My point is not that the US should not have made gliders or that Schweizer
should not have made them. It's that those gliders should have been far
better than they were. And they would have been far better if the vast
repository of aeronautical knowledge available in the US aerospace industry
was utilized.

During the 1960's much of that knowledge resided in Southern California -
far from upstate NY. Many of those aeronautical engineers were glider
pilots and would have gladly donated their knowledge if asked. They weren't
asked and the results show it. That's the tragedy.

Bill Daniels


"John H. Campbell" jhpc@greeleynet-dot-com wrote in message
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Hmmm - something like:
2-22

Yeah, the 2-33 fuselage is the same as the 2-22's, the wings could be
exchanged in principle. 52' and 23:1 was a big improvement over 40' and
18:1. BTW, Schweizer is without a "t", like Swiss, unlike Dr. Albert.