Well now,
It seems to me that if you are truly an excellent instuctor, it shouldn't
make a lot of difference what you're flying to teach in.
That is, if you are teaching people to fly rather than just operate a
perticular kind of aircraft. There is something to learn from every flight
no matter what it is in. I am not comfortable in the back seat of a 2-33
anymore and I hven't taught in many years, but I admire the 2-33 greatly for
what it is and what it does. I've not done any x-c in one but I know people
who have and it's true that they are a pain to de rig in an off field
landing but so what. They do the job they were designed for admirably IMHO.
As for retarding the sport, how many glider pilots would there be now if it
weren't for the ready availibility of a functional 2-33? We have two of them
in our club and they are rarely unflyable: our Twin Astir has been down for
maintenance over six months in the preceding year, and it's not a delicate
machine.
"Course I'm not selling anything and I don't have the opinion that only a
european glider is worthy of my effort to fly it.
Cheers!

"Robertmudd1u" wrote in message
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When you find a better trainer than the 2-33 for comparable money, let
everybody know.

Generally speaking you get what you pay for. Hence, the low price for
2-33s

If there was a better alternative, people who have been in the business
for
decades and know the ropes, would be using it instead of the 2-33.

They are, everywhere but in one of the world's most advanced country, the
USA.


Do you feel the 2-33 has caused your progress in soaring to be less than
it
would have been if you had learned in something else,...

As a CFIG for over 30 years and with time in almost every model of trainer
produced in that time span, I have to answer "yes" to this question. The
2-33s
not only retards the individual progress but also the progress of the
sport in
general.

Robert Mudd