Re: Glider curious

How about having your new privates do at least their Silver Badge in the 
1-26 before moving them on to something else.  My instructor had me do
this, 
and I fell in love with the bird and the 1-26 Association.  Because of
that 
I have now owned one for 8 years, where other wise I would have been
flying 
club ****ps all this time.

You may just find out that a number of them would like to buy a 1-26 and 
stick with it for a while rather than spending more money, or not being
able 
to buy their own bird now.

Despite what is often written on this site, you can fly cross-country in
the 
1-26 and have a wonderful time while doing so.

Kevin Anderson
1-26B 192



"BT" <bNOtiz2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Don't let others belittle the 2-33.
> 2-33s are wonderful training aircraft.. ours has been teaching new
pilots 
> for over 20 years.
> Remember.. they were designed to teach 14 year olds to fly safely and 
> economically.
>
> We train them in 2-33, a two seat trainer.. and after solo pop them into
a 
> 1-26 a single seat glider for solo work
>
> One of our most recent private pilots just flew over 60km and return to 
> day in a 1-26... many great glider pilots of today learned in 2-33s and 
> 1-26s.
>
> We "Graduate" our new private pilots into the Grob 103, 2 seat advanced 
> training, LS-4 single seat glass for cross country and now a Janus C for

> two seat crosss country flying.
>
> BT
>
> "Clark" <ch2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:Xns9ACBB61A487EDch2uswestnet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Certificated PP taking my first glider ride tomorrow. Not ready to go 
>> over to
>> the unpowered side but glider curious enough to take a lesson.
>>
>> Supposed to take 3 or so rides in a 2-33. If I was prepping for a ride
in 
>> an
>> unfam aircraft I'd make a list of V speeds and pay attention to
anything 
>> new.
>> About all I've done for the glider ride is peruse the FAA glider 
>> handbook.
>>
>> What should I know about the 2-33?
>>
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>> there should be a "sig" here
>
>