On 17 Oct 2005 21:16:49 GMT, Nick Olson
wrote:

Nothing special about that except the performance so
what is so difficult. I don't hear people saying that
a Discus (1 or 2) LS8 or any of the Scheilcher gliders
are anything but straightforward providing the pilot
has received the proper training.

Don get your basic facts right matey - Diana is a FLAPPED
15m glider!!

.... and?
In my club the required total time to fly our ASW-20 was 100 hours.
Noone ever had a problem (and for all of them it was the first flapped
glider).
In my opinion the 20 is a lot harder to fly than the current 15m class
gliders (DG-800, ASW-27 and Ventus 2).

200 hours including experience on flapped gliders should be plenty to
fly any flapped glider.





Bye
Andreas