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Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2018, 18:36
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

Ask their airships, they made it happen. I’m none...

Ask their airships, they made it happen. I’m none the wiser.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2018, 16:30
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

I appreciate that much of your Gliding was in the...

I appreciate that much of your Gliding was in the wood and fabric days, and no, there is nothing wrong with such aircraft. However time has simply moved on. Nobody is going to build a T31 these days,...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2018, 11:14
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

Come full circle or are going round in circles? ...

Come full circle or are going round in circles?

There is nothing...nothing difficult about repairing a glassfibre aircraft. It is cloth and resin. Repairing it so the repair is invisible...no more...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2018, 19:39
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

I beg to differ. Every other glider operates on...

I beg to differ. Every other glider operates on an hours limit.

There are K21s in the UK - living identical 'up-around-down' existences as the Air Cadet Vikings - which are running north of...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2018, 19:23
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

The Vikings are lifed at 27,000 launches, not...

The Vikings are lifed at 27,000 launches, not hours. Don't ask the logic.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2018, 09:23
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

Nonsense it may be, but a replacement fleet would...

Nonsense it may be, but a replacement fleet would cost double that per unit. Rock and a hard place.

The 'soft place' of putting them on the G-register would no doubt have seen all the fleet back...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2017, 15:34
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

The accident rate very definitely has improved....

The accident rate very definitely has improved. Whether this is to do with flying standards, aircraft safety or increased regulation I wouldn’t want to say. But gliding is now safer than it was.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2017, 08:37
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

You keep referencing ‘your time’ and it leads me...

You keep referencing ‘your time’ and it leads me to believe it was a long time ago indeed. You may have missed the fact that in 2008 all non-Annex II Sailplanes transitioned onto the G-Register, with...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2017, 06:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

Why do people believe that composite structures...

Why do people believe that composite structures AREN’T easy to fix, damage tolerant, and easy to assess?

And the Viking IS a simple to maintain, simple to fly, hard to bust, basic glider that has...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2017, 09:29
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

There would be no taker. Yes the K13 is a...

There would be no taker.

Yes the K13 is a perfectly competent training glider, but the K21 is a big step ahead in terms of performance, handling, comfort, and above all safety. I know which one...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2017, 04:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

There is nothing fragile (or frankly high...

There is nothing fragile (or frankly high performance) about the Viking. They are very sturdy aircraft. It is only a mismanagement of ongoing maintenance which has resulted in this perception of...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2017, 21:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,903
Posted By 92125

What are these attendant problems? The civilian...

What are these attendant problems? The civilian glider world has been successfully repairing composite airframes far more complex than Vikings or K21s for over fifty years now.



And while we're...
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