On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:22:21 +1300, Bruce Hoult
wrote:

Our club owns six gliders: three two seaters, and three single seaters
(all glass). The two PW-5's are only eight years old, but everything
else (2 x Twin Astir, 1 x Janus, 1 x Std Libelle) is 25 or more years
old, though all but the Libelle have been purchased in the last ten
years.

Hmm... how does your club work (number of members, fees, et cetera)?
maybe we are comparing apples with oranges here....

In fact the vast majority of the privately owned gliders (which far
outnumber the club ones) are also more than the 15-17 years old you
mention.

Indeed - used old gliders offer a lot of little money, but in my
opinion it's not necessarily the best thing for a club to have old
equipment only.

Bye
Andreas