Originally Posted by
longer ron
LJ
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it would probably have been quicker and cheaper to order a new fleet of gliders than undertake this long winded fiasco !
Not sure about quicker - how many gliders are involved? The lead time on a new K21 is 6 months or more. Not sure about cheaper either, depends a lot on the exchange rate, but at present £70k or thereabouts.
It would have been more certain though. But had that happened would they would have been happy with a standard glider & instrument fit?