wrote on 7/3/2018 2:59 PM:
So, 80-90% of the production from mainstream companies are now “airplanes”, albeit with high aspect ratio wings.
How sad.

I have a motorglider and an "airplane". There is a big difference between the two,
and both make me smile when I fly them. I also flew unpowered gliders for 2500
hours, and smiled the whole time.

Be glad we have choices, not sad that others don't share yours.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf