tow rope brake practice crash, what can we learn...

On Jul 11, 5:38*pm, wrote:
On July 7, 2011 at Nowy Targ in southern Poland, glider Puchacz
crashed during training flight 2/3 mile from the airport. The
instructor (~64-67) and the student pilot (~18-19) are dead. *It was a
tow rope brake practice flight with down wind turn for down wind
landing from about 130-150 m of altitude (400 feet).
What can we learn from this?
Are these training flights mendatory under FAA rules?
Can pilot request opt-out from "rope brake" during Biennial Flight
Review to avoid getting killed?
I remember once during BFR the instructor pulled the release on me in
the Blanik at about 200 feet, I had to do 180 turn and land down wind
from very low altitude. I think it was dangerous and unnecessary even
for an experienced pilot as me. Andre

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/regionalne...Szybowiec_rozb...

Can't anyone in this group spell? It's "break" not "brake".

The PT3 recovery maneuver is something I have my students practice every flight; we go through the motions during the normal release from tow. Doing this each flight makes the mechanical skills practically automatic.

I tried to come up with a mnemonic to use during practice. Since SH%# is the most likely word one would say following an actual PT3, I tried to come up with something that works with that word. I could not come up with something for each letter.

So, I settled on a cleaner version of that four-letter word: RATS.

Release, release
Airspeed
Turn
Spoilers

By the way, during a Region 9 contest at Hobbs a number of years ago, I had a real PT3 at about 150' AGL. When the mechanical procedures are well established, the recovery maneuver is made easier.

Practicing the PT3 maneuver is important.

Raul Boerner

Thank god it is an old thread and not another accident.
Why reopening a thread from 4 years ago??
Unfortunately Google Groups do not make it obvious that it is an old thread.
Sigh!

Ramy