>>and fairly easy to maintain Does this need some qualification?
I know people who have handed in their form 2 ticket for metal aircraft based on working in Blaniks. While a Blanik may not be technical, it requires a lot of time consuming maintenance compared with say a K21… perhaps 10 times the amount in hours. If you have a maintenance person with a lot of time on their hands, this is OK. But in a club environment, it's a killer. Nice to fly, maybe, but o for my money, melt them down for saucepans. They have no place in a modern club. D On 08/07/2011, Grant Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
