jcarlyle wrote:

On Mar 1, 11:51 pm, Steve Koerner wrote:
One last question - the bonding in my plane was not done at the
factory. Was the bonding you guys speak of done by the factory?
Yes, factory on the '27.

On Mar 2, 7:23 pm, Mike the Strike wrote:
John:

Both my present glider (2001 Discus 2) and the previous one (1980
ASW20) had similar factory-installed grounding straps.

Steve, Mike,

Again, I appreciate your answers. It's strange, though - the grounding
in my 1984 ASW19 is clearly home-made. I wonder why Schleicher would
do the -20s, and not the -19s.

Is it possible that the ASW 20 with the bonding straps was built for a
country in Europe where cloud flying was common? I don't recall bonding
straps on my ASW 20 C. Our Blanik had them, though.

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