On Mar 25, 1:56*pm, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 13:34 25 March 2011, kirk.stant wrote:



1-26s were fine in their day - but you can't do intro rides in them,
can you? *

Can't do them in an LS8 either. * My complaint is the idea that you
can't compete in a 1-26. *It's the purest form of competition, head to
head with no handicaps and no excuses (particularly when some 80-year-old
submariner like Vern Hutchinson beats you).

And if you have never done acro in a glider - ASK-21, Blanik 13AC,
Pilatus, Swift, etc.. you are missing a wonderful aspect of our sport
- and one that can be done on those days when there isn't any lift
around. *Don't knock it if you havn't tried it!

My problem is that it's so damned expensive. *Talk about a way to beat
the towplane back to the airport, this is it. *If you want to give the
cadets aerobatic experience (and I've never know the AFA to be interested
in that task) then do it in a capable aerobatic airplane.

Jim Beckman

I suggest you inform yourself about the USAFA glider program.

You might be surprised.

Then again, perhaps not.

Cheers,

Kirk
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