Borders Gliding Club

Tim,

Should we be concerned that the return spring on the belly hook was broken at replacement? The point of the replacement is to prevent the hook spring becoming inoperative. Sounds to me like an incident report to the BGA might be necessary.

No Barry. That is spot on. I am finding the costs of buying a glider from the EU have increased ridiculously. If I were to buy a glider from an EU country before Brexit, I would have had to ensure it was deregistered in the home country and pay for re-registration in UK. Remarking costs were about i...

The following statement from the BGA seems a bit of a worry. What does it mean for the refinishing of the K-21? The post-Brexit Trade and Commerce agreement does not include an aviation maintenance annex. As a result, as previously reported, maintenance certified under EASA approvals is not accepta...

If the weather gods shine on me, I’ll try Sunday!

Despite the best efforts of all from the Club, the recovery of this glider has been a bit of a nightmare. I seem to remember the Club being given an expectation of getting it back for the first wave week last year. I’m not sure that Macleans are doing well when it comes to forecasting and prioritisi...

Sadly, I can’t make it on Friday or this weekend as I should be in the Deep South looking at another glider

Thanks Tim. I am really looking forward to flying again - it will have been 3 months!

Thank you for the update.

Any forecast delivery date?

Thank you for the update Tim.

Is there any estimated delivery date for the parts from Germany?

Thanks Colin

Any update on when we might get the DG back?