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Old 19th Nov 2015, 08:46
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Quote.......I think the 'official' photo of the Syerston 'workshop says it all;it is not a workshop its a showroom.

Pobjoy you have hit the nail on the head, I have been in a few composite repair facility's from the one at British airways ( I was an apprentice at the time ), the Diamond factory ( maintenance type training course) and a number of glider workshops and non of them looked like the Syerston palace.

The very nature of composite repair is that the workshop can't retain the immaculate finish that photos show while carrying out serous composite work.

Like you I have to conclude that the contractor did not do a lot of work and I would speculate that there are a few airframes that the contractor has written off that the average gliding club would consider perfectly reparable ( with guidance from the manufacture )
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