"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
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In article ,
F.L. Whiteley wrote:
Today, January 1st, we started the day with a pancake breakfast. We had
some guests also, from AZ and the local area.

The wind was a bit uncooperative, at first 30-45knots (ground to 800 agl)
from the west, forcing the use of our short runway.

Man, I'd love to see that. Just tether the 2-33
to a strong post with a long rope, and get in it
and fly around like a kite!

Has anyone done this? I mean actually lifted off and
scooted around? Other than the absolute nightmare of
ground handling, this sounds like a fun thing to do...
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Mark J. Boyd
Reportedly the Seymour boys used to do something like this in upstate NY
when the winds were howling. Autotow to the end of the runway, then fly the
1-26 kite for a while.

Frank Whiteley