On Aug 1, 8:49*pm, Matthieu wrote:
Would anyone be kind enough to take me through a comparisson of the
Blanik L13 vs the ASK 13 and later on the fiber glass gliders'
handling. I am surprised by this statement that tends to say the ASK13
would be closer to fiber glass gliders in terms of handling and
aerodynamics... so the Blanik L13 would be different, away from the
crowd.

No, that's not what it says. The Blanik and ASK 13 are very similar
in characteristics, and someone moving to a modern fiberglass glider
would need exactly the same briefing.

The differences are chiefly that the ASK 13 and Blanik have stalling
speeds 5 - 10 knots lower than modern gliders, and much more drag
which makes it easier to judge the attitude required to maintain the
desired speed.

The stall and spin characteristics of the Blanik are much closer to
modern gliders than the ASK 13 is.

When I learned to fly in the late 80's our club had a fleet of Blaniks
for basic training. In the mid 90's we sold them and moved to the
fiberglass and higher performance Grob "Twin Astir". Several years ago
we sold the Grobs and are now using two ultra-modern high performance
DG1000's for training, right from the first flight.