Ugly Glider

Usually, I'd say looks don't matter.

but having flown this type, I have to say it flies like it looks...

;-)

aerodyne

At first I thought this was about me and I wondered what a photo of me
was doing on W&W. Then I noticed he didn't say "pilot." So then I
thought it must be about my glider, a Slingsby T-31. Then I looked at
W&W and saw Mike is actually talking about one of those beautiful (for
Slingsby) Phoenix gliders.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. After all, some might say
Mike's ASW-15 is ugly--especially compared to my beautiful LS-1c. ;^)

On May 8, 6:49*am, Mike125 wrote:
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the Slngsby T-53B
listed for sale on W&W has to be one of the homliest gliders I've ever
seen. Still outperforms the slightly less ugly 2-33 (which I'll likely
be flying soon), though.

Mike
ASW15

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. *After all, some might say
Mike's ASW-15 is ugly--especially compared to my beautiful LS-1c. *;^)



ASW 15? Ugly? Surely, you jest! Of course, if all you ever see is the
bottom of an ASW 15 from a distance you can be forgiven.

Mike
ASW 15

On 8 May, 14:49, Mike125 wrote:
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the Slngsby T-53B
listed for sale on W&W has to be one of the homliest gliders I've ever
seen.

As I recall, the T53B was designed to meet a set of rather eccentric
criteria from the Air Training Corps. Who then went out and bought
Grobs ...

Ian

On May 11, 2:21*am, Ian wrote:
As I recall, the T53B was designed to meet a set of rather eccentric
criteria from the Air Training Corps. Who then went out and bought
Grobs ...

...Which, as I recall, proceeded to show distress at the spar spigots
under the Corps winching-intensive program...

Bob K.