On Apr 16, 2:30*pm, Jonathon May wrote:
At 18:30 16 April 2009, Ian Burgin wrote:



At 14:30 16 April 2009, Don Johnstone wrote:
At 08:30 16 April 2009, Z Goudie wrote:
In the distant past I saw a friend die when he rocked the wings as a
too
slow signal.

Nose down to maintain a safe speed and wait for the winch driver to
get
the message. *If he doesn't, pull off, land next to the winch and
threaten him with physical violence if he does it again....

Only threaten? *Pity all winch drivers are not up to the Wotherspoon
standard, right every time.
Threatening the winch driver could be counter productive, he may be a
black belt or be similarly qualified and if not, you may never get a
decent launch ever again from the tiny minority of winch driving
members.

In the 90's when I was flying a EON460 from a winch on a flat field we
had a rule that said "land ahead for free " to discourage low turns. as
we used white links, I had many firm talks with winch drivers, that is
usually *about where I came to rest.
I gave *the olly to a museum after its sister ship brokeup on the wire
when it PIO ed ; I was 2 places behind in the line and it never flew
again.
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Well if this is the accident you are referring to

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...pdf_502118.pdf

It seems that using 2 primary weak links, instead of one primary, and
one reserve didn't exactly help. Doubling up the weak link strength is
a recipe for disaster.

I don't winch as we only aerotow, but in light of this how many
verify their weak links before hooking up? Also do you check to make
sure that you are using a main and a reserve link if you use such a
setup?

Pete