On 17 Nov, 19:31, Mike Lindsay wrote:

A lot of years ago I was towed at 80 KPH when the glider had a placard
reading Ne jamais depasser 65KPH. Nobody seemed the least bothered.

A lot of years ago I was given an aerotow retrieve in a Slingsby
Swallow by a tug pilot who was the CFI of a club which shall remain
nameless. Max aerotow speed: 61kt (or some pathetic number about
that). Actual tow speed: 90kt. And the Swallow was twitchy enough on
the elevator at the best of times. Still, I was poor(er) then, and the
CFI knew I was paying by the minute for the retrieve.

Ian