(Mark James Boyd) wrote in message news:4046baa4$1@darkstar...
I spent a good portion of the past few days looking into
auto-tow launching. After some fairly extensive
searching, I found that, as far as I can tell, nobody has
used auto-tow OR winch launch at a public airport
in four years.


Does anyone know of a US public airport that has allowed auto-tow
in the past five years? How about winch?

Permian Soaring Association, Odessa Texas, winch launches every flyable
weekend. We can also auto tow if we want to. We operate from taxiways.
We have a club member on the airport safety board. No problems. Sailplanes
have been auto/aero/winch/ launched from Schleymeyer Field for at least
the last thirty years.

Craig-