DG's in competition?

Mr. Weber is a very wealthy man and has his hands in many other ventures as well. He has the means and says he will never let the company go into bankruptcy. In fact with the orders I placed with them to fulfill my USG contract to supply 19 gliders to the USAFA, I am sure they are well in the black. Second, please note aircraft with Experimental certificates that were not certificated in the armature built category still must be maintained safe and airworthy with FAA approved parts. Also, contrary to many beliefs, AD’s can and many times do apply to these aircraft when the same model would have later received a type certificate. In such cases the AD will state in the Applicability section “certified in any category”.
Chris

Chris,
You are not suggesting "Too big to fail" are you. Kidding aside, I have it straight from the FAA (Repeatedly) that an airplane certified in any Experimental category, Including Exhibition and Racing, has no requirement whatsoever to use FAA approved parts. An "Experimental" by its very nature has not been shown (Or have any need to) comply with FAA standards. Why would the parts that make up such an airplane need to be compliant? Are you saying there is FAA approved metric aviation hardware?

On 7/17/12 1:40 PM, wrote:
And thank you Al Gore for inventing the Internet!!!

"In the 1980s and 1990s, he promoted legislation that funded an
expansion of the ARPANET, allowing greater public access, eventually
leading to the creation of the Internet."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore...ion_technology

So he was instrumental in making it happen. And he never claimed to
have invented the internet. ...stupid "sound bite" politics.

On Monday, July 16, 2012 12:12:06 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
Simple question. Why are DG sailplanes so seldom seen in competition?
Thanks
Rick Lake

I disagree, I think you see them quite often in the OLC competition. And the results you can see for yourselves.