"Brian Case" wrote in message
om...
If someone wanted to do the world of ground launch a great favor, they
would
start a web site where the collective wisdom of the world could be
displayed
so that anyone wishing to undertake winch launch could go there and get
an
education.

Ok it may not be the collective wisdom of the world. But there is
quite a bit of information on winch launching at:

http://www.northwestsoaring.com/sitemap.shtml

Let me know if I am missing anything really important about Winch
Launching here.

Brian Case
CFIIG/ASEL

Good site - congratulations.

About your 2003 procedures - you must have had a bad experience with gusty
wind conditions. This is why I have been advocating airspeed telemetry.

Bill Daniels