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Old August 7th 14, 09:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul T[_4_]
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Default World Championship gliders

At 00:45 07 August 2014, Sean Fidler wrote:
True but your one design glider would be competitive for many years.
Currently your looking at 5-10 years before it becomes obsolete.


Discus 2a/LS8 - getting on for 20 year old designs now - well the 8 is
even older considering its essentialy an unflapped 6.