The ravages of time?

At 18:28 19 June 2008, wrote:
On Jun 19, 7:37=A0am, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:25:12 -0700 (PDT), "noel.wade"

wrote:
That's why I settled on the DG-300 - it fits a combination of my
safety & ergonomic needs, flying style, local weather, intended
usage,
performance minimums, and personal goals. =A0Now I just hope that I
don't find it "boring" to fly after a few years... :-)

Once again, I don't want to disappoint you, but my club's students
find the DG-300 extremely boring after about two years and look
forward to fly the ASW-24... which they find boring again after at
maximum another two years when they are allowed to fly the ASW-27...


Bye
Andreas

I came back to Standard Class after 13 years in 15 Meter and have
never been bored in the ASW 24 (sorry, Andreas!). Not much difference
in the Eastern US most of the time. In strong conditions, I see as
much difference due to wingloading (newer ships in both classes can
get heavier) as to flaps. Biggest reason to go with flaps is easier
landing in short fields. But with the '24, I've flown as Standard,
Sports, 15M, and even Open Class. The latter was at Hobbs: on the
strong days, I could stay with the big ships due to turning tighter
and having higher wingloading. But when it got weak or a blue hole
opened up (as always seemed to happen), it got ugly: there's no
substitute for span. I'm sure you'll like the DG 300 whether for a
few years or long term, depending on what you want to do/accomplish in
soaring. There's always something else to buy, but for most of us
there's always much more to learn.

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"
USA


Is there still an AD on D300 restricting vne