FS: LS-1F ONLY $10,800 to a Newbie or Junior Pilot

LS-1F

1975, Rolladen Schneider, LS-1F, Serial # 448, N17EW. Approximately 1,040 hours TT and 414 flights. Standard Airworthiness Category and makes a great club or private sailplane. Canopy is free of any cracks. RST Radio with microphones, Borgelt B500 electric vario/ computer & Winter mechanical vario.. Interior in nice shape. Tail Dolly. Last flown in 2012. Minden aluminum tube Trailer with new tires. Glider has had a major repair in 1991. Tim Mara, former owner of Wings and Wheels, bailed out of the sailplane. In 2004, a hard landing occurred and gear and right wing repaired. The right wing and fuselage gelocoat was stripped and refinished with polyurethane. Left wing, rudder, and horizontal stabilizer all have crazing in the finish. Needs to be wet sanded to smooth down or refinished in polyurethane. All FAA Airworthiness Directives up to date. The owner has now moved to Minnesota and has asked that I sell this sailplane for him. I personally have flown this sailplane for hundreds of hours when I was 15 years old and flew my first competition in it. The Owner would like to see this beautiful flying sailplane to go to someone younger in soaring, or an enthusiastic newbie, to allow them to progress in XC flying or competition. He has priced it very reasonable for this reason.

Located at Adirondack Soaring in Saratoga Springs, New York

Priced to Sell Asking $10,800

Tim Hanke (not the Owner)
Adirondack Soaring

Ph: 518-365-7726
E-mail:

WOW!
Amazing deal. As someone who flys a glider with gelcoat that is basically completely failed with cracking and crazing; do not be afraid! I still get 35+:1 and don't have to worry about the finish getting any worse, it can't!

"Tim Mara, former owner of Wings and Wheels, bailed out of the sailplane"

Do tell though, how does a glider survive a landing without a pilot? That's quite a story that needs to be told...

On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 8:21:50 AM UTC-5, Pete wrote:
WOW!
Amazing deal. As someone who flys a glider with gelcoat that is basically completely failed with cracking and crazing; do not be afraid! I still get 35+:1 and don't have to worry about the finish getting any worse, it can't!

"Tim Mara, former owner of Wings and Wheels, bailed out of the sailplane"

Do tell though, how does a glider survive a landing without a pilot? That's quite a story that needs to be told...

January 1991 SOARING Magazine. "Used Parachute Sale"

Steve Leonard

There are several examples of gliders that have returned after landing on their own. The LS1'S story was well documented by Tim in a Soaring article. The latest example is the ASG29 that was damaged in the mid-air with the Hawker returned to flight this year.

When the pilot departs, the CG shifts waaaaaaaay aft and most ships will go into a series of stall, then fall's........then do it again. I rebuilt an LS-3a that experienced an "unassisted landing" , right wing tip hit and then the right wing broke, absorbing most of the energy. The rest of the ship wasn't too bad.
JJ

I just read the Soaring article.
This sport is filled with unbelievable stories.
Firstly, that we can get a 700 lb hunk of fiberglass to fly for 5+ hours with no engine. Secondly, that these gliders can crash and there are people willing and able to repair them to airworthiness.
Glad to see this ship is back in the air.

On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:53:59 PM UTC-6, Pete wrote:
I just read the Soaring article.
This sport is filled with unbelievable stories.
Firstly, that we can get a 700 lb hunk of fiberglass to fly for 5+ hours with no engine. Secondly, that these gliders can crash and there are people willing and able to repair them to airworthiness.
Glad to see this ship is back in the air.

Among the unbelievable stories, read "A Midair Over Ohio", Soaring 1974, pp34-35.

Month please?

Lou

On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 1:11:18 PM UTC-6, MNLou wrote:
Month please?

Lou

Sorry, November 1974.

Thank you Frank!

Lou