At 22:59 06 July 2018, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:


As for the ASW-28, standard is dead, and Schleicher never made a
seriously competitive Standard class glider. Although
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I thought my ASW-24 was on par with a Discus in the run, maybe slightly
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ter, I thought it did not climb as well, but it had a forward hinged
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instead of the silly side hinged.


Hmmn Std Class dead? - 2nd largest class by number of entries at the
Worlds, after Club Class. Seem to remember the ASW 19 winning one or
two comps before the LS4 came along, and its won 3 World Champs.