"F.L. Whiteley" wrote in message ...

If it's soarable, one launch should do most days. Most seasons I winch
launched regularly I can count on one hand the number second snaps taken per
season to soar away. Of course, _big wings_ do help, but that's another
thread;^) This season, I only took two aerotows to 2000agl. My other AT
releases were 1200 to 1700agl, that is, at or below winch height and near
enough to the airfield to presume had we been winching, getting away was
pretty likely. For a number of reasons we didn't winch much this season,
but when we did, we soared. This included thermals on New Year's Day and
wave on Feb 1 and thermals each subsequent winch day this season. Looks
like snow for November 1st though. Last Saturday would have been perfect as
lift was 10kts to 12K in a stiff NW breeze. The kind of day we get 2500+agl
on the wire.

Frank Whiteley
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You guys should get a really good winch and pay someone to operate it
during the week. During the summer you could become a vacation
destination. Since there are nonstop flights from Europe to Denver
every day, you could probably get enough Brits and others to pay for
your winch and some rental gliders in a few summers.