'....and the pilots who fly them regard' might need
to be changed to 'the
pilots who flew them regard' unless an inexpensive
method of inspecting
and repairing them is developed by someone.

Thank you for your kind offer, but I (respectively
my club) already
own 2 DG-300...

.... and the pilots who fly them regard stories about
18.000 ft cloud
base and difficulties of staying below Vne as science
fiction.

ELAN seems to be the responsible party here. Are they
still the same
company? My understanding is they only split off the
aviation
division to form AMS but the original ELAN company
is still the same.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I have no idea about the situation of ELAN - but I'm
pretty sure that
their product liability has expired.
Bye
Andreas