Ever heard that phrase about the customer always being right? Didn't
think so.

Well, after 20+ years of trying to provide glider related accessories, I can think of more than a few instances of the customer NOT being right. (Or reasonable. Or was calling from some parallel universe.)

- There was the guy that wanted a "lightweight trailer" that he could tow with his mini-motorhome. But he wanted:
-Room for a small car that he could use to commute while leaving his motorhome parked.
-Also, a way to hoist the glider and the wings high enough so he could have a workshop underneath.
-Also, he didn't see too much problem with having the trailer engineered so that the glider would be self-rigging without having to lift things that were too heavy, as he anticipated being in a wheelchair pretty soon due to his physical condition, which was deteriorating rapidly.
-Also, did I know of any flight schools that could teach him how to fly the glider he was thinking about buying, in the limited time frame he had left to live?
-And finally, he was trying to decide between (NO JOKE!) an SGS 1-26 and an ASH-26, because he "always liked the number 26," because it was the number of letters in Jesus's alphabet.

I have a few other "special request" stories that come close but this one definitely took First Place.