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Old February 12th 20, 03:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default _Glider_Towplane_Mid-air_–_TP_PowerFLARM_Inop

On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 5:51:24 PM UTC-8, Scott Williams wrote:
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 6:15:52 PM UTC-6, waremark wrote:
My glider blunted and I was hanging from my straps and fell out as soon as I released the harness. My mohair was at 3000 ft agl but I would have had no problems from 2000.

Anyway, reading this will make me pay more attention to where the tug goes after release. At our club to avoid shock cooling the tug generally accelerates away level before reducing power, and the glider does a climbing turn to slow down.


please elaborate "blunted" and "mohair"


I'd guess "bunted" and "midair". Aeronautical terms not recognized by the spell checker / auto correct he's using.

:-)