In rec.aviation.student Dylan Smith wrote:
On 2007-08-27, Michael Ash wrote:
First, some context, for those unfamiliar with gliders. The takeoff is a
tricky operation, since you're balancingon a single wheel, and you're
effectively taking off in formation.

There's aerotow launches, and then there are winch launches. Try doing
that on a winch launch :-)

See http://www.alioth.net/Video/Winch-launch.mp4

Yeah, I should have specified, although I'm sure it was pretty obvious.
Winch launching is something I really need to try someday. It's too bad
it's so rare in the US.

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Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software