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Old July 16th 12, 10:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Default DG's in competition?

On 7/16/2012 1:58 PM, S. Murry wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:12:06 -0500, wrote:

Simple question. Why are DG sailplanes so seldom seen in competition?
Thanks
Rick Lake


We're afraid we'll break a $100 part and have to pay DG $2000 in service
fees in order to get it...


Isn't that just on the older gliders that were not built by DG?

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