On Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 2:57:24 PM UTC-4, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Monday, August 12, 2019 at 7:38:43 PM UTC-6, son_of_flubber wrote:
What are your favorite aircraft types (and modifications) for glider towing in high density altitude and/or short runways?
Mark Keene once told me about towing with one of these at Uvalde making a 2000ft tow and return in under three minutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIAI-Marchetti_SM.1019
28 variants on the US registry.
Frank Whiteley
I towed behind Mark in my '28. We had 2000 feet in 1:40. He told me he was using 40% power.
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