1-26 C for Sale

Hello:

Recently, we have had some posts about glider camp and getting people out to soar cross country.  I understand that this 1-26C may be under utilized but can that situation be reversed?  Perhaps if CFIs move some students to flying in the 1-26C it may be used more.  Perhaps if we set up small soaring contests/camps/training/flying at 55LL we could get more members up in all of the single place ships on the weekends.  Perhaps on good days we automatically pull out a 1-26 onto the line so anyone stopping by can fly it – instead of using the “rule of easy” in which they just go up in whatever glider is already out on the line such as a 2-33 or the Krosno.  Can we get a list of each glider and the associated individual glider insurance cost?  Are there 2 or 3 people willing to donate some $ for the insurance of that glider to keep it in the fleet if the insurance is not affordable for the club?  Unless we are in dire financial straits do we need to immediately sell the 1-26C?

Currently, the club has a few groupings of members.  There are members who own their personal glider and never would fly the 1-26C.  (Maybe a conflict of interest for them to vote to sell if they are never using it. I could make the argument to sell the tractor since I never use it.)  The other group is students who have never flown a 1-26.  Then there are the rest of us who occasionally have flown that glider.  Yes, I fall into the “rule of easy” group when I sometimes just fly the 2-33 or something else because I do not want to go through all of the effort to untie a 1-26 for just one flight and no one will use it after me.  If we are encouraging longer soaring flights then why would we want to get rid of a simple single place glider? Why are we reducing our fleet of relatively low cost to maintain gliders?  As a club should we always be on the hunt to sell something and then buy something else?

Perhaps we should rethink the decision of placing a “For Sale” sign on that glider until we figure out what the club wants or needs the cash for.  Are there club members willing to fly more often, including the 1-26C?  If so, please step up and fly it.  Your thoughts?  Peace.

Regards,

Rich

<div>On Rich’s thoughts, I would have loved to fly more in 39E and 82H , but another knee failure (left) messed up my remainder 2023 soaring wishes. Same thing happened to me for last half of 2022 season.</div>
<div dir=”auto”>Maybe I’m wrong, but my understanding is there is no hull insurance for these 2, so it can’t be an insurance cost steering a sale.</div>
<div dir=”auto”>That “rule of Easy” mentioned will get modified to “Less than easy” for the Club fleet, having the new tie-down locations near midfield.   DB</div>

Hello:

Thank you for the cost breakdown of insurance for the single place ships.  It appears that we need to increase the use of all of the single place gliders for 2024.  Maybe we can have a chart that shows the number of flights in each glider on the wall so we can know at a glance if any are under used.

I know very little about the Proving Grounds Cross Country training. I do not even know where it is set up in our hangar.  If it is in our small office then that is not an ideal area for training.  Perhaps a little advertising and coaching with Proving Grounds may help the club.

I appreciate all of the work that our board does.  Unfortunately, my employment situation does not allow me to be on any boards or else I would run to help out.  In 2025, I will be free of those encumbrances and will also have free time to assist.

I am sorry to hear about the Krosno.  I have only flown it a few times. Again, the rule of easy intervened and if a 2-33 was free I took a flight in it instead of untying the Krosno for flights.  Can the membership get an update as to its status and possible future?

Thanks again for the reply and work that you do.

For the membership:  lets fly as often as possible.  We need to get operations together and maybe even share the costs of flying the 2 seat gliders so more members get up in the air more often.

Peace,

Rich

Sky Soaring Members,
Just wanted to bring up that our Schweitzer 1-26C will go up for sale to the general public in early April. This is your opportunity to own a classic glider that is in fully restored condition. It has had a number of modifications to it making it a much better glider than when it was originally manufactured by Schweitzer. The glider also comes with a custom trailer making it easy for you to transport and store the glider during the winter months. Don’t miss out on this discounted price that is offered to club members only. The price once it goes to the open market will be several thousand more than the low member price.

Contact Don Grillo for more information on this great opportunity to own this classic.
630-303-2871

Don, perhaps my reply to this thread and Rich’s comments in particular were not submitted correctly, but I cannot find my response from 2/21.  In any case, I would like to know which 1-26 is for sale, do you have the N number?  Is it currently in the hangar to view, and is the trailer one I can identify to look over?  How can I learn what mods were done that make it better?  It seems that if it is listed for sale in April there will be much more information about it than is available at the moment, which I understand is part of why it is less expensive if the work of posting it is not required, but info is pretty thin at this point.

I would put in one final plug for the fact that off the top of my head we have me, Trigg, Brynn, DJ, and Lauren at a minimum looking for solos all summer.   Looking forward to learning more and coming down to take a look, Mike

Hello:

Is anyone interested in making a small group to purchase this glider and keep it at Sky Soaring?  It would almost be a crime to let it leave the club.

Regards,

Rich