April 19th 20, 11:01 PM
On Sunday, March 4, 2001 at 4:00:08 PM UTC-8, MHende6388 wrote:
> Curious what the highest sailplane launch from a winch has ever been for the
> longest cable.
>
> Michael
I'm a contender for the LONGEST winch launch. Back at Nympsfield about 1970, I was in the T21 on a windy day, and as we got towards the top of the launch I realized we were progressing ever more slowly down the field. I looked down and saw the winch driver standing beside the winch. I kited there for about 10mins, but then got worried that the CFI (Ron Sandford) might be annoyed, so I released.
> Curious what the highest sailplane launch from a winch has ever been for the
> longest cable.
>
> Michael
I'm a contender for the LONGEST winch launch. Back at Nympsfield about 1970, I was in the T21 on a windy day, and as we got towards the top of the launch I realized we were progressing ever more slowly down the field. I looked down and saw the winch driver standing beside the winch. I kited there for about 10mins, but then got worried that the CFI (Ron Sandford) might be annoyed, so I released.