Killing the flagman at US Contest

Gav Goudie wrote, On 6/30/2014 4:58 AM:
Stop the launch- wing down.

I hope the full sequence includes the glider pilot releasing the rope
before the
wing goes down!

The pilot may not be aware of the reason for halting the launch. The
reason might be out of his sight, or his actions may be the reason the
launch needs to be halted, so you can not wait for him to release the
rope before putting the wing down. Of course, if he thinks he is in
peril when the wing goes down, he can release at any time.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

And at the Tonopah contest. He was not a flag man, but an airport worker that had been asked then told to move farther back. But he felt he knew better.