Originally Posted by
squawking 7700
cats - Indeed, these aircraft's recent maintenance programme and history has been akin to that of a back street garage.......but without the history, because that's acknowledged (by 2FTS) as destroyed - who let the contractor destroy essential paperwork? going back to market value, without that provenance the asset value is markedly reduced.
For each glider that Southern Sailplanes release to flight I personally would be happy with the paperwork & glider at the moment it was loaded into the trailer. At present I have no confidence that it will stay in that state as in one that accurately reflects the maintenance history of the glider post-Southern Sailplanes.
As an aside, pre-EASA the BGA used to keep all the glider paperwork we sent in each year. When they wanted a clear-out it was offered free to the current owners, with the result I have a bulging file of 25+ years of paperwork for my glider and
AFAIK most other owners do as well.