At 10:00 08 September 2004, Mark Brown wrote:
Stewart,

Do you tie your own shoelaces?

Yep, and I trip on them if they come undone.

Or do you still wear
velcro shoes to avoid the danger of getting it wrong
01% of the time?

Automatic hookups are nice yes, but nothing is 100%
guaranteed. Hotelliers take a little longer and are
a little more fiddly but they aren't the factor on
which a glider should/shouldnt be bought.


Don't want to start a flame war here, but I have to
disagree. Affordable ships on the used market come
with automatic hookups...and not only do they make
things safer...but with a self-rigger one does not
need assistance...which means more flying for some
of us who fly from remote airports.
Trailer is though!! ;-)

At 05:24 08 September 2004, Stewart Kissel wrote:
At 18:18 07 September 2004, Kirk Stant wrote:
One more thing: Make sure it has a REALLY NICE TRAILER.


Ditto on the trailer...and automatic hookups. Remember
with hotelliers...if you rig correctly 99.9% of the
time...u crash.