On Jan 2, 7:05*am, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Jan 2, 1:46*am, glidergeek wrote:

"DG appears to have paid 90,000 euros to certify 13 (acquired) glider
types for the first year and will have to pay 11,700 euros every year,
and that is just one fee, not all the other fees which are listed in
detail"

Did Herr Weber not know this would be required of his company when he
bought DG?

I think that the EASA did not even exist until 2003. In 1996 when Herr
Weber bought Glaser Dirks, certification was an LBA function and the
fees were probably much more modest.

DG isn't the only one. Hawker Beechcraft is facing the same problems
but opted for a different approach.

http://www.charterx.com/resources/article.aspx?id=5819

Craig