I get the privilege of flying a Wills Wing T2C 144 in exchange for
advertising in the Oz Report. I've also done this exchange in the past numerous
times with Moyes and Airborne. In February I received a new all carbon version
of the T2C, the purple glider. I've now had a number of opportunities to fly it
together with my flying buddies, Larry Bunner and Greg Dinauer.

Last year while flying with Larry, he was flying an all carbon T2C 144 and I was
flying the version with aluminum inboards. Larry could consistently out climb
and out glide me. Not by much, but enough to be noticeable. This year we are
both flying all carbon versions and we are now closely matched. He was flying
his glider from last year and just delivered it down to the Florida Ridge.

Larry received a new glider a couple of days ago but I haven't flown with him
yet when he's flown that glider. We'll see how that goes.

Yesterday I flew 147 kilometers with Greg Dinauer. We purposefully flew
together. He waited for me to climb up at Quest Air and I waited patiently for
him thereafter.

Greg flies an all carbon Aeros Combat 136 with 20 pounds of ballast. Previously
he would always out climb me and I mean every single time. He was not able to
climb up to me yesterday after I joined him at cloud base over Quest Air.
Even me doing that would not have been possible previously. Yes, if you wait at
cloud base eventually the other pilot is going to get up near you, but
previously Greg would always be a tad higher in the end.

Throughout the flight Greg had to chase me even though we hung together in
almost every thermal. I could consistently out climb and out glide him.

Now it is a bit unfair of a comparison as Greg has a new sail with now about ten
hours on it and he is not as happy with it as he was with his last sail that
needed to be replaced. He was also happier with the previous version of the
carbon leading edges, but they were replaced last year.

So, so far, I've really appreciated the outstanding performance and ease of
flying of the new T2C 144 all carbon. Lands nice, too.

I'll have more opportunities to evaluate the T2C 144 and I'll report as I learn
more.