Rope Break

On Apr 12, 10:41*am, wrote:
On Apr 12, 12:43*pm, Devin Bargainnier
wrote:

Pre-takeoff check

Canopy-
Air-brakes-

It doesn't make much sense to tie two expensive aircraft together with
a weak rope-

Add in a couple hard to replace folks.
UH

We call it a 'rope break', but did the ROPE break? Or did one of the
weak links break, as it should, to keep us from reading about a glider
pilot AND a tow plane pilot being killed.

Originally Posted by Grider Pirate

On Apr 12, 10:41*am, wrote:
On Apr 12, 12:43*pm, Devin Bargainnier
wrote:

Pre-takeoff check

Canopy-
Air-brakes-

It doesn't make much sense to tie two expensive aircraft together with
a weak rope-

Add in a couple hard to replace folks.
UH

We call it a 'rope break', but did the ROPE break? Or did one of the
weak links break, as it should, to keep us from reading about a glider
pilot AND a tow plane pilot being killed.

Regarding the Blue Ridge accident, it appears that it might have been a failure to close the spoilers/air brakes that caused the problem, (as per Cookie). Check list my friends, check list.

Walt