"Andy" wrote in message
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Find a partner with similar finances and aspirations and you have 16k
to spend and a crew. Go with 2 partners and the choice gets even
better.

But make sure you don't want to all fly at the same time. If you can only
fly at the weekend, 1 partner is more than enough. If you fly weekend and
they fly during the week, then 2 or even 3 are OK.

BTW most syndicates I know have a 'my day, your day' arrangement so the
partners are not around to act as crew. The exceptions are the ones of
older chaps who mostly only fly locally - they of course almost never need a
crew. They also tend to keep the glider rigged in a hanger.