Buying a Pegasus 101A

I am pretty sure Centrair will never do anything regarding the Mariane.
Mariane is a great glider when manned by a pilot "who knows". It can bite a Janus C. I know, cause I was in the Janus.
Also, it is the very alone glider I did not like at all. 2 or 3 flights and definitively, we are not good friends.

It is a nightmare to takeoff on wet grass with a weak plane. Also, winch hook is not in the center of the fuse, and you have to correct all the launch.

Rear part of the fuse is known to be easy to brake even on (rather) soft landings.

I love Pegase, I hate duo-pegase. But one of the first 1000km on Pyrenees was with a Mariane.

A Pegasus with 500 FH is not a real issue as it relates to the current 3,000 FH "US only" limit. Furthermore, as Mark indicated, there is a competent team right now working with the FAA and Centrair to get the situation hopefully sorted out. $20k for a standard class ship with 40 L/D is a steal by any standard. The customer service out of the Centrair team is overall good. The parts that I have needed in the last few years were always "on the shelves" and my technical questions always received an answer within one-two weeks. There is also a Yahoo group "Fly4pegasus" available for owners and other Pegasus enthusiasts! As highlighted above, the drum brake is not the most effective but Beringer has now an STC that is worth considering.