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Best place to get gliding lessons?
I'm from Thailand, and they don't have sailplanes here.(they have paragliding but i don't like that)
Just curious, I want to fly sailplanes and want to get lessons, but where should I get them? I want to train where they'rs friendly hospitality and high safety record. Thanks... |
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Atlas vs Alatus vs Apis/bee ultralight sailplanes
On Jul 15, 3:25*am, EvValentin808
wrote: which one should I go for? All are reasonably priced, and self launching.... -- EvValentin808 Apis Bee, hands down! Brad |
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Atlas vs Alatus vs Apis/bee ultralight sailplanes
On Jul 15, 6:25*am, EvValentin808
wrote: which one should I go for? All are reasonably priced, and self launching.... -- EvValentin808 A friend of mine has an Atlas TS-10 which , without going into details, is a nightmare. I would recommend not considering purchase of one of these. We are doing significant work to correct major problems on his glider. I don't like to badmouth stuff, but this is pretty bad. UH |
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Atlas vs Alatus vs Apis/bee ultralight sailplanes
I have an Apis M and I am very pleased with it.
It is a very capable and forgiving ship. Mark |
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Price in EUROS |
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Best place to get gliding lessons?
On Jul 16, 10:23*am, EvValentin808
wrote: Mark Jardini;734756 Wrote: I have an Apis M and I am very pleased with it. |
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Best place to get gliding lessons?
EvValentin808
Your second question (in the form of a changed subject) makes me wonder if your original subjectquestion will be meaningfully answered... Where do you live? (country, region...) Do you have any pilot ratings? Answering this will allow people to make reasonable suggestions to you for getting gliding lessons if you are actually looking into training options. From your question though, it would seem that worrying about which motorglider to buy might be a little premature at this stage... not that I discourage dreaming ahead -Paul |
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And I have to go abroad to get lessons. And even after that, I would only be able to glide once a year, sadly... But in ways that I'm obsessed with the beauty of gliders, I want to glide many times a year. In ways, gliding may help with my maniac depression and if I only can really cure maniac depression and enjoy the clouds for once a year only, it might be tough to move on in life.... |
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Best place to get gliding lessons?
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:23:50 +0000, EvValentin808 wrote:
Mark Jardini;734756 Wrote: I have an Apis M and I am very pleased with it. It is a very capable and forgiving ship. MarkIsn't it expensive, compairing to the other two? Alatus is 18000(24000 for self-launch), Atlas is around there, and the Apis 41000-85000? If price is important, consider buying a used glider. But my advice to anybody would be: if you're not yet solo and (preferably) up to Silver C standard, don't even think about buying a glider. Fly club gliders, rent, etc. and try as many types as possible to get the feel of them before you buy. Performance isn't all important, but IMO handling and your comfort a - do you like the glider's handling? Do *you* find it easy to fly? - it must be comfortable, because you'll spend a lot of time in it. OK, it may be comfortable if you just sit in it, but is it still comfortable after 3 - 4 hours? - Are there places you can easily reach to put your water, food, maps? - What about the peeing arrangements? So is ease of rigging and derigging. You don't want something that your club mates will hate helping you to rig. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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