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L13/L23 gliders
Dear aviation friends,
my name is Pavel Rind and I am representing an approved maintenance organisation for L 13/L13A/L23 and L33 gliders produced by former LET Kunovice Czech Republic. We have recently finished a repair and complete refurbrishment of L 23 Super Blanik G-.CFYF located at York airfiled. We are now planning a transport of this glider back to the UK. We expect that we can stay in the UK from 11-15 th March 2011 and we would like to inform all owners and operators of Blaniks that we can provide the following service free of charge on your airfiled: -check of current technical condition of these gliders, - technical advice - or any other support you need. More information about our company and our works can be f found on our website www.air-tech.cz If anyone is intersted in meeting with us, please do not hesitate to contact me on: +420 603 716 856 or email: I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards Pavel Rind Air-Tech Ltd Holešov, Czech Republic, Europe. |
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On Feb 23, 3:26*am, Pavel Rind wrote:
Dear aviation friends, my name is Pavel Rind and I am representing an approved maintenance organisation for L 13/L13A/L23 and L33 gliders produced by former LET Kunovice Czech Republic. We have recently finished a repair and complete refurbrishment of L 23 Super Blanik G-.CFYF located at York airfiled. We are now planning a transport of this glider back to the UK. We expect that we can stay in the UK from 11-15 th March 2011 and we would like to inform all owners and operators of Blaniks that we can provide the following service free of charge on your airfiled: -check of current technical condition of these gliders, - technical advice - or any other support you need. More information about our company and our works can be f found on our websitewww.air-tech.cz If anyone is intersted in meeting with us, please do not hesitate to contact me on: +420 603 716 856 or email: I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards Pavel Rind Air-Tech Ltd Hole ov, Czech Republic, Europe. * You're kidding us right? (You seem to be overlooking just one teeny, tiny, small detail!!) Cookie |
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You're kidding us right? *(You seem to be overlooking just one
teeny, tiny, small detail!!) Cookie Perhaps he's from that 1 country that didn't seem to get the memo... -Paul |
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he was talking about an L23 they inspected......
and for what I understand the L-13's are flying in the Czech republic.....it's the rest of the world that is waiting for the official AD resolution.... Gliders with a "known" history can be returned to service with factory overhauls (as they do in the Czech republic) and with complete records...those with sketchy records and dubious maintenance are the ones that are causing the manufacture and CZ FAA the concerns...... and will be the cause of whatever additional inspections are necessary to prove them airworthy.. tim "sisu1a" wrote in message ... You're kidding us right? (You seem to be overlooking just one teeny, tiny, small detail!!) Cookie Perhaps he's from that 1 country that didn't seem to get the memo... -Paul __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5901 (20110223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5901 (20110223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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L13/L23 gliders
Has this happened in the USA?
How much $$ for a "factory overhaul"? What is the turn around time? Is the "factory" doing overhauls? Cookie Gliders with a "known" history can be returned to service with factory overhauls (as they do in the Czech republic) and with complete records... |
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On Feb 23, 5:27*pm, "
wrote: Has this happened in the USA? How much $$ for a "factory overhaul"? * What is the turn around time? Is the "factory" doing overhauls? Cookie Gliders with a "known" history can be returned to service with factory overhauls (as they do in the Czech republic) and with complete records...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - No, the factory is not doing any work, nor supplying parts directly. We need to band together and buy the TC a la Eclipse. Not likely, IMO, based on the response on this board and the FAA comment page.. |
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I believe there used to be a program where you sent your L13 to the
factory and got it back with zero timed wings. No longer available as the manufacturer is concentrating on 40 year old designs... This is a 1956 design - pre Finite element analysis and CAD and all those other things. It was designed to build using the abundant cheap, skilled labour available in the Soviet Union. I assume the factory stopped the rebuilds because of simple economics... You have to question whether it will be economically viable to keep this fleet flying. And - yes I have many hours of "unusual attitudes" in an L13, and it was a lot of fun, and a good intermediate trainer. Wayne and I once did 11 consecutive loops at the end of a little cross country. But there's the trouble, I doubt our club L13 had many flights that did not include at least one steep turn, or chandelle, or whatever. That makes them all aerobatic time - so the glider is scrap, under the current AD... I would love there to be an economical way to return them to service, but am not optimistic. Bruce On 2011/02/24 3:27 AM, wrote: Has this happened in the USA? How much $$ for a "factory overhaul"? What is the turn around time? Is the "factory" doing overhauls? Cookie Gliders with a "known" history can be returned to service with factory overhauls (as they do in the Czech republic) and with complete records... -- Bruce Greeff T59D #1771 & Std Cirrus #57 |
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amazing how few owners know about these, or if they know have ever attempted
to accomplish them.....pretty easy to hide from your local mechanic who is doing the paper annuals too.if he doesn't research the glider documents he won't find them and simply sign off the log book as being "airworthy".this isn't just the L-13 Blaniks, I'm in constant amazement of how few know or actually do what is required to maintain an airworthy glider....the TCDS lists the basic requirements, the operators manuals and "supplementary manuals for "tem limited" parts are supplied from the manufacturer..these dictate most of what has to be done at " time " intervals..... Most Blaniks had a 2000 TT limit when new, at that time they were "run out" and no longer airworthy....but, if they were overhauled they then had extended life limits, typically another 500 hours - 1000 hours depending on which overhaul was accomplished....and so on...in Europe they could be returned to the manufacturer, or to one of their approved repair stations...here...you can buy from Blanik America the technical notes that outline the overhauls, tough these were from the Australian aircraft authority and then accepted by the US and recognized by LET as documents outlining the overhaul procedures (contact Blanik America to find out more) I believe the problem exists with the current AD because there is insufficient data on many Blaniks and poor record keeping so the manufacturer has no way they can simply come up with a blanket fix for all....those with proper history, known history of the types of tows, number of aerobatic hours ect. Blaniks in the Czech republic (I have to say that they tend to take maintenance far more seriously there than the average owners in N. America ) are typically well cared for, well maintained and well documented....and for this the manufacture can take what data is presented there and make the assumptions of what is needed to return each one to service. This may be a Blanik concern today but it doesn't mean all other gliders are immune.....we need to start taking maintenance issues far more seriously here. contact Blanik America, he can get you the overhaul proceedures tim wrote in message ... Has this happened in the USA? How much $$ for a "factory overhaul"? What is the turn around time? Is the "factory" doing overhauls? Cookie Gliders with a "known" history can be returned to service with factory overhauls (as they do in the Czech republic) and with complete records... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5905 (20110224) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5905 (20110224) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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I sent in e-mail to Pavel to get his take on the L-13 Grounding...
here was the response: Hi Tim, Thank you for your email. Yes, we are in close touch with LET and at this moment the new inspection method is developed and all documents and details about the wing root area inspection were sent to EASA for the final approval. If everything goes smooth we expect that at the beginning of March more information will be released. The new inspection will be based on eddy current waves and should allow the check of wing root area without opening the wing. When I get more information, I will contact you. Thank you. Best regards Pavel Rind On Feb 23, 6:38*pm, "Tim Mara" wrote: he was talking about an L23 they inspected...... and for what I understand the L-13's are flying in the Czech republic.....it's the rest of the world that is waiting for the official AD resolution.... Gliders with a "known" history can be returned to service with factory overhauls (as they do in the Czech republic) and with complete records...those with sketchy records and dubious maintenance are the ones that are causing the manufacture and CZ FAA the concerns...... and will be the cause of whatever additional inspections are necessary to prove them airworthy.. tim "sisu1a" wrote in message ... You're kidding us right? (You seem to be overlooking just one teeny, tiny, small detail!!) Cookie Perhaps he's from that 1 country that didn't seem to get the memo... -Paul __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5901 (20110223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5901 (20110223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |
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On Feb 23, 12:26*am, Pavel Rind wrote:
Dear aviation friends, my name is Pavel Rind and I am representing an approved maintenance organisation for L 13/L13A/L23 and L33 gliders produced by former LET Kunovice Czech Republic. We have recently finished a repair and complete refurbrishment of L 23 Super Blanik G-.CFYF located at York airfiled. We are now planning a transport of this glider back to the UK. We expect that we can stay in the UK from 11-15 th March 2011 and we would like to inform all owners and operators of Blaniks that we can provide the following service free of charge on your airfiled: -check of current technical condition of these gliders, - technical advice - or any other support you need. More information about our company and our works can be f found on our websitewww.air-tech.cz If anyone is intersted in meeting with us, please do not hesitate to contact me on: +420 603 716 856 or email: I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards Pavel Rind Air-Tech Ltd Hole ov, Czech Republic, Europe. I don't need an L13 inspection but can I book this guy to do some stand up comedy for our gliding club? Darryl |
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