"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:45:02 +0000, Del C wrote:

Generally it is OK to make 180 or 360 degree turns in a modern gliders,
as long as you start at at least 300ft and keep the airspeed up to a
safe manoeuvring speed. The failure to do the latter seems to have been
the probably cause of this accident.

I'm really curious about the field layout: I've never flown a winch
launch from a flat land field where it wasn't possible to land ahead from
a low break or to fly an abbreviated circuit from a higher one, but then
again I've never flown from a site where the winch was positioned off the
end of the runway.


http://www.sandhillsoaring.org/

Some photo's of the site and their dual drum Tost winch


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