First Glider Purchase

FIRST CHOICE ASW22
SECOND CHOICE A quarter share in a STEMME ST V10
THIRD CHOICE A LAK 12
FOURTH CHOICE ASW 20L


Must be the waning days of summer for us in the Northern
Hemisphere....you might poke around ras using search
to dig up threads on these ships.

I would be interested in knowing what your goals and
objectives might be in more detail before commenting...rather
then debate each ship point by point.
Particularly are you going to rig it or does it live
in a hangar.
IMVHO a good trailer is worth more then a couple of
points L/D, compared to a crappy trailer.
Automatic hookups....I like what the previous poster
mentioned, either you get it 100% perfect every time,
or you die.

brian d wrote:
Frank Whiteley Wrote:

IMVHO, if you want to fly big wings, get an Open Cirrus (German, not
VTC) and enjoy yourself for 2-3 years before moving up.

If you have 500 hours P1, press on.

Help...500 HOURS !!! I had about 70 hours when I ran out of time/money
ect and I didnt even manage to find the time to take my bronze Cert .
The idea of doing an intensive course in the UK plus Spain was to get
the hours in next Spring
then hopefully bag at least a silver C in a Spanish climate which
would give me more flights/hours in less days...I have often been
dissapionted with the hours flying promised on a UK holiday course when
compared with the reality of the hours actually flown.
..and then find a CFI (friendly) and say something like er well er
...ive got nearly 200 hundred hours and a Silver C "WHICH OF THESE DO
YOU THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLY THIS YEAR ..."

by the way see that trailer over there....
Would you rule out a Lak 12 to fly from somewhere like the Long Mynd
which has tons of room for those long landing runs on spongey soil
I will however look at the Janus do you know if there are any clubs
operating one of these on a instructional course so that I could try
one out ??


Brian,

Frank is talking about the big-wings for which you may not yet be quite
ready. In general I fear you are working too much in your head at this
point. Get a good std class ship, one that will maintain it's resale
value over the next few years, and then fly it as much as your old body
can stand.

One you've done a few hundred hours in it, you'll be ready to get off
the page and into the air with something grander. I know you don't want
to waste time, but certain things cannot be compressed, nor imagined
accurately enough to make up for being there.

No moment spent in the air is wasted, and the pilot you will be a few
years from now is not the one you saw in the mirror this morning. So,
worry less and fly more.


Jack

70 Hours and no Bronze C - rule out all the ships you
have suggested - they are probably way beyond your
capability if not your wallet at the moment!
You have a budget of £35k -get yourself something like
a Discus, LS8a, LS4 - a nice standard class ship and
rack up a few hundred hours and a few thousand kms
cross country before even contemplating the ships you
have mentioned.

Except the -20. We've had people (even students) flying the -20 with less
experience without incidents. The advantage is that with 70h, you can
progress for quite some time until the ship limits the pilot.

BTW, I have one for sale :-) :-)

Bert

"Nick Olson" wrote in message
...
70 Hours and no Bronze C - rule out all the ships you
have suggested - they are probably way beyond your
capability if not your wallet at the moment!
You have a budget of £35k -get yourself something like
a Discus, LS8a, LS4 - a nice standard class ship and
rack up a few hundred hours and a few thousand kms
cross country before even contemplating the ships you
have mentioned.

At 15:36 22 September 2006, Bert Willing wrote:
Except the -20. We've had people (even students) flying
the -20 with less
experience without incidents. The advantage is that
with 70h, you can
progress for quite some time until the ship limits
the pilot.

BTW, I have one for sale :-) :-)

Bert

'Nick Olson' wrote in message
...
70 Hours and no Bronze C - rule out all the ships
you
have suggested - they are probably way beyond your
capability if not your wallet at the moment!
You have a budget of £35k -get yourself something
like
a Discus, LS8a, LS4 - a nice standard class ship and
rack up a few hundred hours and a few thousand kms
cross country before even contemplating the ships
you
have mentioned.

No I would include the 20 as well - it's not as forgiving
as these other types - have seen a few spun in by low
time pilots. Anyway I would heartly recommend you get
an assessment from your chief flying instructor on
your capabilities regarding your flying abilities and
a suitable ship -they will be in the best place to
give advice.