If you want to train tomorrows glider pilots, it doesn't make a lot of sense to train them in yesterdays glider.
That said, as a basic trainer the ASK13 was pretty good, and so is the 21. Cheers Tim se sono rose, fioriranno From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Penrose Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 09:49 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Sale of..... On 19/08/2010, at 9:26 AM, rolf a. buelter wrote: With all due respect Emilis but what you call perfectly satisfactory hardware is considered scrap metal by others. The most modern piece of hardware on offer in the recent posts is an ASK 21, which is just a ASK 13 in fibre glass, i.e. a 40 plus year old design and actually 30 years old. No wonder clubs are not queuing up to spend their limited cash on them. It's not unhealthy at all to want something a little more of todays equipment rather than vintage. Best Regards - Rolf It is funny how one thing seems so old and others do not. My glider, albeit old, is still ver serviceable, and although old in some design aspects, looks and feels like a modern glider. On the other hand I stepped into the submarine Onslow in Sydney, of which all of its class has been scrapped or put in museums - and it was built the same year as my glider ! :-) Scott No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3066 - Release Date: 08/19/10 04:35:00
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