Schleicher used to fit what the customer wanted and was prepared to pay for.

I have seen an ASW 15 which had been delivered new to a club in France, and
later imported to the U.K., it had a forward hook for aerotow and no aft
hook for cable launching.

Many Schleicher single seaters were imported into the U.K. with only the aft
hook for cable launching, this hook was of course then used for aerotowing
as well.

When gliding in the U.K. had been alerted to the possible risks of
aerotowing using the aft cable launching hook, many privately owned gliders
were modified by fitting a forward aerotow hook, and I think this was
universal for club owned gliders.

Glasflugel with the Libelle got it right from the start by fitting both
hooks when it first appeared in 1965.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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On 6 Jan 2004 05:38:04 -0800, (Andy Durbin)
wrote:

What should I do with my ASW 19? I had planned to transition my low
time wife to it but perhaps the risks are just too great. Is there an
approved forward hook modification?


The only ones I've looked at in the UK (closely enough to count tow
hooks that is) have been fitted with both, so I'd always assumed that
was the norm.

Could there be a difference in factory spec between deliveries within
Europe and those to the US? That could make sense given the prevalence
of winching in Europe and its rarity on the US.

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