I spoke with a Brit in 2010 after the SK worlds, he travels to Argentina every year for a gliding holiday - Every time he said was an expensive exercise. Once he said that he went to the extent of getting an empty Argentinian registered trailer, with an Argentinian driver & car to drive North, where he would put his glider in, & it'd be driven back South. This guy then flew there, hoping for delivery. Sadly, the border corruption was still there, & he was forced to pay up like every other time.
He went on to say that they'd just make up 'official' documents on the spot that needed to be filled in, with the appropriate paper bag with cash handed in under the table - otherwise, the process didn't progress. He put it in his budget, crazy stuff! He predicted in 2010 that it'll be a small field, as 1/2 gliders that were planned to be imported wouldn't make their arrival until mid-comp (through no fault of their own) & the PW5 class wouldn't be big enough (min 10?) to even qualify it as a valid comp. Therefor no WC even declared. Let's hope he was B.S.ing me.. Cheers, WPP ________________________ On 2012-07-01 06:26:30 +0000 Peter F Bradshaw <p...@exadios.com> wrote: > > Hi; > > Has anybody investigated the possibility of landing the aircraft in > Brazil or Uruguay and on shipping to Argentina - or even just driving it > across? > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2012, Tim Shirley wrote: > >> Hi Ron, >> >> As I understand it there have been significant problems with the costs >> and bureaucratic difficulties of getting gliders into the country. >> Apparently there are very few modern gliders available locally. I >> believe that Allan will now be flying in the World Class as it is >> possible for him to hire a PW5 in Argentina. >> >> Tobi Geiger, Craig Collings and Mike Durrant were in the original team >> with Allan - Mike has withdrawn because of the costs but I assume that >> Tobi and Craig are still attending. Both are in Club Class. >> >> This has not only affected Australia, there are many others around the >> world who are facing this problem. It may be a fairly small event. >> Untitled Document >> >> Cheers >> >> >> /Tim/ >> >> /tra dire e fare c'รจ mezzo il mare/ >> >> On 30/06/2012 13:21, Ron Sanders wrote: >>> ONLY Alan?????? >>> >>> On 29 June 2012 20:04, Ian Mc Phee <mrsoar...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:mrsoar...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Think Allan Barnes will be there. Ian M >>> >>> On Jun 29, 2012 9:07 PM, "Ron Sanders" <resand...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:resand...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I was just wondering if Australia has any pilots at all >>> attending the Argentinian Worlds in January 2013? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >>> <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> >>> To check or change subscription details, visit: >>> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >>> <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> >>> To check or change subscription details, visit: >>> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >>> To check or change subscription details, visit: >>> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
