Just for a change of subject, for several years now I have distributed
the German "Segelflug Bildkalender" calendars, and am doing the same
again this year (for 2015 calendars).
I now have the calendars in stock and can post to purchasers to arrive
VERY early in the new year, given Australi
Funny, European and British gliding clubs cherish their K13's. I don't
believe gliding there is suffering as a result of teaching in
"yesterday's gliders". I understand Lasham (?) have 7 or 8 K13's going
from dawn till dark.
Some years ago I flew the DG-1000 at Camden including spins. Spins
n
I seem to recall a lot of time and effort being put into extending the life of
fibreglass gliders back in the distant past with the fatigue testing of the
Janus wings by the RMIT.
I believe this contributed to the original life extensions past 3000 hrs. I'm
sure some one on this forum can enlig
“Seems to me that our sport spends far too much of its time and energy flogging
dead horses.”
Should I just send GQG, Jack Igullden’s and the South Cerney ES 60 to the
knackers yard then.
From: Tim Shirley
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 7:55 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soari
We now have ten gliders entered in the two seat nationals so far with several
more on the way. The entries include several gliders in the new Open Class 2
Seat Championship. Already entered are several Arcus, a host of Duo Discus and
several DG1000's. We also have an ASH25 and a DG500!
it
The Victorian one is HDJ at Horsham.
Wombat
On 24/12/2014 8:27 AM, Greg Wilson wrote:
The USA were the only country to enforce a 3,000 hour life limit on
Centrair Pegase due to their interpretation of the maintenance manual
of that aircraft which had been translated from French to English. One
There is a Pegase at Horsham, owned by the Horsham Flying Club.
There is a Centrair Marianne 2 seater at Benalla, privately owned.
As a club committee member, I would have 2 comments about this thread:
1. It doesn't seem to be a wise strategy for the future of gliding to
teach tomorrows pilot
The USA were the only country to enforce a 3,000 hour life limit on Centrair
Pegase due to their interpretation of the maintenance manual of that aircraft
which had been translated from French to English. One page of the manual stated
3,000 hour life extension while another mentioned 3,000 life.
For reference, it isn't just GFA / CASA.
Even though EXP registration is much more common in the USA, FAA is
not interested in moving an aircraft to EXP for life extension purposes.
It has of course been tried with the Centrair Pegase.*
Under FAA regulations, an EXP aircraft can be flown by
On 24 Dec 2014, at 12:27 am, Al Borowski wrote:
> 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 iss
On 22/12/2014, Brisbane Gliding Adventures 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
I agree Bernhard
When we flew IS28’s as our primary training aircraft (we also have a K13 and
had an IS30 too) we found that the time taken for our students to solo was
higher than now, when they learn on a K21. I believe that the extended training
time led to many prospective pilots leaving th
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