Originally Posted by
Cat 1
Sounds like a great time Bert.. aerotow is not a "thing" here but I would love to try it.
It was, and you definitely should try it. Especially on the thermal days, its very fulfilling, because nothing says "power" any better than a towplane hauling a majestic glider upwards. Real fun when for example there are two or three towplanes and a whole bunch of gliders, each tow trying to get as many gliders in the air in the shortest possible time.
Originally Posted by
BarracudaHockey
It's an awesome way to wreck two planes for the price of one
Actually, I still have to witness the first "dual crash" in now about 5 years that I am doing this... With a suitable plane, it's a lot easier than it looks, so much so that even my very first tow, with the line rigged improperly (forgot to use the ropeguide behind CoG) and thus my tug tracking like a wet rag, went otherwise uneventful albeit a bit all over the place...
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