motorgliders as towplanes

"Jim Beckman" wrote in message
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At 09:25 11 March 2009, Bruce Hoult wrote:

Right. Try towing with a Huey :-)

It's been done. Well, maybe not with a Huey, but some big military
glider. Richard Schreder used to tell hilarious stories about flying in
some sort of contest in South America, and being retrieved from an
outlanding by a military helicopter. He went to great lengths trying to
communicate to the chopper crew that he wanted only horizontal flight,
*no* vertical maneuvers. I guess the rope was long enough and the
retrieve worked out OK.

Schreder was a fantastically entertaining speaker at any kind of glider
convention or seminar. Plenty good enough to make up for the silly rug he
wore on his head.

Jim Beckman


Here is the Bryan Times story about Schreder's trip to Chile.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/Sc..._in_Chile.html

The helicopter retrieve story can be found in the book "10,000 Feet and
Climbing."

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/