Dan G wrote:
I bet a fair few Falkes are being used as tugs in Germany - any of our
members from over there know?

Bleurgh, it would help if I RTFA I linked to. At least 20 are used for
towing over there, and that was in 2001. A good point made in the
article is also that, of course, a motorglider tug still gets used for
circuit training, field landing exercises etc., and all that ups
utilisation and lowers costs. And it is damned quiet - ours is *much*
quieter than our Pawnee.

I think you'll also find that a number of German operations are using
modern glass ultralights as tugs. IIRC the Wasserkuppe uses a Virus or
similar - a nose gear gear high-wing anyway - for towing single seaters
and a GR400 for their ASK-21s.


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