Back in the early 90's, maybe 1991 or 1992, I didn't take notes, :( and not knowing any better, my sons and I purchased one of those Cox/Sanwa .049 powered RE trainers made of white foam and decals. It flew okay, but could not take the stress of learning rights and lefts coming towards us. Then we bought a Duraplane trainer and a Midwest AeroElectric pretty soon after they first hit the shelves. In the course of learning to fly power we broke, bent and bruised the Duraplane pretty badly and severely injured the AeroElectric.
After we finally got to the point where we could turn the plane the correct way most of the time and get it back on the ground in one piece fairly consistently, we moved to a Midwest Aerostar .20 and a GP Trainer 20. About the time that we got reasonably proficient flying them around, my sailplane longings (from Jetco Thermic 72 and Nordic 72 days) began to bother me and we picked up an Ace High MkII kit and flew it awhile. The build was not too good, but it flew good enough to encourage me. So, I bought a Spectra from there. I still have it, converted to pure sailplane. We progressed through NSP Chuperosa, Dove, and Dynaflyte Skeeter and Airtronics Legend and my illness continues to bother me regularly.
So, my first glider/sailplane is a Thermic 72 or an Ace High Mk II.
EJ
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