Why does PW-5 get no respect?

I (to some extent .-) understand why PW5's exist in the US, NZ, AUS.
But referring to "World Class", there world is a bit bigger than these
countries, and most of the glider pilots happen to fly in Europe...

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Bruce Hoult" a écrit dans le message de
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In article ,
Charles Yeates wrote:

95 or 96 in North America flown by happy pilots -- clubs and private

Even 20 plus in little Austria --

And I think 25 or so here in NZ, making it the numerically strongest
glider on the register.

I don't know what the scorn is about. I fly Grob twins, Janus, Libelle
and PW-5's. I prefer the Janus for just zooming around having fun, and
the PW-5 for going to contests, because then there are lots of people
flying exactly the same aircraft so when I lose I know it's my fault,
not the gliders (and when I *win* ... :-)

-- Bruce

Yes, it was a good dacision and by the way it seems that PW-5 is one of =
the best options for 1-26 driver willing to move up boh in performance =
and in technology but without losing a chance to race in one-design =
competitions.

Regards,


--=20
Janusz Kesik

visit www.leszno.pl - home of the www.css-leszno.it.pl

Kirk Stant wrote:
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Anyway, what is the response to the PW-5 in France these days?


As far as I know, 5 of them are registred. 2 of them were bought
for the first World Air Games where they were flown by Julien
Henry and Frederic Hoyeau who got the 2 first places. A third one
came in France on this occasion as the winner's prize and is always
in the club of Chartres, the club of the 2 winners, as Fred considered
that the whole team rather than just himself won the glider and so
it should belong to the club. The same both pilots won also in a different
order the first World Class Championship, after that they returned to
more common gliders of higher performance. I don't know who owns the
2 remaning ones. During my last stay in St Auban, our national center,
for my intructor rating, I saw one of them in a hangar, never out,
maybe it is one of the 2 who were at the first Air Games. There was also
a PW6 and I had some flights on it, at this time it was the only glider
allowed to spin, formerly this was done on Grobs, but a recent AD prohibit
it now.