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Old June 23rd 09, 07:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Derek Copeland[_2_]
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Default Winch Launch Fatality

At 00:15 23 June 2009, Don Johnstone wrote:

A Grob 103 has excellent airbrakes and will land straight ahead from a
height which many other gliders would be forced to turn at.


Que? The Grob G103 airbrakes are at best adequate, but nothing like as
powerful as those fitted to K13s and DG1000s.

Derek Copeland

P.S. Don't know what happened to my previous posting which lost the text?