"John Smith" wrote in message
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Bill,

The emphasis of the exercise being taught is that it
is not necessary to turn away from the tug. All that
is required is to gently decelerate the glider by gently
climbing the glider as the tug will accelerate away.
This was demonstrated by both Dave Bullock and Simon
Adlard on assistant cat courses at Bicester some 3
years ago.
The emphasis on turning is not always practical particularly
if one has been towed close to a ridge e.g. both aircraft
would require to turn away from the ridge

Other situations also come to mind, for example, traffic or cloud
clearance issues may make a turn a bad option. Also it should be stressed
that turns after a waveoff depend on the situation; first, it is important
to allow the towplane the most direct path to the runway (assume that he
really has an emergency) and second, the glider itself may not want to turn
away from the runway if it was a low waveoff.

Vaughn