On Jul 22, 5:55*am, Pat Russell wrote:
The towplane rudder waggle signal has done more harm than good. *We
have spent at least ten years trying to educate our pilots about this
signal, and we have failed. *It is time we got rid of the signal.

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/br...15X11650&key=1

-Pat

Worked for me, shortly after taking off from Crystal several years ago
the tow plane waggled his rudder, looking at the wings I noticed
spoilers open. No radios there but I agree that this is the 21st
century and radio communication is cheap now. Now if he had of rocked
his wings that means get off or I'm going to dump you.