No longer available as the manufacturer is concentrating on 40 year
old designs...

This is a 1956 design - pre Finite element analysis and CAD and all
those other things.
It was designed to build using the abundant cheap, skilled labour
available in the Soviet Union. I assume the factory stopped the rebuilds
because of simple economics...
You have to question whether it will be economically *viable to keep
this fleet flying.

I would love there to be an economical way to return them to service,
but am not optimistic.

Bruce


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Bruce Greeff

Right.........so this "Pavel" guy is still a joke!

I wish my (former) club would just face facts and "get over it".
Their Blanik is junk. We got about 20 years of service for about
$12,000..........not a bad deal at all.....$600 a year.....(especially
when you count the twenty previous years of service somebody else got)

Our airport does need a new wind tee........they were quoted several
thousand to have one fabricated....hmmmmm...

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