• Autoflug Seatbelts

    From AS@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 18:57:05 2023
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'

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  • From Mark Mocho@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 19:53:03 2023
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'

    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.

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  • From AS@21:1/5 to Mark Mocho on Tue Jan 10 20:12:09 2023
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'
    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.

    Thanks, Mark! I will contact them for a quote.

    Uli
    'AS'

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 10 20:31:58 2023
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:12:11 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'
    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.
    Thanks, Mark! I will contact them for a quote.

    Uli
    'AS'

    Uli,
    Hooker is sometimes very choosy about which German harnesses that they will re-webb. They may do it
    on condition that they are only for an experimental aircraft, and thus won't have a TSO tag on them after
    they re-webb the harnesses. They did this for a Schroth harness for me. They flatly declined to do
    Gadringer and Auto Flug harnesses for us though. Hooker seems to have the cheapest prices, but I have
    found Wag-Aero (Aero Fabricators branch) to be more receptive to re-webbing a wider range of German
    TSO'd harnesses, Gadringer included. Wag-Aero also re-webbed an Auto-Flug harness for us, but it had at
    least one legible tag which had a TSO number on it. That seems to be their key which they look for. Bridget
    Payne is the contact. Bridget Payne (bpayne at wagaero.com)
    Good luck,
    RO

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  • From AS@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jan 10 20:41:33 2023
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:32:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:12:11 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'
    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.
    Thanks, Mark! I will contact them for a quote.

    Uli
    'AS'
    Uli,
    Hooker is sometimes very choosy about which German harnesses that they will re-webb. They may do it
    on condition that they are only for an experimental aircraft, and thus won't have a TSO tag on them after
    they re-webb the harnesses. They did this for a Schroth harness for me. They flatly declined to do
    Gadringer and Auto Flug harnesses for us though. Hooker seems to have the cheapest prices, but I have
    found Wag-Aero (Aero Fabricators branch) to be more receptive to re-webbing a wider range of German
    TSO'd harnesses, Gadringer included. Wag-Aero also re-webbed an Auto-Flug harness for us, but it had at
    least one legible tag which had a TSO number on it. That seems to be their key which they look for. Bridget
    Payne is the contact. Bridget Payne (bpayne at wagaero.com)
    Good luck,
    RO

    Thanks, RO! Looking at Hooler's price list, I might as well buy an identical Autoflug harness for our experimental G102 in Germany. I found two which timed out and are no longer usable there yet look far better than ours.

    Uli
    'AS'

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  • From Mitch Deutsch@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 11 06:27:50 2023
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:41:36 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:32:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:12:11 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'
    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.
    Thanks, Mark! I will contact them for a quote.

    Uli
    'AS'
    Uli,
    Hooker is sometimes very choosy about which German harnesses that they will re-webb. They may do it
    on condition that they are only for an experimental aircraft, and thus won't have a TSO tag on them after
    they re-webb the harnesses. They did this for a Schroth harness for me. They flatly declined to do
    Gadringer and Auto Flug harnesses for us though. Hooker seems to have the cheapest prices, but I have
    found Wag-Aero (Aero Fabricators branch) to be more receptive to re-webbing a wider range of German
    TSO'd harnesses, Gadringer included. Wag-Aero also re-webbed an Auto-Flug harness for us, but it had at
    least one legible tag which had a TSO number on it. That seems to be their key which they look for. Bridget
    Payne is the contact. Bridget Payne (bpayne at wagaero.com)
    Good luck,
    RO
    Thanks, RO! Looking at Hooler's price list, I might as well buy an identical Autoflug harness for our experimental G102 in Germany. I found two which timed out and are no longer usable there yet look far better than ours.

    Uli
    'AS'

    Uli, contact Aviation Safety Products https://aircraftseatbelts.com/ in Blairsville, GA. In this past November, they re-webbed my Schroth belts for my ASW27. Quick service and fairly priced.

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  • From mike maskell@21:1/5 to Mitch Deutsch on Thu Jan 12 05:58:58 2023
    On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 8:27:52 AM UTC-6, Mitch Deutsch wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:41:36 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:32:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:12:11 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'
    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.
    Thanks, Mark! I will contact them for a quote.

    Uli
    'AS'
    Uli,
    Hooker is sometimes very choosy about which German harnesses that they will re-webb. They may do it
    on condition that they are only for an experimental aircraft, and thus won't have a TSO tag on them after
    they re-webb the harnesses. They did this for a Schroth harness for me. They flatly declined to do
    Gadringer and Auto Flug harnesses for us though. Hooker seems to have the cheapest prices, but I have
    found Wag-Aero (Aero Fabricators branch) to be more receptive to re-webbing a wider range of German
    TSO'd harnesses, Gadringer included. Wag-Aero also re-webbed an Auto-Flug harness for us, but it had at
    least one legible tag which had a TSO number on it. That seems to be their key which they look for. Bridget
    Payne is the contact. Bridget Payne (bpayne at wagaero.com)
    Good luck,
    RO
    Thanks, RO! Looking at Hooler's price list, I might as well buy an identical Autoflug harness for our experimental G102 in Germany. I found two which timed out and are no longer usable there yet look far better than ours.

    Uli
    'AS'
    Uli, contact Aviation Safety Products https://aircraftseatbelts.com/ in Blairsville, GA. In this past November, they re-webbed my Schroth belts for my ASW27. Quick service and fairly priced.
    Might also consider a great Canadian company based out of Portage La Prairie MB: http://www.gjsair.ca/ I have used them on several occasions and was impressed with the quality.
    Mike

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  • From AS@21:1/5 to mike maskell on Thu Jan 12 06:46:40 2023
    On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 8:59:00 AM UTC-5, mike maskell wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 8:27:52 AM UTC-6, Mitch Deutsch wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:41:36 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:32:01 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:12:11 PM UTC-5, AS wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 10:53:06 PM UTC-5, Mark Mocho wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7:57:08 PM UTC-7, AS wrote:
    We have a set of Autoflug seatbelts in one of our club gliders, which looks a bit dated. The tag is worn and tattered and I can not make out a mfg date - only the somewhat cryptic message 'Will attack at dawn - G. Washington'! ;-)
    Can anyone recommend a shop that can rebuild the webbing using the OEM hardware, which still looks very good?

    Uli
    'AS'
    https://www.hookerharness.com/

    They can replace the webbing using your hardware. Did a nice job on mine.
    Thanks, Mark! I will contact them for a quote.

    Uli
    'AS'
    Uli,
    Hooker is sometimes very choosy about which German harnesses that they will re-webb. They may do it
    on condition that they are only for an experimental aircraft, and thus won't have a TSO tag on them after
    they re-webb the harnesses. They did this for a Schroth harness for me. They flatly declined to do
    Gadringer and Auto Flug harnesses for us though. Hooker seems to have the cheapest prices, but I have
    found Wag-Aero (Aero Fabricators branch) to be more receptive to re-webbing a wider range of German
    TSO'd harnesses, Gadringer included. Wag-Aero also re-webbed an Auto-Flug harness for us, but it had at
    least one legible tag which had a TSO number on it. That seems to be their key which they look for. Bridget
    Payne is the contact. Bridget Payne (bpayne at wagaero.com)
    Good luck,
    RO
    Thanks, RO! Looking at Hooler's price list, I might as well buy an identical Autoflug harness for our experimental G102 in Germany. I found two which timed out and are no longer usable there yet look far better than ours.

    Uli
    'AS'
    Uli, contact Aviation Safety Products https://aircraftseatbelts.com/ in Blairsville, GA. In this past November, they re-webbed my Schroth belts for my ASW27. Quick service and fairly priced.
    Might also consider a great Canadian company based out of Portage La Prairie MB: http://www.gjsair.ca/ I have used them on several occasions and was impressed with the quality.
    Mike

    Hi Mitch, Mike - thanks for the suggestions! I will explore these options.

    Uli
    'AS'

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