Buying a 1-35 pros and cons?

On Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 2:13:28 PM UTC-6, Tim Weston wrote:
Does anyone have any inside info on the pros / cons of buying a 1-35. I am interested in learning cross country. I am mostly looking to hear from any current or former 1-35 owners.

Thanks,
Tim W

Tim,
I owned a 1-35C for a number of years, it was my first glider. I trained on spoiler ships -Blanik & SGS 2-32. Yes my first landing was exciting and a few after were part of the learning curve but after that I found it easy to fly and land - extremely short distances... I did up through my silver and one diamond before I sold it. Mine was a later addition so it did not have the talked about, two part flap handle. The one handle with detentes and an adjustable range during landing worked great. I flew then and still do, in Idaho where thermals are strong and high. Yes, it took me a bit longer to get where all the fancy plastic guys went but I found it nice to fly and performance was what one would expect for a metal ship. It was an easy transition to my next glider a Mosquito. Tom