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Old August 28th 07, 11:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Dylan Smith
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Default Off in the weeds

On 2007-08-27, Michael Ash wrote:
First, some context, for those unfamiliar with gliders. The takeoff is a
tricky operation, since you're balancingon a single wheel, and you're
effectively taking off in formation.


There's aerotow launches, and then there are winch launches. Try doing
that on a winch launch :-)

See http://www.alioth.net/Video/Winch-launch.mp4

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