"Shawn" sdotherecurry@bresnananotherdotnet wrote in message
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OscarCVox wrote:
OK, I'll bite: name 10 (listing different makes of tow vehicles or of
tow
planes does not count)


Hmm I will try
Autotow
reverse pully auto tow
Winch
winch with winch retrieve
Bungey
Shoulder launch
aerotow
Horse tow ( I know it sounds daft but I believe that they used a horse
and a
tow rope at Dunstable pre war)

Now i am stuck. Any others?


Balloon drop. Seen it for hang gliders
Helicopter drop (tail first-done in airshows)
Rocket launch
Aircraft drop-like Space Ship 1, X-n
Pay-out winch
Catapult? (How much altitude could you get off the deck of a carrier?)

Helicopter tow has also been done (without the drop bit).

Crane drops have been done a couple of times, but the gliders weren't rigged
so the resulting flight was short and pilotless. At least one resulted in a
water landing. I seem to recall another pitched off the top of the
containers in a 'storm launch'.;^)

I seem to recall pictures of horse tows of Primary gliders from a book I've
thumbed through. One of John Campbell's IIRC.

Here's one unsuccessful hybrid horse/bungee attempt
http://www.aerofiles.com/memories.html
There's are accounts of horse tows of the Baby Albatross here
http://www.twitt.org/MitchellHistory.html

Frank Whiteley