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Old October 10th 09, 05:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Frank Whiteley
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Default Blanik Stops Building Gliders

On Oct 9, 9:10*pm, tstock wrote:
Well, since one has to pay for the tow aloft, the longer you can stay
up, the less the cost per hour of flight...me, I don't care if it's 3:1
or 50:1...I just love to fly


Scott


I got 2 hours in an L-23 on Sunday, could have probably stayed up
another hour but had to get home

Big day for a beginner like myself.


Several years ago, Jean Richard from Canada mentioned that when his
club switched from 2-33 to L-13, they got twice as much air time. The
modest L/D increase was a significant improvement. Of course, this
was all from winch launching.

Frank Whiteley