On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:17:15 -0500, "Robert Little"
wrote:


I hope that this has answered some of your questions. All things are based
on economics. As I've said before, I wish all fabric was permanent so that
we didn't have to hide our beautiful airplanes deep in dark hangers. It
doesn't make very much sense that the owners of the most economical and most
fun to fly aircraft are afraid to come out into the sun and fly. The
temporary fabrics that are on the market today have stolen a great heritage
from us. Most of these airplanes are so rare in flight that insurance
ratios are astronomical. and training is getting quite rare. there are tens
of thousands of ragwings hiden away in hangers that are afraid to come out
and stay current. It is sad.

owner of the company or not you do write some bull**** robert.
if you have never seen the fiberglass fretted away so that only the
finish remained then you need to get out more. expletive deleted

my tailwind has a 19year old polyfiber finish that just will not die.
I will eventually rip it off in airworthy condition so that I can
check for cracks and recoat the steel tubes.

btw the problem with these modern fabrics is that they are so
permanent that the underlying structures are not getting the regular
maintenance attention that they would have in the days of cotton. that
is the problem. not the BS you write.
obviously ymmv
Stealth Pilot
Australia