exactly that Kevin..
while once they have their wings, we cannot dictate that they must
complete
their Silver in a 1-26..
we admonish them that to do a "simple" 50km in glass in our great desert
conditions is sorta like cheating..
we encourage x-c exploration in the 1-26 as did our newest private pilot
yesterday completing about 60km out, and then returning.
Oh, he is the only candidate for posting in the Bronze category.. and he
is
even beating those in the silver division.
After he returned, he went out on a Grob 103 "instruction" ride.
B
"Kevin Anderson" <kevinranderson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:PBS9k.80$kw3.20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How about having your new privates do at least their Silver Badge in the
> 1-26 before moving them on to something else. My instructor had me do
> this, and I fell in love with the bird and the 1-26 Association.
Because
> of that I have now owned one for 8 years, where other wise I would have
> been flying club ****ps all this time.
>
> You may just find out that a number of them would like to buy a 1-26 and
> stick with it for a while rather than spending more money, or not being
> able to buy their own bird now.
>
> Despite what is often written on this site, you can fly cross-country in
> the 1-26 and have a wonderful time while doing so.
>
> Kevin Anderson
> 1-26B 192
>
>
>
> "BT" <bNOtiz2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:ErE9k.5780$_T7.1116@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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?
>>>
>>> --
>>> ---
>>> there should be a "sig" here
>>
>>
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