800, rlovinggood wrote:
How are "orphaned" Libelles kept going? See my previous post, but in summary, Glasfazer says that: - all currently issued TNs and ADs are free and will remain so - parts needed to carry them out will be available as normal. I've looked into this because in the UK 201-13 (which was issued as optional) will probably need to be completed before next season since the front tailplane fastener failed on a British H.201B last year. 201-13 is outstanding on mine. If I'm required to implement it I'll simply order the parts from Glasfazer and fit them during my next annual in Feb. - the last free TN is 201-37 and its equivalent for all other Glasflügel gliders. This TN describes transponder installation. - any future TNs will be charged for to cover the costs of designing and writing up the procedure together with the EASA fee for issuing it[1]. These costs will be added to the cost of replacement parts, etc. [1] Paying a contribution toward Glasfazer's costs seems fair enough. 201-37 was issued when transponders became mandatory in Germany and writing it required a fair amount of design effort by Glasfazer. Its reasonable that an owner should share the design and documentation costs but I find it obnoxious that the European Aviation *Safety* Agency should charge a fee to people who document a *safety* issue when its handed to them on a plate ready for distribution. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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