Interesting comment Mike. The Jabs do seem to have a problem with engines stopping so some gliding and forced landing practice should be mandatory for any Jab student...lol
The Blanik is a good trainer and fairly easy to maintain. I cross hire my Twin Astir and we use that too. We did have a single CS but now own half a Pilatus. Since the Blanik got grounded the only other aircraft we could afford was a K7. The grant I have in is for a new ASK 21. Not sure if we will get it but hey, gotta try with anything with a bank balance like ours. Kindest Regards Grant Davies -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Friday, 8 July 2011 1:56 PM To: tom claffey; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia! At 12:43 PM 8/07/2011, you wrote: >I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider >equivalent to the 1961 VW beetle. > >The weather you cannot control. >Tom They are in Bundaberg, home of the Jabiru. There's a RAAus flying school at the airport that uses Jabs. How about a little lateral thinking and having people do some basic training there and then glider conversions? If they stay flying Jabs they weren't going to stay flying gliders anyway. The presence of people learning to fly Jabs with the flying school in order to fly gliders as their goal may even get you some more glider pilots in the slightly longer run. If people think that paying for the power lessons is too expensive they need to rethink as to whether they can afford gliding. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 email: [email protected] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3750 - Release Date: 07/07/11 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
