At 23:41 04 April 2013, GM wrote:
I hear you loud and clear! The US-training fleet needs an infusion of new
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quipment much sooner than later. What I don't understand is this: we have
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alented and gifted glider designers in the US yet nobody seems to be able
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o come up with a US-version of a K21 or DuoDiscus? Looking across the
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most clubs in Europe have said good-by to their wood&fabric gliders and
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graded to pastic one or two decades ago while the US is still holding on
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their Schweizer-Saurus'!
Please - someone explain to me why a manufacturer like Windward
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does not jump at the opportunity to build a modern two-seat trainer
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than trying to compete with the latest super orchid grown in Germany. I
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ink something like this would sell.

Uli Neumann

That is not strictly true, a lot of clubs in the UK still have at least one
K13 in their fleet, in many cases it is the only glider that can be used
for spin training. The apparent failure of a K7 wing is a little worrying,
there was a similar accident here a few years ago.