On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 8:21:17 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 10:03:17 AM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:

Just to point out some places do not have comms between glider and tow. Just signals.

Yeah, cuz radios are so, like, expensive and hard to use!

Tow planes without radios (and transponders and soon, ADS-B out) are dangerous, IMO. And there really is NO excuse not to have some kind of radio in every glider.

Our club is getting there, slowly. Unfortunately our most commonly used trainer is a Blanik L-13AC, and our A&Ps can't find a legal way to put a battery in it.

Kirk

I know, I have seen radios as low as $250.