"John Smith" wrote in message
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Bill,

The emphasis of the exercise being taught is that it
is not necessary to turn away from the tug. All that
is required is to gently decelerate the glider by gently
climbing the glider as the tug will accelerate away.
This was demonstrated by both Dave Bullock and Simon
Adlard on assistant cat courses at Bicester some 3
years ago.
The emphasis on turning is not always practical particularly
if one has been towed close to a ridge e.g. both aircraft
would require to turn away from the ridge - if the
glider remains straight on course the tug turning away
will result in divergence of both rope and glider.
Suggest that if you want to discuss this further that
you should contact either of the National Coaches to
determine the exact reasoning for this teaching.

SRE Scotland & Borders


Thanks for this John. I was going to get in touch with the person on the
course before replying to Bill's post.

If this has been the recommended method for three years why hasn't it
reached the rest of us? Our Chief Flying Instructor makes an effort to get
recently qualified instructors to pass on what they have learnt, but there
should be a more direct route than this. This isn't the only change to
instructional technique that I have found out about on the grapevine. Why
isn't there an instructors newsletter?

Stephen