Anyone keen to start building a couple primary's?
Sent from my iPhone On 29/08/2013, at 20:34, Laurie Simpkins <lahi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Neville, Just caught up on my aus-soaring entertainment. > Don't be put off by the "slightly" negative responses you had and I sure > the intention was good if not the delivery. There are many home/kit built > still flying in Aus (I own one) and we test flew a mate of mine only a couple > of years ago so is it all possible. He is now building a ultralight from > scratch. > Currently however there are many good gliders around the country looking for > a new home and some TLC to restore them back to there former glory and would > be a much cheaper option just on the price of materials alone. The Vintage > glider Association is a wealth of information and also has a homebuilt > sailplane contingent as well so a visit to their website (and the worldwide > vintage club) is worth it. > Don't be put off by the word "vintage" as there are many good performing > aircraft to found in that category. A previous club I was in used to > brainwash the new guys that you couldn't go cross country in older aircraft > and we all needed 40 to 1 performance. Not the case. Shiny plastic > (fibreglass) is nice but not essential to flight. > I was unsure what your experience and motivation where for gliding and hope > you have found a starting point and we haven't put you off the sport. > If interested we could have a chat offline sometime. > > cheers > Laurie > > > > > > > > > > > > WOW thanks Garry for the support > > Let me start of by saying how disappointed I was reading your response > > and Basically calling me Stupid > > You have absolutely no Idea who I am or background!! > > I just might be the Multimillionaire you speak of!! > > > > Yes you have to walk or crawl before you can run > > And part of the crawling processes is RESEARCH > > Hence the original question > > I assumed that is what this forum is basically for HELPING others and > > asking Questions for RESEARCH > > > > I just Finished reading the flight and the systems manuals for the > > airbus A330 > > That does not mean I am going to jump into the pilots seat and fly it > > > > As far as Scratch Building from plans go Might I suggest you look around you > > People are building all sorts of thing from Plans these days > > Cars Helicopters Airplanes Boats even Houses > > But no not Gliders that's apparently Stupid???? > > > > Sure Inspections testing etc from Authorized people is Mandatory (I > > learn that doing RESEARCH (You Know crawling)) > > > > And I have contacted the local Gliding club and received an email weeks > > later telling me the local club is no longer in existence > > Said one day they might bother resurrecting it > > (Might be able to buy a cheap glider as they owned 2) > > I am also hearing around the traps that the sport is dieing > > Can I assume there are others with the same dogmatic attitude turning > > people away > > > > > > ******************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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