Derek Copeland wrote:
A few years ago a gent from Hus Bos was leading the
UK National Ladder (equivalent to the OLC) for a month
or two flying a Slingsby Tutor, which has even worse
performance than the Grunau Baby. A lot of hot glass
ship owners were really shown up by this!

Unfortunately the powers that be (glass ship owners?)
then changed the rules of the ladder to make a repeat
of this situation almost impossible! However it shows
what can be done in vintage gliders if you put your
mind to it.


Yep, a glider (or a pilot) that flies is going to beat one that doesn't
every time! Or like we used to say in the fighter business, "Hamburger
in any wrapper is still hamburger"!

Cheers
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