On Feb 1, 1:53*pm, JS wrote:
Gary, I thought you enjoyed these things!
* Isn't there a photo of you sitting in a wrecked 1-26 which left the
tiedowns at Tonopah?
The obvious culprit on that one: Using open-hooked pull straps for
tiedowns, made worse without wing stands in place.
Jim

On Feb 1, 8:32*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:



When are we going to quit loosing sailplanes to poor tie downs?

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All kidding aside, a nose tiedown in addition to the usual wing
tiedowns, can make a huge difference.
We tie our 2-33's with 2 on each main, one on each tip, and one on the
nose.
Yes- we lost one due to failure of anchor chain underground before we
learned about redundancy.
And NO JOKES about the tiedowns being worth more than the glider.
Beatcha to it Bill!
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