"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in message
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You can get $20,000 for a glass glider built in the '70's.

Does that answer your question?


Honestly, no.

If you go to a gliderport, you won't see many gliders tied out in full
sunlight as is common with airplanes. Usually they are disassembled and stashed
away in covered trailers specifically to protect their expensive finish from the
degrading effects of the sun. That said, if you find an old G109 motorglider
tied out at an airport, (it looks like an airplane with long wings) you are
possibly looking at a composite aircraft that has actually survived decades in
full sunlight, and done so quite well.

Vaughn