You're wrong. Any glider not made by DG is subject to the tax. Thus DG demands the ransom for my 2000 LS8-18 manufactured by Rolladen-Schneider. I'll let you guess if I'd buy a glider from DG...

-John, Q3

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On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 2:31:49 PM UTC-5, Chris wrote:
Only pre 1996 gliders are affected by service cotracts. I don't see how that impacts new glider sales at all.
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/en/main...etails-service