On Oct 18, 9:13*am, wrote:
On Oct 17, 11:21*pm, Scott Alexander
wrote:

A good friend is considering buying a BirdDog for personal use and
have the ability to tow. *Anyone know just how strong a bird dog is as
a towplane?

Is it just as good as a pawnee?

What was the rate of climb you had on tow and what type of ship were
you in?

Thanks!

Excellent towplane.
Easy to fly.
Will pull anything- maybe not like 260 Pawnee, but plenty good.
Parts can be hard to get.
Becoming valuable as warbird so insurance prices are high.
Would be a good dual purpose plane for someone that wanted both
warbird and tug.

UH

Montreal Soaring Council in Canada operates 3 L-19's. Scroll down to
the bottom of http://www.flymsc.org/AG/CLUB/CLUBFLEET.htm to see
them. The club came in second in the Canadian OLC with about 55,000
km of cross-country. Dropping them an e-mail might get you some great
info. Good tows, with water in hot/humid conditions.

2D