Twin Cadillac?

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I found the article in the Washington Post interesting:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201186.html

But the comment right at the end "The Grob Twin Astir, the Cadillac of
two-seaters, snapped free, surfing upward on a rising column of warm
air" was amusing, because I actually like the Twin :-)
Uri Savoray
4X-GJC

[GK]

More like Mercedes of two-seaters, your Cadillac of two seaters would
be S2-33...

[dan]

wrote:
> I found the article in the Washington Post interesting:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201186.html

> But the comment right at the end "The Grob Twin Astir, the Cadillac of
> two-seaters, snapped free, surfing upward on a rising column of warm
> air" was amusing, because I actually like the Twin :-)

Ignoring the comparison (which I think is valid -- if you think a Twin
Astir is a "hot ship" you should try a Janus or a Duo Discus), what did
everyone think of the article?

dan

[Bob Whelan]

"dan" > wrote

> > I found the article in the Washington Post interesting:
> >
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201186.html
>
> > But the comment right at the end "The Grob Twin Astir, the Cadillac of
> > two-seaters, snapped free, surfing upward on a rising column of warm
> > air" was amusing, because I actually like the Twin :-)
>
> Ignoring the comparison (which I think is valid -- if you think a Twin
> Astir is a "hot ship" you should try a Janus or a Duo Discus), what did
> everyone think of the article?
>
> dan

Presuming it was written by a non-soaring-aficionado, superbly done, IMHO.
Nicely mixed non-soaring-related, operational facts/contentions with
participant-aspects/joys of the sport, while managing to avoid effusiveness
or condescension. The writer's journalism teachers might take issue though,
cuz I thought a writer's bias in favor of M-ASA's position could be sensed!


Regards,
Bob W.

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GK wrote:
> More like Mercedes of two-seaters, your Cadillac of two seaters would
> be S2-33...

I believe you're thinking of the SGS 2-32 for the Schweizer/Cadillac
analogy - big, strong, heavy-metal, roomy, etc. Too bad the 2-32 never
had a convertible option like the 1-26's sport canopy............

[Bill Daniels]

> wrote in message
oups.com...


>> Too bad the 2-32 never had a convertible option like the 1-26's sport
canopy............


It does.

All you have to do is mistake the canopy release for the tow rope
release.... That's easy since Schweizer never adopted the world standard of
yellow for the tow release but sometimes painted the canopy latches yellow.

Or, you can get a shirt sleeve cuff entangled with a canopy latch, then try
to scratch your nose. (There are no springs to hold the latch closed - it
relies on very light friction instead.)

Or, fail to engage the canopy latch pins since the latch will appear to
close with the pins outside their holes.

Or, have a passenger reach for the emergency canopy release and ask, "What
does this gizmo do?"

Bill Daniels