Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?

On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 18:41:27 -0800 (PST), Tim Taylor
wrote:



I think we tried to talk the IGC into using the LS-4 as the single
glider for the World Class. You can see how well that worked out;
there are nearly as many PW-5's around as LS-4's, Not! Logic is not
something that happens at IGC meetings,

This argument is quite a bit unfair. I have been in IGC meetings as a
journalist or as a deputy delegate for my country.
Logic is at the center of all discussions, and there are always
advocates for the different opinions.
In the history of World Class creation, the deciding factor was that
the discussions concluded a "new design" would be necessary, to avoid
tying the class to a single manufacturer, allowing licensees and
home-biulders to build their own.

The class failed, despite academic studies which predicted the
production in thousands.

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