Question about cost of Gliders

[Sruti Raju]

I am working towards my Glider Pilots Licence and am
spending a lot of time on the internet trying to find
a suitable glider to see if I can afford to purchase.

I am looking for a self launching aerobatic glider.
The thing is that it I have not seen any costs being
posted on any of the sites that I visited. Can someone
tell me how much a Windex 1200C glider cost? and if
it is obtainable in the US? none of the folks at my
school seem to know .....

[Russ Haggerty]

On 20 Jun 2005 22:01:06 GMT, Sruti Raju
> wrote:

>I am working towards my Glider Pilots Licence and am
>spending a lot of time on the internet trying to find
>a suitable glider to see if I can afford to purchase.
>
>I am looking for a self launching aerobatic glider.
>The thing is that it I have not seen any costs being
>posted on any of the sites that I visited. Can someone
>tell me how much a Windex 1200C glider cost? and if
>it is obtainable in the US? none of the folks at my
>school seem to know .....
>
>

You have to contact them direct for a price and availability.
Go to their web site www.windex.se/Main.htm and see.

[F.L. Whiteley]

Russ Haggerty wrote:

> On 20 Jun 2005 22:01:06 GMT, Sruti Raju
> > wrote:
>
>>I am working towards my Glider Pilots Licence and am
>>spending a lot of time on the internet trying to find
>>a suitable glider to see if I can afford to purchase.
>>
>>I am looking for a self launching aerobatic glider.
>>The thing is that it I have not seen any costs being
>>posted on any of the sites that I visited. Can someone
>>tell me how much a Windex 1200C glider cost? and if
>>it is obtainable in the US? none of the folks at my
>>school seem to know .....
>>
>>
>
> You have to contact them direct for a price and availability.
> Go to their web site www.windex.se/Main.htm and see.

Last kit price I recall was $38,000US, in about 2000, but don't recall
whether that included engine/prop. I doubt they are still in production,
but who knows. Probably less than ten built worldwide.

This one's been listed for a few months.

'97 Windex 1200C. 350 hrs. TT A&E; NDH; custom trailer, extra engine, many
mods. World's fastest self-launching unlimited aerobatic sailplane. see at
www.stevecoan.com NC Email: Posted: 12/15/2004.

Judging by the website, he's no longer doing shows.

AFAIC, these are not for the neophyte.

Frank