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You are a really luck guys!
In many countries you have to pay importation tax and duties… To import my Ventus 2cM I paid ocean freight, container rental fee, insurance, and 30% as tax… A few years ago, I paid USD 2k jus to delivery a Cobra trailer to SZD in Poland, and 50% importation taxes... and the glider delay 3 months due a frozen port in Poland and more 60 due a port straick in Brazil... So, USD 120k for a glider or USD$ 150k for a motorglider ready to fly is a nice bargain! Sds. VoLo. Armando R. Pucci Ventus 2cM (AR) s/n# 115 Sao Paulo/Brazil At 03:42 29 May 2004, Jack wrote: Marc Ramsey wrote: The price of new gliders affects all of us. If a significant portion of those who would normally buy new gliders stop, then they don't sell their old ships, which means those who would have traded up to the newer used gliders, hold on to their older used gliders, etc., ultimately raising the price of a smaller number of decent lower cost gliders that end up on the market. Yes, I've heard the Mantra before. I don't believe that's the real problem. There are 1-26s on the market for a few thousand. These and other low performance ships are what new guys and gals should be buying and flying. If those with more lofty aspirations gave the entry level ships their due around the campfire instead of disparaging them, it might help retention of new glider pilots who are not blessed with deep pockets. The availability of $100,000+ ships is not going to save soaring in N. America. Newbies don't invest in Deutsche-glass while paying off their student loans. The availability of a new generation of low to moderate priced N. American ships to which beginners can actually aspire is more likely to be the answer to our prayers -- if we can hangar our sophomoric lust for dream-ships whose potential 99% of us will never reach. Let's spend our money where it counts -- on tows and trailers and training and practice, practice, practice. Jack |
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