I owned *TWO* LS-6s in separate partnerships. In both cases it worked out
well. Just be sure you know and respect the person you join up with and
have a complete understanding of expectations. Those partnerships got me
650 hours in a ship I could not afford by myself at the time.

Dan

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With financing you'd still have to be a fanatic to make mortgage sized
payments on a low utility fringe toy.
On Sunday, June 9, 2013 6:08:27 PM UTC-4, noel.wade wrote:
Called AOPA last Thursday - and nope, none of their financing partners can
do gliders at present. They claim that if more people start requesting it,
they may be able to make it happen; but not immediately.



Sad, really - and IMHO one more reason the sport isn't growing here. A
person looking for a hobby can finance a boat, an RV, a snowmobile, a
motorcycle, or an airplane on MUCH friendlier terms than a glider. So that
limits the pool of private owners to fanatics like me or older folks
who've had time to build up a lot of home equity or other large financial
resources.



And this doesn't just impact buyers. It also makes it harder for every one
out there that has a sailplane and hopes to sell it someday.



--Noel