On 22/12/2014, Brisbane Gliding Adventures <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yesterday was the last day of flying for Caboolture Gliding Club's IS-28B
> two seater "Charlie Quebec Charlie ...It is very frustrating and 
> disappointing that, as a result of paperwork not
> being in place prior to the manufacturer going out of business, there is no
> avenue available to extending her 35 year airworthiness life when there are
> so many examples of much older gliders that can have their airworthiness
> life extended ad infinitum.

Is there nothing like an 'Experimental' category in the glider world?
It seems weird to me that I can (in theory) jump into a home-designed
ultralight powered with a lawnmower motor, but can't operate a glider
grounded due to a paperwork issue.

Cheers,

Al
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