(Andy Durbin) wrote in message . com...
(TomnKeyLargo) wrote in message ...
The tow pilot was new, and he went straight up
on me on takeoff, I started to dangle, and whew, I released as I was stalling.
I had enought alitude to pull landing flap which helped me nose over and then
barely got the nose up before a tera firma landing. I had the 27 at 1102 lbs.
and even spoke with the tow pilot on the radio before accepting launch.


One has to wonder who signs off some of these tow pilots. Glad you
survived the experience.

Andy (GY)

The answer is, of course, nobody signs them off!
Consider yourself lucky if the chief tow pilot talks to them for 5
minutes before they pick you up. I had a similar experience as
Tommy's in Cordele a couple years back. A crappy looking high-wing
something pulled up ahead of me and I thought well, this could be
interesting. Glad I remembered his call-sign because he rotated at 50
knots with my '24 still rolling at 9lb wingloading. I yelled at him
to speed up and kept telling him that all down the long Cordele
runway. I never indicated more than 59 knots when he pulled me just
over the trees at the end of the runway. He then turned and proceeded
to tow me downwind without gaining much. I released at 1,500'
something like 15 minutes later with me still shaking. I should have
pulled the release when I still had time just like Tommy did. As a
result of this drama the towpilot was relegated to only tow Sports
Class, btw...

Herb, J7