US Dollar sinks to new low against Euro

The business types seem to be saying that the US dollar has only begun to
fall and that it could fall much faster now that it is at record lows vs the
Euro.

That aside... what gliders are being produced in the US? I believe the
Peregrine is very close, there's the SparrowHawk. What else? And will anyone
Stateside be able to come up with a (different thread) moderate performance,
moderate price, self-launcher?

Wad.


"Mike Stringfellow" wrote in message
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The US dollar is now valued close to 0.75 Euro, down from its peak of
1.25 a couple of years ago. Analysts say it may go even lower, with
some projecting exchange rates of 0.7 (1.4 dollar to the Euro).

This has pretty much put the kibosh on my goals of buying a new
European sailplane. A model at, say, Euro 85,000 cost around $70,000
a couple of years ago, is now around $110,000 and may soon be at
$120,000.

Economic models would suggest a strong incentive for sailplane
manufacture in North America, but I wonder if the numbers of potential
sales would justify this.

Any thoughts?

Earlier, "Waduino" wrote:

...What else? And will anyone Stateside
be able to come up with a (different
thread) moderate performance,
moderate price, self-launcher?

We're working on it. Update number 100 shows some drawings that Brad
Hill did for fitting a sustainer-sized motor into the basic HP-24:

http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24/upda...ovember_04.htm

We're also looking at what it will take to fit a larger self-launch
sized motor in back there. We're working on it as fast as we can
afford to.

Thanks, and best regards to all

Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com

I won't start a new thread.....I'll leave that up to those interested
in pursuing such a thread, But Bob K. is on the right track with the
HP-24.

Brad
N199AK

That aside... what gliders are being produced in the US? I believe the
Peregrine is very close, there's the SparrowHawk. What else? And will anyone
Stateside be able to come up with a (different thread) moderate performance,
moderate price, self-launcher?

Wad.