Phil If fibreglass certification is needed then Reg 35 engineer Alan Kerr [email protected] at Bundi may be able to help. Not sure but he was thinking of getting involved with Grob II at Adelaide Soaring club as they have reached 12000hrs
I do know at Lismore there is a hk36 with very low hours and it really only had undercart damage in USA and sometimes it is best to sell a high hours glider which is getting high use and replace with low hours glider and then letting some retired person slowly fly out the hours remaining. Just a thought Ian M 2009/2/17 Phil at Flying Diamond <[email protected]> > Hi Team. > > We are in the process of deciding how to move forward with our aircraft as > we are clocking up around 1200 airframe hours per year across the two Super > Dimonas. > > GXD has clocked up around 4500 airframe hours. Airframe life prior to life > extension work is 6000 hrs and under current arrangements that work has to > be done by Diamond Aircraft - presumably in Austria. My information to date > is that while giving the aircraft a further 6000 hrs airframe life - the > estimated time by Diamond is in the vicinity of 150hrs. (About $15000 at > today's costings and exchange rates.) It is our intention to commence > dialogue with Diamond about how the wheels could be greased to allow this > work to be done in Australia - perhaps by Hawker Pacific. > > The aircraft is on its third brand new engine - a Rotax 912S 100hp - which > has just under 1000 hrs to run. > > Logic would suggest that GXD should either be sold in Europe or sold to an > Aussie private owner who could look forward to many years of flying before > having to deal with the exercise. > > Anybody interested in the possibility of owning a 100hp Super Dimona with a > genuine 100 KIAS cruise and climb rate approaching 1000 fpm? > > If you are, or if you know someone who may be, please email me or call on > 0419 024 783. > > Regards > Phil Behnke. > > P.S. We intend taking both aircraft to Avalon again this year so if you > are within striking distance come and have a look at it. > > > > >
