When couple years ago I was visiting French club
that only had 45 members they presented following list
of gliders available for club members: 1 Ka-6, Ask-21,
Libelle 201, 2 - Ls-1's, 2 Pegasus 101's, 1 edelweiss,
1 Phoebus,1 std.Cirrus
and couple old French made trainers - all the club
rates!

Try Lasham in the Uk
The club fleet comprises
9 x ASK13
1 x ASK21
2 x DG1000
1 x Duo Discus
1 x Ventusc
3 x Discus
1 x DG300
3 x Grob 102
2 x K8

Nigel

How many "active" members have to share that equipment that do "not" own a
glider or have a share in one?
17 years ago for a period of 4 years used to belong to a club of 35 and
maybe 25 active members.
We had a twin Grob, single Grob a Blanik and 2 Schweitzer trainers
including a 180HP Scout. Of the active members 5 owned gliders
The net result was that 20 people share the equipment.
The ratio at that time was 4 pilots to one Gliders.

Udo


> When couple years ago I was visiting French club
> that only had 45 members they presented following list
> of gliders available for club members: 1 Ka-6, Ask-21,
> Libelle 201, 2 - Ls-1's, 2 Pegasus 101's, 1 edelweiss,
> 1 Phoebus,1 std.Cirrus
> and couple old French made trainers - all the club
> rates!
>
> Try Lasham in the Uk
> The club fleet comprises
> 9 x ASK13
> 1 x ASK21
> 2 x DG1000
> 1 x Duo Discus
> 1 x Ventusc
> 3 x Discus
> 1 x DG300
> 3 x Grob 102
> 2 x K8
>
> Nigel
>
>
>

Udo Rumpf wrote:
> How many "active" members have to share that equipment that do "not" own
> a glider or have a share in one?
> 17 years ago for a period of 4 years used to belong to a club of 35
> and maybe 25 active members.
> We had a twin Grob, single Grob a Blanik and 2 Schweitzer trainers
> including a 180HP Scout. Of the active members 5 owned gliders
> The net result was that 20 people share the equipment.
> The ratio at that time was 4 pilots to one Gliders.

Nice ratio!

Let's see... Our club has:

1 1-34
1 Grob 103
3 Centrair 101 Pegasus
1 DG-1000

and roughly 75 members. I'd guess that 60% are "active" and 6 or so of
them own their own ships but stay in the club for access to the dual
seat ships.

We'd like to replace that Grob 103 soon. That's when the really fun
debate starts. :-)

Jeremy

Udo Rumpf wrote:

> How many "active" members have to share that equipment that do "not" own
> a glider or have a share in one?

In our club:
Approx. 90 pilots
9 single seaters (LS4 or better)
3 double seaters (ASK21, DG500, DG1000)
1 motorglider
and a couple of privately owned gliders (about 10)

The important point is that, on weekends, with very few exceptions,
there are enough gliders that every pilot who wants to go cross country
can take one for the whole day.

Stefan