Although the ASW-24 is a delightful glider to fly and behaves very
well in almost all situations, I would not recommend it for recently
licensed pilots, mostly because it requires a fair amount of precision
on landing. The airspeed must be tightly controlled and the circuit
planned and executed exactly for short field landings. While the dive
brakes are reasonably good but improper airspeed control reduces their
effectiveness. It does slip quite well but, again, this is a maneouvre
that many new pilots will find difficult in a glider like this. I
would recommend other gliders for newly licensed pilots, such as, for
example, the LS-4.

Ulli Werneburg
ASW-24 #24078 'MZ'

(Harry) wrote in message m...
would you recommend this ship for a recently licensed pilot ??? comments welcome!

regards
Harry