Buying a Glider

On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 8:17:39 AM UTC-6, ripacheco1967 wrote:
BTW a ASW27B is at the top of my list of gliders I want to own.

The last time I checked about half of the 27's are licensed Standard and it just depends on who imported the glider and how much time and energy they wanted to spend with the FAA or a DAR. Keep in mind most experimental gliders are in the Exhibition and Racing category and not the amateur built category. There is a difference! You can switch from standard to experimental in about one afternoon and 600 bucks to a DAR. In Practical terms most of us maintain out gliders to high standards and the big difference sometimes boils down to your life insurance. Many policies will forbid flying an experimental aircraft.

The 27 is a great and affordable choice!

Good luck

Insurance is an issue then.
Reading another thread, a poster indicated his glider was denied insurance despite being "Standard" .. this implies is easier for insurance companies to deny hull insurance on "Experimental" gliders... just as in GA... good to know.

On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 10:37:04 AM UTC-5, K m wrote:
On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 8:17:39 AM UTC-6, ripacheco1967 wrote:
BTW a ASW27B is at the top of my list of gliders I want to own.

The last time I checked about half of the 27's are licensed Standard and it just depends on who imported the glider and how much time and energy they wanted to spend with the FAA or a DAR. Keep in mind most experimental gliders are in the Exhibition and Racing category and not the amateur built category. There is a difference! You can switch from standard to experimental in about one afternoon and 600 bucks to a DAR. In Practical terms most of us maintain out gliders to high standards and the big difference sometimes boils down to your life insurance. Many policies will forbid flying an experimental aircraft.

The 27 is a great and affordable choice!

Good luck

I've never had them ask if it was standard or experimental.

On Monday, May 6, 2019 at 1:38:04 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I've never had them ask if it was standard or experimental.

That is good to know. And hopefully people from insurance companies are smart enough to get a history of the plane with the N-number.... to verify before purchase.