With all due respect Emilis but what you call perfectly satisfactory hardware is considered scrap metal by others. The most modern piece of hardware on offer in the recent posts is an ASK 21, which is just a ASK 13 in fibre glass, i.e. a 40 plus year old design and actually 30 years old. No wonder clubs are not queuing up to spend their limited cash on them. It's not unhealthy at all to want something a little more of todays equipment rather than vintage.
Best Regards - Rolf > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:10:17 +0930 > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Sale of..... > > Thank you all for making it clear how many second hand 2 seat > sailplanes are available for sale across Australia. > For some this will be enough evidence that options for people parking > Blaniks in the back of hangars exist. > I invite the small section of the sport on this list to contemplate > whether/why - > - such perfectly satisfactory hardware has been unsold for some time > - the people affected by Blanik withdrawal syndrome (BWS) haven't leapt > to those offerings > - what this might reflect on the health of the sport. > > I am very pleased to see that the competition scene is healthy and runs > a seeding list because of the potential high entry numbers. > I invite you to contemplate what the sport profile is, where one end of > the spectrum is gang busters, the other end in busters, and you may > like to tell the list what the middle (second hand FRP) looks like. > > My review suggests that with lack of resources at the foundation end, > the edifice of the sport is the next in line. > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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