On Monday, 27 April 2020 15:46:46 UTC-6, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Monday, April 27, 2020 at 2:22:15 PM UTC-4, jfitch wrote:
Last year I took two tows behind a Pawnee...

Reminds me of a western tow a couple years ago...

The task will open in 15 minutes.
CD, can you hold that, YO is still at 1600 feet on tow.
... and 5 minutes later ...
The task will open in 15 minutes.
CD, can you hold that, YO is still on tow, 1500 feet and descending.
IIRC, I gave up at 1300 feet, pulled the release, and climbed out...

Some of you were in the air waiting...

I was laughing reading this YO as I remember it vividly. You and your Arcus and UGLY the tow plane just did not mesh well. No fault on either end of the rope, sometimes combinations just do not function well.

The look on your face a day or two later when I had UGLY pull onto the runway in front of your glider before waving it off was priceless.

FWIW UGLY the tow plane is/was a Calair and was the work horse at Morgan UT airport for years. It has been retired after hitting power lines on the way to Nephi a couple of ago. Both pilot and aircraft survived but aircraft had to be retired.