On Sep 4, 3:53 pm, wrote:
On Sep 4, 4:06 pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:



On Sep 4, 2:48 pm, wrote:

On Sep 4, 2:55 pm, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:

The is related to the other thread on winch launch. I am a firm believer in
not accepting an aerotow rope or a winch cable until the pilot is completely
ready to fly. I teach my students the same.

As a learning routine, I will brief the line person to interrupt the student
pilot while he is doing the pre-flight checklist and agressively insist the
pilot accept the rope RIGHT NOW. If the student asserts his Pilot in
Command authority and tells the line person to back off until asked for the
rope, the student passes the test.

Bill Daniels

agreed Bill. When I was training in Marfa this is how I was taught
and this is how I teach my students. the rope doesnt get hooked until
CBSIFTCB is complete.

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frank, i usually do WET - Wind, Emergency plan, and Traffic while the
slack is coming out. while important, i can fly without them. i
would think that when doing auto or winch launching you would probably
want to have them done before hooking up. my only experience flying
or teaching is with aerotow.

Fair enough.