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Would you rather fly a Sailplane?



 
 
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Old June 7th 12, 02:28 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Evan Ludeman[_4_]
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Default Would you rather fly a Sailplane?

On Jun 6, 8:15*pm, Tony V wrote:
How's that winch working out at Tanner, Gregg? *How come everyone lost
interest? *I think I know the reasons, but it's your club, you tell
me.


It's a bit complicated. Everybody (except one) agrees that Tanner-Hiller
(8B5) is a pain to get to. Now, Post Mills has the L23 we were using to
fling. It's tough for the club (based at 3B3) to spare a suitable glider
2 place for a day, etc.

The winch runs great and we've made a bunch of improvements like
replacing the rollers, mounting 5000 ft of Spectra.... I've logged 41
launches off of it. It's a blast.

Tony "6N"


So let's put it someplace else. VSF would be an excellent candidate,
huge airport, no traffic, existing glider ops... and yeah I know, it's
even further from Boston than Tanner-Hiller. But at VSF a) you'd get
more help, b) you'd be able to winch high enough to go soaring.

-Evan Ludeman / T8
 




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