"jan olieslagers" wrote in message
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schreef:

Primary Gliders are designed to be dismantled.
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Could someone kindly elighten me as to the definition
(more or less) of a PRIMARY glider?

Try he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_glider

Does it mean one's FIRST glider?
No

Or a glider for primary flight training?
The name probably came from its use in training. My one (departed) friend who
had time in a primary did so as a member of the MIT gliding club in the 1940's.
They would tow the glider with an old truck. The student was (naturally) in the
glider, while the instructor sat in the back of the truck and yelled helpful
hints through a megaphone. He never mentioned bungee launching, but for more
advanced flights they converted the same truck to a winch by jacking up one rear
wheel and attaching an empty wheel that served as a pulley.

Vaughn

TIA?