habit of relying on a back release?
BT
"Markus Feyerabend" wrote in message
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Have seen it once on our neighbouring club (in Germany) a couple of years
ago.
The cable was attached to the front (aero tow) tow hook, not the one for
winch launches.
The Pilot didnīt realise that the cable was cut and still hanging from his
plane until he was well into the downwind.
Regards,
Markus
Gary Emerson schrieb in Nachricht ...
With all this talk about plasma rope, etc. and the need for guillotines,
etc. I got to wondering how many times had winch guillotines been
operated in a real emergency. Certainly people have tested them, but if
you know of a case where the winch driver had to cut a glider loose, let
us know here on RAS. We don't need too many specifics, just trying to
see how many times it's happened.
Gary
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