Sailplane Refinish Part 8 - Test Flight

[@NWA320DRVR]

Beautiful work. A friend had his AS-W20 refinished by Danny during the winter with the same results.

[@schaeferaviation]

Thank you for putting this series together, Sean. An awesome glider with a finish that can compliment its great history!

[@wingswheels]

Thank you Danny for the outstanding results!

[@iforce2d]

Wow, that is absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@wingswheels]

Danny did outstanding work. It's even more impressive when seeing it in front of you.

[@Tannerxcsoaring]

Wow, nice work there Danny!

[@schaeferaviation]

Thank you!

[@mcsql7534]

Wow that turned out great!

[@sman5877]

amazing

[@wingswheels]

Thank you for watching!

[@markmartin9346]

so cost of doing this considering you say 900 hours at $120/hour plus instruments, paint, etc, maybe $150,000? For a 56 year old glider?

[@wingswheels]

Inflation is high, but not $120/hr for a refinish...yet. It's like a new glider now at a cost of less than a 1/4 of a new 15/18 meter glider with almost 90% of the performance. However, being in the family for three generations of glider pilots, it's priceless.

[@AirJoe]

Around how much did it cost

[@wingswheels]

A complete refinish runs about $30,000 to $35,000. Does not include new instruments.