For the last few years, auto tow has been provided, during the trip to the
Alvord Desert in SE Oregon, by a bronze 1973 Buick Riveria. It has the
vinyl top, which is shredded. It has no grille. It is full of mouse
excrement. It is stored at a famous ranch for 11 months and 3 weeks. It
has a 450 cu inch engine. It is rusted badly. It looks like a piece of
crap and is known as the "brown turd".

We have a long tow cable and can get over 2,000 feet of altitude druing a
launch. Last year it got real tired and we put one of the new SUVs into
service. That worked great and had air conditioning.

If you have only done aero launches, just remember: stick forward to slow
down, stick back to speed up. If the cable breaks, everything in the
cockpit will be on the ceiling, at which time you push the stick forward
without undue delay.

Colin