Hello Everyone!

[Morelle C. Jones]

I would like to introduce myself. For the last month, my partner and fellow club member and I have been involved in the purchase of N292WM, Serial No. 15076 a beautiful 15B that is only thirty-nine years old! She's got just 2,700 hours on her and needs some cosmetic work, but I know she's a real lady in the air. Yesterday, we brought it home to Charleston, SC. It is ours!

Needless to say, we are very excited and are looking forward to our first flight - perhaps next weekend as our club, The Lowcountry Soaring Association located in Ridgeland, SC flies year round. GH will be stationed there.

Neither of us have ever flown a 15 before and we have limited glider experience, but we have enjoyed reading the comments here in the Forum that point to a ship without surprises (the negative kind anyway), that's easy to assemble, that's appropriate for low-time glider pilots and that's a pleasure to fly! I guess we will find out for ourselves soon.

I would like to thank Johan for his hard work putting this site together and maintaining it for our benefit. The information derived from it helped us tremendously and gave us the confidence to go ahead and become proud ASW-15 owners.

Best regards,

Morelle

[Johan van Ravenzwaaij]

Needless to say, we are very excited and are looking forward to our first flight - perhaps next weekend as our club, The Lowcountry Soaring Association located in Ridgeland, SC flies year round. GH will be stationed there.

And did you fly your ship already?

I would like to thank Johan for his hard work putting this site together and maintaining it for our benefit. The information derived from it helped us tremendously and gave us the confidence to go ahead and become proud ASW-15 owners.

Thank you for your kind words. keep us updated about your experiences.

Ciao Johan

[drwise]

Morelle
Was reading your post from February and was wondering how you’re doing with the 15b?
I’m in the process of negotiations for a 15b at the present time and was wondering if you could give me some advice. Knowing how much you paid and how your sailplane was equipped would be of great assistance. It would also help to know the general condition of the glider and the trailer.
The present owner has taken all of the avionics out of the 15b to use in his new glider (everything but the ASI, ALT, & Compass) I’m not sure if I can get used components and new ones could easily double the price of the aircraft.
I’m sure you’re enjoying your new 15 and perhaps we can fly together sometime, there's a nice ridge between us.
If you could please drop me a line at drwise@dejazzd.com or call (717) 733-1883.
Thanks again and good flying
David