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Old February 5th 11, 01:56 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Markus Graeber
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Default Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?

On Feb 4, 8:17*pm, " wrote:
On Feb 4, 1:03*pm, vontresc wrote:



On Feb 4, 10:03*am, Terry Walsh wrote:


At 02:42 04 February 2011, wrote:


Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the
most numerous in the world and in the USA?


Bill Snead


I don't know about other types but according to Wikapedia Grob produced a
total of 1791 G102 Astirs (Thats all variants CS, 77, Club, II and III


Terry Walsh


Also don't forget the 1400 or so Ka-6s from Schleicher


Peter


In my travels, I have heard many people comment that the LS-4 should
have been world single design class. *From the above it appears that
the Discus B - CS might be a good choice now. What do you think?

Bill Snead


If you had to pick one that is still in production it would probably
be the one, easy to fly too, used in quite a few clubs in Europe as a
solo glider after training on 2 place glass. The LS-4 is probably even
more popular with Euro clubs & schools as the next step up after going
solo, both are great gliders for general club use and would have made
excellent and very attractive one class ships if you ask me... Nice
handling, 40.5:1 (43:1 for the Discus), good performance at speed,
what else do you want? But is was not to be...

Markus Graeber