"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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3. If I am in a glider connected to an airplane by a rope, and the pilot ot
the airplane controls where I go...

I would really like to put you in the front seat of a glider and let you
try it. You will instantly find that the "pilot ot
the airplane controls" does NOT control where the glider goes. The glider does
not willingly and automatically follow the tow plane like a trailer follows a
car. The experience is much the same as formation flying, if you wish to remain
connected to the airplane, you must very precisely coordinate stick and rudder
to follow. As a glider instructor, I have watched many an experienced airplane
pilot sweat as they try it for the first time. Like riding a bicycle, once the
skill is learned it becomes automatic.

Vaughn