I believe that the 1 minute 40 seconds included the winch launch to 400
metres (1300ft), which would take about 40 seconds in itself. As the
Discus has self connecting controls, a positive control check is probably
not totally necessary, although desirable.

Del Copeland


At 15:54 16 November 2008, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
They claim 1 minute, 40 seconds. In the video, it is 37 seconds from
the time the lady says 'go', to the time the winch starts spinning.
It's pretty reasonable to expect a PCC was done sometime during the
missing minute, but this 'stunt' was edited and narrated with 'Joe
Average', not 'Joe Glider Pilot' in mind. A PCC would look like so
much wasted motion to people who don't fly. It would be a different
video if it were edtited and narrated by Mr. Knauff. You and I might
like it better, but the general public? Not so much.