Glider Rating: 1982
Power Rating: 1992
Got Glider: 1994

Fly glider as much as I can.
Fly power plane once every two years. With instructor.
For Flight Review.

Thought I would get checked out to tow, but insurance
won't even consider it unless I have at least 200 -
250 hours of POWER time. I've got about 100 hours
in power. At our local airfield, a somewhat less than
almost pristine Cezzna 172 goes for US$105/hr (wet).
(Far less than pristine...) So, let's say I would
need 150 hours of additional power time to get the
insurance people to consider me eligible for towing.
$105/hr x 150 hours = a lot of money that I don't
have and if I did, I would spend it on soaring.

It would be nice to be able to make a trip in a GA
aircraft, but it sure is more fun to fly a sailplane!

Plus, I'll never get tagged to fly the towplane...

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
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