On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:53:06 -0700 (PDT), CLewis95
wrote:

I'm very curious to know how the World Class is doing (dare I say
growing) in other parts of the world (other than USA). Comments?

Speaking for Germany, the World class here has always been regarded as
a joke - and people flying PW-5s instead of standard or club class
gliders have been laughed at. No joke.

General consensus here is that someone who buys a glider with Ka-6
performance for the same price as a used LS-4 must be mentally ill.

I don't know of any PW-5 that has ever been purchased by a German
club.

Of course there are lots of good and reasonably priced used gliders
available here.

Cheers
Andreas