On Feb 15, 9:30*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
A take off is a take off.

So why is someone with only a license to fly an airplane not allowed to take
off in a helicopter?

Because you have to learn to fly a helicopter and get a rating to fly
a helicopter.

So by your logic if the engine at the end of the rope quites, there is
no problem because it isn't directly bolted to the glider?

There is no engine at the end of the rope; there's another aircraft at the end
of the rope.


He's never heard of winch launches, Bungee launches or motorised
sailplanes..