Solo in a 2-32

[M B]

Hollister Gliding Club in northern california solos
students and uses the 2-32 as a primary trainer. I
think their reasoning is that it is useful for sightseeing
and for training, and for those who are 'big boned.'
If I owned a glider operation I'd personally have
students solo an $8000 2-33 instead of a $35000, rare
and much sought after 2-32, but HGC seems to have escaped
damage to their gliders from students quite handily.

[Shirley]

wrote:
>Hollister Gliding Club in northern california
>solos students and uses the 2-32 as a primary
>trainer. [...] If I owned a glider operation I'd
>personally have students solo an $8000 2-33
>instead of a $35000, rare and much sought
>after 2-32, but HGC seems to have escaped
>damage to their gliders from students quite
>handily.

And I hope they continue to do so. Having just visited the Hollister Airport,
I'd be much more concerned with soloing students in all that goes on at that
airport than with which aircraft they're flying -- uncontrolled and in use by
gliders, local and visiting powered aircraft and the skydiving operation,
intersecting runways *both in use* at the same time yet unable to see one from
the other. Yes, I realize everyone uses the radios. Guess it's all what you get
used to ...

[Vaughn]

"M B" > wrote in message
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> Hollister Gliding Club in northern california solos
> students and uses the 2-32 as a primary trainer. I
> think their reasoning is that it is useful for sightseeing
> and for training, and for those who are 'big boned.'

I love the 2-32! It is like flying a 70's Cadillac and, when the
spoilers are opened fully, comes down out of the sky with about the same
enthusiam that a 1970 Cadillac would (about like an anvil). One potential
problem with the 2-32 and student pilots is that the spoilers can cause a
big change in pitch trim. Specifically, full spoiler deployment will really
slow you down if you do not put in some forward stick, much like a 1-34.

> If I owned a glider operation I'd personally have
> students solo an $8000 2-33 instead of a $35000

$35,000 is not out of line for the value of a basic trainer these days
(2-33's excepted).

>, rare
> and much sought after 2-32

I kind of watch the prices of 2-32's and they are apparently not quite
as rare or as sought after as they once were.

>, but HGC seems to have escaped
> damage to their gliders from students quite handily.

Good for them!

Vaughn


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[Gary Boggs]

Where can I get some good three view drawings of the 2-32? I'm working on
a new paint scheme.

Gary Boggs


"Vaughn" > wrote in message
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"M B" > wrote in message
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> Hollister Gliding Club in northern california solos
> students and uses the 2-32 as a primary trainer. I
> think their reasoning is that it is useful for sightseeing
> and for training, and for those who are 'big boned.'

I love the 2-32! It is like flying a 70's Cadillac and, when the
spoilers are opened fully, comes down out of the sky with about the same
enthusiam that a 1970 Cadillac would (about like an anvil). One potential
problem with the 2-32 and student pilots is that the spoilers can cause a
big change in pitch trim. Specifically, full spoiler deployment will really
slow you down if you do not put in some forward stick, much like a 1-34.

> If I owned a glider operation I'd personally have
> students solo an $8000 2-33 instead of a $35000

$35,000 is not out of line for the value of a basic trainer these days
(2-33's excepted).

>, rare
> and much sought after 2-32

I kind of watch the prices of 2-32's and they are apparently not quite
as rare or as sought after as they once were.

>, but HGC seems to have escaped
> damage to their gliders from students quite handily.

Good for them!

Vaughn


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