In article .com,
"Frank Whiteley" wrote:

Interesting comment made at the SSA Convention Focus on Clubs track.

Generally stated 'We train in G-103's. Yes, it may take longer to solo
than a 2-33, but you will be solo sooner in the G-103 by training in
it, rather than training to soloe in the 2-33 and then transitioning to
the G-103.'

It follows then that you will also likely be solo sooner in the G-102
or LS-4 or ASW-19 or Jantar Std or whatever follows the G-103. The
objective is to dream, and seek opportunities to make that dream the
reality. You might be surprised at what's achieveable when you get rid
of some of the hurdles.

This has been the philosophy of most large New Zealand gliding clubs for
10 - 15 years now. My own club was a bit late to make the transition,
moving from Blaniks (which are in any case better than 2-33's) to Grobs
only in 1995 or so, but we're now moving on again at the end of this
year to training in DG1000's.

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