At 10:07 PM 8/04/04 +0930, you wrote:
>Mike Borgelt wrote:
>
>>Which probably invalidates the Airworthiness Certificate and any insurance
>>you might have certainly if the accident is in any way traceable to the
>>release.
>>
>>
>Hmmm. I wondered when someone would raise that. It seems that
>non-original springs are fairly widely used.
>
>In fact, I would suggest, that no Blanik has been flying in Australia
>for the last 20+ years with original springs. They simply haven't been
>obtainable. Certainly all our Blanik springs at Balak had been copies
>for decades, as are the few we have left.
>
>I have been advised by someone who would really know these things that
>deep within the CASA regulations, something like "self-approval" for
>non-OEM parts has been discovered by someone wanting to use automotive
>parts on a Dimona because the originals were no longer available. That
>little snippet of information could prove quite useful when the details
>have been teased out.
>
>--
>Leigh Bunting
Better let us all know the appropriate regulation number when you find it.
The problem isn't the non OEM parts it is the pretence that the gliders
have valid standard Airworthiness Certificates. There are ways around this
for gliders not used to carry fare paying passengers.
It isn't even a CASA problem. CASA has been directed not to care.(As
someone told me yesterday CASA has been aware for years that the GFA has
been giving major repair authorities to cowboys and done nothing about it)
It is between you and your insurance company.
Mike
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