On Jun 27, 6:49 pm, Chris Reed wrote:
Ian,

Looks like we both recall correctly but incompletely. The AAIB report of
the 1996 accident, athttp://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_avsafety_pdf_502118.pd fstates...

Sorry folks, I've just repeated some of what Chris posted, didn't
notice that the conversation had "gone over the page".

However, Chris does seem to be intimating that it's possible to
structurally damage a glider during a winch launch from overspeeding.
Providing the correct weak is used, that is not possible. Old myths
die hard though.


Dan