Είχα "κατεβάσει" πριν λίγο καιρό αυτό το αρθράκι,δεν θυμάμαι απο πού ακριβώς, με σκοπό να το μεταφράσω προς ενημέρωσή μας. Δεν πρόλαβα...Με αφορμή το θέμα που άνοιξε ο Alex, το θυμήθηκα και το παραθέτω, είναι αρκετά ενημερωτικό.
"The recently created Paraglider Manufacturers Association (PMA), formed by some thirty well known marks in the world market, intends to unite positions and work in cooperation to obtain standard procedures for paraglider certification in order to offer all pilots uniform safety standards and very clear information of the test results.
After the last meetings of the PMA during the Stubai Cup (January) and with the DHV in December, it was agreed to continue supporting the existing institutes for paraglider certification (EN, DHV) and to abstain from self-certification. It was also agreed to replace the name "DHV" for the paraglider classes, which refers to the German Association of Hanggliders and Paragliders (DHV for its acronym in German), for the generic "LTF" in reference to the German Airworthiness Requirement or “Lufttüchtigkeits"; that is to say, a DHV1 now is "LTF1", a DHV1-2 is "LTF1-2" and so on, for the certifications done in Germany. This opens the way to new Test laboratories to certify gliders in Germany apart from the DHV.
The main objective is to standardize the DHV and EN certification procedures, so that in a future there will be no differences between a glider certified LTF in Germany and one certified EN in France, for example. The value of +30 manufacturers who compete with each other sitting together around a table to work for improving the system tells a lot of the maturity of the sport and the market, so we can only hope that these steps lead to the desired results to have better and safer paragliders
LTF replaces DHV
in paragliders classification
The following is the statement by PMA and DHV:
“All participants of the round-table of 19.12.2007 agree that a new improved German "Lufttüchtigkeits" (LTF) certification scheme should be based on the flight test procedures defined in the EN 926-2 norm. Further to this, it is agreed that the current tests for spiral dives, and deep collapses need to be improved upon. Improvements to the EN norm to reflect spiral-dive and deep collapse testing are also desirable, and change procedures to introduce these tests to the norm are to be initiated. Should it not be possible to change the EN norm within the near future, the new LTF certification may be used in preference. The technical changes to flight test procedures are to be specified by 01.04.2008, and the full implementation of the new LTF is planned for 01.09.2008.”"
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