On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:37:14 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

How do you guys get a never-never-land? I can see it could happen if,
say, you had a glider that only does 20:1 and a tug that climbs less
than 300 fpm but ... gah! ... you don't have to do that!

Boulder, CO is fairly scary for a low break - for starters its at 5000 ft
before you add in density altitude, so even a 235hp Pawnee on a two blader
doesn't climb all that fast, and its pretty much bear country off either
end of the runway (40° 2.393'N, 105° 13.794'W if you want to take a
look). The west end of the run has a lake and then houses while the east
end has an escarpment that drops down to small fields, roads etc. I was
briefed that the best way out was a 45 degree left turn and land in the
big field on top of the bluff.

And yes, they have 2-33s there, with their nominal 23:1 glide ratio,
though I flew a Grob Acro when I was there.


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