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April 15th 10, 10:59 PM
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Release from tow, good procedure?
Are we teaching the sailplane pilot to look for traffic to the left of
the towplane. There could be traffic just below and to the left that the towpilot may not see. If someone is low, to the left of the Pawnee do we hold on a bit longer? Your thoughts? GA 
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April 15th 10, 11:29 PM
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Release from tow, good procedure?
On Apr 15, 4:59*pm, glider wrote:
Are we teaching the sailplane pilot to look for traffic to the left of the towplane. There could be traffic just below and to the left that the towpilot may not see. *If someone is low, to the left of the Pawnee do we hold on a bit longer? *Your thoughts? *GA We teach our students to clear to the right of the glider, then left and below the tow plane before we release. Fred Blair - CFIG Greater Houston Soaring Association
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April 16th 10, 12:52 AM
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Release from tow, good procedure?
We do the same, unless the Tow pilot has already called on the Radio.. "Tow
has UF in sight". "glider" wrote in message ... Are we teaching the sailplane pilot to look for traffic to the left of the towplane. There could be traffic just below and to the left that the towpilot may not see. If someone is low, to the left of the Pawnee do we hold on a bit longer? Your thoughts? GA
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April 16th 10, 01:27 AM
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Release from tow, good procedure?
On Apr 15, 4:52*pm, "BT" wrote:
We do the same, unless the Tow pilot has already called on the Radio.. "Tow has UF in sight". "glider" wrote in message ... Are we teaching the sailplane pilot to look for traffic to the left of the towplane. There could be traffic just below and to the left that the towpilot may not see. If someone is low, to the left of the Pawnee do we hold on a bit longer? Your thoughts? GA- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Are you pickin on me? ;-p
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April 16th 10, 03:25 AM
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Release from tow, good procedure?
"Grider Pirate" wrote in message ... On Apr 15, 4:52 pm, "BT" wrote: We do the same, unless the Tow pilot has already called on the Radio.. "Tow has UF in sight". "glider" wrote in message ... Are we teaching the sailplane pilot to look for traffic to the left of the towplane. There could be traffic just below and to the left that the towpilot may not see. If someone is low, to the left of the Pawnee do we hold on a bit longer? Your thoughts? GA- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Are you pickin on me? ;-p Naw.... just knew you'd be watching the forum... LOL
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April 18th 10, 02:51 PM
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Release from tow, good procedure?
On Apr 15, 5:59*pm, glider wrote:
Are we teaching the sailplane pilot to look for traffic to the left of the towplane. There could be traffic just below and to the left that the towpilot may not see. That's how students are taught at my club...look to the right for you, then look to the left for the towplane. Mind you, we're also taught to look around throughout the tow and afterwards, not just prior to release 
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