On Dec 20, 9:43*am, Alpha One wrote:
Minor correction.

Two of Fred Robinson's Pawnees did have rope retract winches, but they
were not the Tost ones.

On 2010-12-20 07:26:17 -0800, bildan said:

There are lots of really neat stuff in the Tost catalog - including a
tow rope retract winch. *The late Fred Robinson installed them on his
Pawnees. *The resulting increase in operational efficiency from
shorter landings and taxi-backs equaled a third tow plane, he said.

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Whose retract winches were they?