Also needed: at least one and potentially two parachutes.

On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 11:50:02 AM UTC-4, Kevin Christner wrote:
All,

I've gotten quite the response to this. A few thoughts:

Obviously there are many deserving juniors, and only one (well maybe more than one... see below) glider "for sale" at the moment. We all now of the glider that hasn't come out of the trailer in ten years. I'd like folks to think about contacting those owners, explaining the "program" to them and seeing if we can't come up with a few more gliders!

Secondly, I have a second glider I'd be willing to part with, but this one needs some work and money to be ready. I'm not particularly interested in investing more myself, but if there were some folks out there who would be willing to make some small donations of either money or equipment (newer vario and one man rigger would be particularly useful) please contact me.

Best,

2C

On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 2:52:09 PM UTC-4, Kevin Christner wrote:
I am downsizing my glider fleet and am looking to sell my Libelle 301. I'm willing to do an interesting deal for the right junior. I was lucky growing up that my parents had the resources to buy me a series of gliders, but I realize that many (most) don't have this luxury. It's time to figure out how to pay it forward.

The deal is I'll sell the glider to the right junior (PPG and must have an experienced mentor) no money down plus a note of $100/mo as a "rental" sort of payment. If the junior is no longer actively using the glider then we'll work to find another one and I'll facilitate a transfer of the remaining note balance. Once the glider is completely paid off I'll ask that it be passed down $1 at a time. I know there is no way to truly make sure this happens, but its the soaring world, and I've never seen anyone not do the right thing.

Here is a dropbox with some pictures:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7o1fvvjex...2D2Ql2wNa?dl=0

Gelcoat ain't great (5/10 - I'm sure some sanding, buffing and polishing would greatly improve the appearance) but its well instrumented for XC and contest flying (S10, LX7007, Colibri II and Oudie) and the trailer works and tows very easily.

Contact away. Hopefully this works out.

2C