Doug Riley
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I haven't flown in front of a Hirth that quit... right then. Thankfully, it waited until a few flights after the ride I took. Then it quit on the aircraft's owner, dumping the aircraft and him into the woods and wrecking the plane. Too bad, it was a very sweet 2-place Drifter.
Hirths have had serious quality-control issues in the past, basic things like batches of parts that didn't get heat-treated and misligned casting molds. Given this history, I think the burden's on Hirth to show that they've cleaned up their act. If they have, then good.
Hirths have had serious quality-control issues in the past, basic things like batches of parts that didn't get heat-treated and misligned casting molds. Given this history, I think the burden's on Hirth to show that they've cleaned up their act. If they have, then good.