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Auto-Towing - why is this not more popular?
....And old pilots who used to be bold but toned it down a bit.
On 10/17/2015 1:39 PM, Werner Schmidt wrote: wrote on 2015/10/2015 at 23:42: I release from aero-tow at 1,000' if I can but mostly hang on to 1,500. that's about what our winch can give, as I said, depending on wind, glider type, skill of pilot, and winch driver. If I go higher the towpilot asks me what's wrong today. [...] Instructors use me as the 'bad example'. :-) Of course I modify in high winds and on days with broken-up thermals. There are bold pilots and there are old pilots ... Regards Werner -- Dan, 5J |
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