Not all of the reports are Dick Johnson's articles, some
are pilot reports.

Not to negate a fine article by Eric Greenwell, but it is purely
subjective. If someone loaned me a glider to fly, and happened
to live in my neck of the woods, I doubt I would have anything
negative to say about it either.

I am really interested in seeing the actual trails of the
Sparrowhawk. I want to see some hard data and polars
concerning minimum sink and L/D.

Before I get a bunch of flames about how unimportant
L/D is on this ship, a lot of people still use that number
as a basis for their purchasing decision.

I read on the Windward-Performance website a claim
of 36:1 L/D and I don't believe it. Ever since the SSA
convention there has been a rumor that this number
is highly inflated. The rumor is that the actual performance
is closer to 30:1.

I would be interested in hearing any counterclaims to this.

Willie