I never knew why I suddenly had an obsession of gliders kick in. No answer, just one Youtube video, and it took off like fireworks. The Stemme s10 was on that video. A motorglider, valued at $300,000, aimed at the rich boys. A gem of the gliding world, a pursuit for the perfect flying machine.
Having asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that's known for the lack of social skills and direct interest fixture(only album 1-2 things), and one of mine were gliders. I didn't get why god made me obsessed with gliders, why couldn't he make me obsessed with coffee beans or something. I could be starting a coffee farm or even open a coffee shop franchise or start my own coffee brand. I could be happy at the spot and still make a lot of dough. As for gliding, if I wanted to, I have to travel all the way across the world just to get a ride. And yet, I know that I won't make a single cent in a competition. And Thailand's high taxes, means, that I have to be richer than Warren Buffet just to own a second-hand Schempp-Hirth Discus or LS4!
I never can understand it, gliding is everywhere around the world, even in Japan and the Philippines! But why not Thailand?! Why can't we have it here?! WHY?!
Whatever the case, the only option is to go abroad, perhaps, to New Zeland. And by one in Thailand if I get the money to afford one, probably a self-launcher like the DG808 or a Ventus. But at the moment targeting the Czech-made TST-10 Atlas. It's cheap as a Honda Civic, self launching(Rotax-powered, mind you, not just some junky 2-stroke) and yet easy to fly and maintain, also paying as down payment. Still need the training though..:)
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