Buying a glider, advice on type and prices

Originally Posted by Kevin Brooker

for he greatest investment in your soaring enjoyment, buy the absolute best trailer you can find. No issues and well equipped to make rigging so simple a child can do it blindfolded. Buy the trailer and fly whatever is inside.

This is condescending "advice". The guy quite clearly asked about a glider, not a trailer.

OP, what do other pilots at your club fly? I would want to have a similar performance glider to friends with whom I might fly cross country, and advice from owners of the same type can be helpful. Who will maintain it, and what gliders is he most familiar with?

Potential resale is obviously important to you. In the UK Schleicher, LS and Schempp Hirth gliders are probably the safest investment. I was surprised at the idea that an ASW 27 would be difficult to sell. I think the opposite.

At 13:02 01 September 2016, waremark wrote:
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Nobody really flies 15m class in UK anymore. For approx. same money
an LS8-18 is going to be a better buy and quicker sale.