In article , Andy
Durbin writes

snip

LBA certification
prohibits the use of CG hook for aerotow

Does not that tell you something, then?

1. With over 1500 hours in the ASW 19 I am very familiar with aero tow
with CG hooks.

So I have no doubt also thought the glider pilots who got out of
position and killed the tug pilot.

Just do not come to my club and expect to tow on your aft hook, or
anywhere where I am towing. I would have thought where life-and-death
was concerned you could be a tad more humble about your undoubted
handling abilities. But perhaps unlike the rest of us, you never have
an off-day ......

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Ian Strachan