On Jul 7, 6:39*pm, "Flash" wrote:
"Flash" wrote in message

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Folks, I've been lurking and reading your group for a good while. I admire
the talent it takes to fly, with or without power, and those who do this.

Thanks, all, for the reasoned and reasonable response.

I guess I've got to go to the gliderport and mooch a ride or two, and listen
a lot.

I have flight experience in T-34, T-37, a half a century ago, courtesy the
USAF. And 10 hrs dual in a Cessna 150, a decade ago. *Now, I'm sort-of
*retired*, and wondering if the urge to fly is as strong as it was in the
past.

There was a homebuilder in my area, a few years ago. He still had the record
for the largest single-engine all-wood personally designed and built - *and
it was still in his hangar when he went west. Two others of his homebuilts
were there, then, too. His record was five, he was building #6. He was my
impetus to consider homebuilding. I even bought the plans and material to
build a Bounsall Super Prospector, but in moving to smaller quarters three
years ago, I donated it all to the local EAA chapter.

But the option of buy ratty and restore might work best, and I hadn't given
that any thought, before. *It just might be time to go shopping, and the
gliderport might be the first, best stop.

Again, thank you all for the sound responses.

Flash

I suggest that you forget about buying a used glider and join a club.
After all, you have A LOT of training to do to get certified. You will
be (probably) flying new a/c NOW, instead of a year or more. Also,
your training will obviously be done dual, eliminating the need for
your own personal glider. There are a lot of subtleties about
purchasing a used glider that can't be answered here. In the mean
time, you will lower your costs, both acquisition and maintenance, by
pooling your resources with a decent club (which can be located at
www.ssa.org).

JMTCW