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I want to thank Don and Stefan and others from Europe and the UK for
stepping in here. I am fighting a lonely battle to convince my fellow USA pilots that winch launch is a perfectly normal way to launch gliders and not some invention of the devil. Those few US pilots who have experienced a winch launch have most likely done so using horrendously inadequate equipment that would not have been allowed to operate in your countries. There is no standard training manuals so each instructor makes up their own. The results range from hilarious to deadly. With oil prices exceeding $60US/barrel in the last few days, and aviation fuel prices heading into uncharted territory, the viability of our 'air tow only' soaring operations comes into question. If oil prices continue on to $100/barrel, as the world bank and many investment houses predict, the US soaring community is in for some rough times if we don't quickly adopt a more fuel efficient launch method. To quickly shift to winch launch means that we will have to adopt the best practices of other countries who have developed winch launch to a high level of performance and safety. I appreciate your continued inputs. Bill Daniels |
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