Roy wrote:

Presume you haven't heard of that phenomina called Gliding Clubs,
where volunteers act as instructors and others as towpilots... FOR
FREE.

I hear there are lots of them functioning around the world.:-))

AND gentlemen, wonder of wonders, there are other juristictions than
the USA that have glider towing.....sometimes it appears that people
presume only US residents read or contribute to this news group :-)))

Well off to go flying on a great Noo Zeeland day. Yep its FRiday and
the therms are popping.

Oh relax Roy. We'll get over ourselves as soon as we're done selling
ourselves to the Chinese. Sometime around the second week of December.
How were those upside down thermals?

Shawn