>>I think EASA has gone past the stage of hammering nails in gliding's coffin. >>They're throwing the dirt on it in the grave.
Maybe and maybe not. The increasing cost of compliance with EASA legislation for German glider manufacturers may open the door a little wider to sailplane manufacturers from other countries. In the same way, the equally silly litigation legislation and other factors opened the door to LSA aircraft from Eastern Europe etc. and made a lot of changes to the good. Aircraft like the Nimeta are brilliant, but out of reach for the most of us. I saw a second hand, self launching Silent glider in Europe a year ago for €30,000 or so. Much more in the ballpark for the average flyer. A lot of fuss is made about the Antares and DG electric self launchers, but you have been able to buy an electric self-launcher from a handful of ultralight sailplane manufacturers for 3 or 4 years now. So a shakeup of German sailplane manufacturers may not be all bad :-) DMcD _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
