The business types seem to be saying that the US dollar has only begun to
fall and that it could fall much faster now that it is at record lows vs the
Euro.

That aside... what gliders are being produced in the US? I believe the
Peregrine is very close, there's the SparrowHawk. What else? And will anyone
Stateside be able to come up with a (different thread) moderate performance,
moderate price, self-launcher?

Wad.


"Mike Stringfellow" wrote in message
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The US dollar is now valued close to 0.75 Euro, down from its peak of
1.25 a couple of years ago. Analysts say it may go even lower, with
some projecting exchange rates of 0.7 (1.4 dollar to the Euro).

This has pretty much put the kibosh on my goals of buying a new
European sailplane. A model at, say, Euro 85,000 cost around $70,000
a couple of years ago, is now around $110,000 and may soon be at
$120,000.

Economic models would suggest a strong incentive for sailplane
manufacture in North America, but I wonder if the numbers of potential
sales would justify this.

Any thoughts?