I have never flown a Pawnee and I'm not a tow pilot.
Some of our tow pilots say the plane is so noisy that
the radio is practically useless except to transmit.
They have good headsets..

At 03:12 14 October 2006, 5z wrote:

Guy Acheson wrote:
I really think it is time for the glider community
to move into the 21st century and use radios.

Seems like I get almost as many 'say again' as actual
replies to a
simple air to air chatter question. And then there's
getting stepped
on, etc... I agree a radio call in conjunction with
a visual signal is
a good idea. There are literally an infinite number
of ways to screw
things up between the radio check and the 'must work'
transmission a
few minutes later.

-Tom