On Sep 15, 7:22*pm, Peter Smith wrote:
The Harris Hill Soaring Corp. is fortunate to have 3 2-33s, 4 ASK 21s,
a 1-26, a 1-34, a single place Discus & a Duo. Our juniors are trained
in the 2-33, & they then progress to the higher performance ships.
I've not seen any resistance on their part to learning to fly in the
2-33.

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They also don't seem to be at a disadvantage with respect to contest
soaring because they started out in a 2-33. We train top notch cross
country & contest pilots.

I learned to fly in 2-33s at Texas Soaring Association in the late
1980s. Eventually the club sold off the old birds and went to Puchacz
and then to ASK-21s, but I know lots of pilots who learned the basics
and much more in old Tubby The Trainer.

It was and is a great confidence builder and it's dirt cheap--two
virtues in a club trainer. Also, like the J-3 Cub, "It's so safe it'll
just barely kill you."