Anyone have any info about SZD-55's? I had two people
email me
privately to say that they thought I could pick one
up for around my
$30k limit - but those folks were in England and I
haven't heard
anyone from the USA talk about this model. It got
plenty of favorable
reviews when it came out... ??

Would appreciate knowing where those 30k SZD 55's are!
(and if they need a refinish- seem to rember something
about shrinkage around the spar caps) Haven't seen
one for sale for under 40k+.

Johnsons test:-

http://web.archive.org/web/200304121...g/Johnson/65-1
992-03.pdf

I know he wrote a later article about the spar shrinkage
and its effects on L/D

Ed Hollestelle's views:-
http://www.wgc.mb.ca/sac/freeflight/92_05.pdf