ASW27B prices falling

There are 3 nice ASW27's for sale, all at reduced prices in the Wings and Wheels website. We 3 owners are mystified at the seeming lack of interest in this ship. Two of us are no longer flying thanks to Father Time and we're throwing in lots of soaring related "goodies" with your purchase.



http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/?m=glider

On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 2:00:32 PM UTC+3, wrote:
There are 3 nice ASW27's for sale, all at reduced prices in the Wings and Wheels website. We 3 owners are mystified at the seeming lack of interest in this ship. Two of us are no longer flying thanks to Father Time and we're throwing in lots of soaring related "goodies" with your purchase.



http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/?m=glider

$80k is sadly still out of my price range for a toy, but I hadn't realized how affordable PIK20s were now .. several of them there for around $15k-$20k. And a Jantar too. All decent aircraft.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 5:26:36 AM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 2:00:32 PM UTC+3, wrote:
There are 3 nice ASW27's for sale, all at reduced prices in the Wings and Wheels website. We 3 owners are mystified at the seeming lack of interest in this ship. Two of us are no longer flying thanks to Father Time and we're throwing in lots of soaring related "goodies" with your purchase.



http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds/?m=glider

$80k is sadly still out of my price range for a toy, but I hadn't realized how affordable PIK20s were now .. several of them there for around $15k-$20k. And a Jantar too. All decent aircraft.

All prices of gliders been on a steady decline for several years now. The cost of a good sailplane has never been so affordable, thanks to the equal decline of the soaring interest.......

And yet, an ASH-31Mi-21m, just sold in one day on W&W for $240,000.00 if you please!.............are we becoming a society of haves and have nots?
I'm not comfortable owing a bird worth more than 40K...........
JJ

But that's only $119,785.28 in 1988 dollars! Oh... I couldn't afford it
then, either... Some folks just got a better education, worked harder,
and chose a better career path than I did, I guess.

On 8/8/2017 12:51 PM, wrote:
And yet, an ASH-31Mi-21m, just sold in one day on W&W for $240,000.00 if you please!.............are we becoming a society of haves and have nots?
I'm not comfortable owing a bird worth more than 40K...........
JJ

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Dan, 5J

Some of us are just destined to have 18 year old cars and 35 year old gliders.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 3:25:05 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
But that's only $119,785.28 in 1988 dollars! Oh... I couldn't afford it
then, either... Some folks just got a better education, worked harder,
and chose a better career path than I did, I guess.


Dan, 5J
Says the guy flying the Stemme.
LOL
UH

On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 11:58:33 PM UTC+3, wrote:
Some of us are just destined to have 18 year old cars and 35 year old gliders.

I still love my 1997 Subaru Outback (bought in 2011 with 105000 km) to bits, thank you very much.

And, yeah, a 35 year old glider could well be in my future soon. Or 40.

On Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:10:29 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 11:58:33 PM UTC+3,
wrote:
Some of us are just destined to have 18 year old cars and 35 year old
gliders.

I still love my 1997 Subaru Outback (bought in 2011 with 105000 km) to
bits, thank you very much.

And, yeah, a 35 year old glider could well be in my future soon. Or 40.

Mine is 48 this year and still a great ride: H201 with balsa wing skins
and upper + lower surface brakes.

Don't knock the old ones.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

wrote on 8/8/2017 1:58 PM:
Some of us are just destined to have 18 year old cars and 35 year old gliders.

As long as what you are towing is worth more than the tow car, you have your
priorities right!

Seriously, every married glider pilot should ask himself: "Am I leaving enough
assets so my wife can live with dignity if I get taken out by a bus?". If the
answer is no, you need to get a more expensive sailplane to beef up that estate!

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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