On Feb 7, 11:15*pm, Hagbard Celine wrote:
Well, unfortunately they're no longer building forty year old used
training gliders. Go look up what a new 2-33 cost from the 70's
through the 80's, adjust the price into 2011 dollars and then compare
it to what a new PW-6, ASK-21 etc. costs. They no longer seem so
expensive. The last time the L-23 was available new it really wasn't
particularly inexpensive either.

You are a late comer to this thread, obviously. The claim was made
that a new 2-33 cost $22,000 in 1970, which would be equivalent to
over $125,000 today, making a new K-21 a fantastic bargain. The only
problem is that the base price of a new 2-33 was actually roughly
$5500 in 1970, which would be under $32,000 today. Last I checked,
the base price of a new ASK-21 is 70,000 Euros, or $95,000, and it
would cost around $5,000 to stuff one in a container and ship it
here. A lot of people would indeed argue the ASK-21 is a bargain at
only three times the price, but given the current health of soaring in
the US, it should be obvious why people are still hanging on to their
40 year old training gliders...

Marc