Jeff Runciman wrote:
Hi guys,

After spending some time in Phoenix on a Grob 103,
I have started looking for my first glass glider. I
am currently looking at an ASW20A and a Standard Cirrus.
I know they are quite different. I guess my concerns
are the full flying tail on the Cirrus and the flaps
on the ASW. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Jeff

My father owned an early cirrus (1969 model) as well as an ASW20A. His
only advice for me when I started shopping for my own glider was not to
buy a Cirrus... He says he never felt as comfortable in it compared to
the '20 - and almost killed himself on his fouth flight when the glider
spun just after releasing. It would appear that not all Cirrus's are
the same and later models had different tips to reduce wing drop on the
stall. By the '75 models - it had become a very pleasant aircraft.

The ASW 20 is a dream - but my LAK 12 which I bought for less money and
~15 years newer out climbs and out runs it easily. I just wish I still
had friends at the club willing to fetch me ;-)

Clinton
LAK 12

Clinton