On Feb 2, 10:06*am, toad wrote:
On Feb 2, 9:15*am, Jim Beckman wrote:

So how *do* we explain the continuing (I hope) popularity of the Schweizer
1-26 in America? *
Of course, the glider *is* dirt cheap

There you go, that's all that there is to it. * If the the PW-5 would
have sold for less than $10,000 including basic instruments and
trailer, it would have been popular, no matter how ugly.

Todd
3S

In many speed sports, we orient tyros w.r.t. equipment purchase
decisions thus: "Good, fast, cheap: pick two".

Popular ships, new or used, fit this rule of sorts.

-T8