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Old August 8th 17, 12:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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There are 3 nice ASW27's for sale, all at reduced prices in the Wings and Wheels website. We 3 owners are mystified at the seeming lack of interest in this ship. Two of us are no longer flying thanks to Father Time and we're throwing in lots of soaring related "goodies" with your purchase.



http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/?m=glider
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Old August 8th 17, 01:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 2:00:32 PM UTC+3, wrote:
There are 3 nice ASW27's for sale, all at reduced prices in the Wings and Wheels website. We 3 owners are mystified at the seeming lack of interest in this ship. Two of us are no longer flying thanks to Father Time and we're throwing in lots of soaring related "goodies" with your purchase.



http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/?m=glider


$80k is sadly still out of my price range for a toy, but I hadn't realized how affordable PIK20s were now .. several of them there for around $15k-$20k. And a Jantar too. All decent aircraft.
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Old August 8th 17, 03:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 5:26:36 AM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 2:00:32 PM UTC+3, wrote:
There are 3 nice ASW27's for sale, all at reduced prices in the Wings and Wheels website. We 3 owners are mystified at the seeming lack of interest in this ship. Two of us are no longer flying thanks to Father Time and we're throwing in lots of soaring related "goodies" with your purchase.



http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/?m=glider


$80k is sadly still out of my price range for a toy, but I hadn't realized how affordable PIK20s were now .. several of them there for around $15k-$20k. And a Jantar too. All decent aircraft.


All prices of gliders been on a steady decline for several years now. The cost of a good sailplane has never been so affordable, thanks to the equal decline of the soaring interest.......
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Old August 8th 17, 07:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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And yet, an ASH-31Mi-21m, just sold in one day on W&W for $240,000.00 if you please!.............are we becoming a society of haves and have nots?
I'm not comfortable owing a bird worth more than 40K...........
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Old August 8th 17, 08:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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But that's only $119,785.28 in 1988 dollars! Oh... I couldn't afford it
then, either... Some folks just got a better education, worked harder,
and chose a better career path than I did, I guess.

On 8/8/2017 12:51 PM, wrote:
And yet, an ASH-31Mi-21m, just sold in one day on W&W for $240,000.00 if you please!.............are we becoming a society of haves and have nots?
I'm not comfortable owing a bird worth more than 40K...........
JJ


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Old August 8th 17, 10:02 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 3:25:05 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
But that's only $119,785.28 in 1988 dollars! Oh... I couldn't afford it
then, either... Some folks just got a better education, worked harder,
and chose a better career path than I did, I guess.


Dan, 5J

Says the guy flying the Stemme.
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Old August 9th 17, 02:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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All prices of gliders been on a steady decline for several years now. The cost of a good sailplane has never been so affordable, thanks to the equal decline of the soaring interest.......

and if you can afford $80k, then you perhaps you can afford more and are looking for a sustainer or self launcher?
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Old August 9th 17, 03:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 9:57:48 AM UTC-4, Craig Reinholt wrote:
All prices of gliders been on a steady decline for several years now. The cost of a good sailplane has never been so affordable, thanks to the equal decline of the soaring interest.......


and if you can afford $80k, then you perhaps you can afford more and are looking for a sustainer or self launcher?


I can wait a few years for falling glider prices to stabilize.
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Old August 9th 17, 06:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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The thing that's always driven willingness to throw down a lot of money on a glider is competition. $80K is, any way you slice it, a lot of money for a 15+ year old glider (just ask any of our wives :-)). There are a thousand reasons the 27 is a great glider. However, performance in competition is the one that supported the market price of used 27s at roughly "every dime I spent on it since new".

What's happening in the competition world? Connect the dots...

Evan Ludeman / T8
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Old August 9th 17, 09:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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I will say, except for a very few, more gains are achieved by training the nut behind the stick.
If I could spend $xxx,xxx and win US Nats, sign me up.
But, I KNOW that a good pilot could fly, say, a well prepped ASW-20 and kick my butt flying in ANY new glider most days, thus pilot training is worth it first and foremost.

(Yes, I know what you fly, yes, well prepped it's still a great sailplane......).
 




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