>>If we had an an organisation in Australia that was actually interested in >>promoting gliding and helping people do it easier and cheaper, things might >>be different.
Easier and cheaper? Name me one alu airframe which is lower maintenance than a glass glider! Promoting gliding? Who turns up at a club, having seen pictures of shiny glass gliders in promo material, and happily climbs into a dusty, buckled and faded antique? I'm sure that with the limited resources available to the GFA, they have no time to chase around trying to keep a handful of relics in the air. I know that most busy clubs have better things to do than to keep alu gliders in the air compared with glass ones. It takes about 1 day a year to maintain a K21 and two or more weeks to maintain a KRO3. I know that for smaller clubs this is a difficult scenario but I don't believe the small gliding movement in Australia can have one foot nailed to the ground by trying to keep heritage aircraft flying. D _______________________________________________ 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
