I know and respect a lot of the LAMES that maintain our helicopter fleet. They are professionals and they know their ACFT. They are amateurs when it comes to gliders; not like the GFA maintenance people that I entrusted my glider to. Most of them are not interested in my sport of gliding and have no inclination to learn about the ACFT unless I was to pay them at their rates of pay. I certainly couldn't afford that. For one thing, they would be learning some things on the job. I would however let the �greenie� guy rewire mine because the glider wiring in general club ACFT is woeful to say the least and he wouldn't be touching anything else.
My advice would be to stick with the affordable GFA system. If you find a LAME who is into gliding then you are truly fortunate. He is worth his weight in gold. If you are lucky enough to be able to pay professional LAME rates outside the GFA movement you have a choice that is not available to the rest of us. Why not consider putting your work with a professional GFA workshop though. Chris Runnecles over here in the west and Tom Gilbert amongst others over east would do a better job on your glider than the average LAME doing it professionally where there is no interest in gliding. You would also be supporting the maintenance facility that supports his bread and butter; gliding. If you own a Stemme, things might be different as I believe they are complex and the RIGHT LAME might have more answers initially. But will he be around next year for you? Again, someone like Tom would have to be my choice in this situation. Quoting Christopher Mc Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A LAME is allowed to work on a glider now. > > Chris McDonnell > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GFA ACM > > > > David Conway wrote: > > > > > What are the CASA requirements to operate outside the GFA? > > > > > > I understood that they required you to do everything you would otherwise > do > > > under the GFA anyway? > > > > > > I'm also curious about the airworthiness side of things. GA standards > > and GFA standards for airworthiness are a bit different (in particular, > > the GFA approved "standard repairs" simply don't exist in the GA world, > > and I doubt many LAMEs are familiar with composite structures). > > > > In the GFA system the ADs and ANs from the manufacturers are distributed > > to registered owners by the GFA. I'm guessing you'd register direct > > with the manufacturer to receive that paperwork if you were operating > > under the CASA system. > > > > Mike B made a comment which I interpreted to mean that his glider was > > recognized as a "homebuilt". I thought home-builders had to perform > > at least 51% of the construction of the aircraft for that to work > > within the regs. I'm curious about how that works. Does putting > > the wings and tailplane on count as 51% of construction? :-) > > > > > > - mark > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I tried an internal modem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > Best regards, Daryl _____________________________________________ This email (including all attachments) is confidential. It may contain personal information and is intended solely for the named addressee. Confidentiality is not waived or lost because this email has been sent to you by mistake. If you have received it in error, please let me know by reply email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. This email is also subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted, or published without my written consent, as the copyright owner, or communicated or forwarded to anyone other than me. Any personal information in this email must be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/157/0/PA002090.htm _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
