How many Glider Rides in one day

I know you Guys have given a lot of rides in one day but how many is the
most for one person?

I know you Guys have given a lot of rides in one day but how many is the
most for one person?

my max. is 12...

12 half hour rides would be 6hrs plus seat swapping time.. that is a bit of
work..



"Gerritjan" wrote in message
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I know you Guys have given a lot of rides in one day but how many is the
most for one person?

my max. is 12...

6 hours in the back seat of a Blanik yesterday for 12 launches. 7 hours and
1 launch in my Astir the previous day.

Iain

"cloud nine" wrote in message
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I know you Guys have given a lot of rides in one day but how many is the
most for one person?

Hi,

in 1999 I did 26 rides (between 4 and 6 minutes each)
in a Doppelraab in one day.

Regards,
Markus

At 01:00 27 October 2003, Cloud Nine wrote:
I know you Guys have given a lot of rides in one day
but how many is the
most for one person?

Checking my scruffy old logbooks, on October 6, 1996 I gave 15
commercial glider rides at Turf Soaring: 1 acro in an ASK-21 (logbook
note says "She was a screamer but enjoyed it"!); 9 rides in my
favorite SGS 2-32 (the first was a "photo flight for the group",
whatever that was), and 5 more rides in a Grob 103A (which do not
appear to have been acro). At the time I was helping out as a part
time backseat stick actuator when groups from Phoenix resorts would
show up (40 or more at a time) for rides. OK in October, ugly in May
when the temps got into the 100's!

A month later (Nov 10) I gave 8 back to back acro rides in a G-103A -
that was a lot more work!

And my daily total is surely no better than average...

I don't remember any of those flights except for the screamer - she
was exceptional! I just love those 5 point harnesses...

It's a great way to build experience and time; and it is a lot of fun
most of the time - you meet some really fun people.

Kirk
Ls6-b "66"

in article , Kirk Stant at
wrote on 2003/10/27 8:48:

I don't remember any of those flights except for the screamer - she
was exceptional! I just love those 5 point harnesses....

As a new Tow Pilot my max day is only 26 tows during a late mid-west US
season weekend day. This at a commercial operation supplying its own and a
local club with tows using two PA-25s.

Surely other tow pilots have greater numbers, but I'm not looking forward to
any 40-tow days next July.

What's your max, and where?



Jack

Jack:

On August 22, 1980, I made 53 tows at the now defunct Windy City
Soaring just outside of Chicago. Two gentlemen were trying to amass
PIC flights for their commercial certificates.

Other big days:

7-12-81 34 tows
7-20-80 26 tows
5-14-80 29 tows

Much younger with lots of energy. I couldn't do it today.

PS Windy City was a truly wonderful place to be at and learn. Ron
Ridenour ran a terrific operation. Very sad to see it go a few years
ago.

Tom J

In article ,
(Thomas J Johnson) wrote:

Jack:

On August 22, 1980, I made 53 tows at the now defunct Windy City
Soaring just outside of Chicago. Two gentlemen were trying to amass
PIC flights for their commercial certificates.

Other big days:

7-12-81 34 tows
7-20-80 26 tows
5-14-80 29 tows

Much younger with lots of energy. I couldn't do it today.

PS Windy City was a truly wonderful place to be at and learn. Ron
Ridenour ran a terrific operation. Very sad to see it go a few years
ago.

Tom J

I remember one Labor Day weekend at Caesar Creek where we had around 130
tows in one day.

Loyal Savaria at Avenal has made maybe 30 tows maybe a dozen days
over the past year, mostly feb-sep when the thermals are
great and they start right at 1000 ft (nice
to get unlimited thermals with only a $10 tow).

Of course he's not exactly getting rich on these low
tows, but we ply him with free lunch once in a while.
There should be an award for "World's Most Beloved Tow Pilot."