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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:17:15 -0500, "Robert Little"
wrote: I hope that this has answered some of your questions. All things are based on economics. As I've said before, I wish all fabric was permanent so that we didn't have to hide our beautiful airplanes deep in dark hangers. It doesn't make very much sense that the owners of the most economical and most fun to fly aircraft are afraid to come out into the sun and fly. The temporary fabrics that are on the market today have stolen a great heritage from us. Most of these airplanes are so rare in flight that insurance ratios are astronomical. and training is getting quite rare. there are tens of thousands of ragwings hiden away in hangers that are afraid to come out and stay current. It is sad. owner of the company or not you do write some bull**** robert. if you have never seen the fiberglass fretted away so that only the finish remained then you need to get out more. expletive deleted my tailwind has a 19year old polyfiber finish that just will not die. I will eventually rip it off in airworthy condition so that I can check for cracks and recoat the steel tubes. btw the problem with these modern fabrics is that they are so permanent that the underlying structures are not getting the regular maintenance attention that they would have in the days of cotton. that is the problem. not the BS you write. obviously ymmv Stealth Pilot Australia |
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