wrote on 4/13/2021 5:11 AM:
On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 10:29:16 PM UTC-4, jfitch wrote:
Anger? Personal attacks? Not from me...I only observe. But the same couple of people start thread after thread on this subject, and it does get tiresome. I wish Old Bob would fly a few thousand miles crosscountry in a motorglider, then report back on the experience. We could then discuss the pros and cons intelligently.

Just might want to review your post a bit more carefully, the old "Who Not Me", doesn't seem to apply. Now about that motorglider, Old Bob has flown quiet a bit in my lifetime, been places in my pure glider that most would never go, so experience is something that I am not lacking. I get a kick out of the motorglider guys and gals defending their stance on motorglider vs purist. So, Fitch, here is a special invitation to you to come on down to Vero Beach, join us in our 2022 Soaring Safari and fly among the purist. Old Bob

The "stance" of the pilots I know, motorized or not, is "You have a glider, I have a glider,
let's go fly!" No one seems care much about the make, model, or launch method. The US contest
rules don't distinguish between them, the SSA doesn't have separate record classes for them, so
why do you manufacture division, when most of us don't care, and are just happy to see someone
show up at the airport and fly with us?

--
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