Thread: Keep your hand off the release handle during aero tows!
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Old October 8th 13, 05:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bill D
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Default Keep your hand off the release handle during aero tows!
On Sunday, October 6, 2013 4:54:35 PM UTC-6, Terry Pitts wrote:
Not a single instructor, check pilot or examiner I flew with in England and Germany ever suggested/required holding the release on a winch launch. I was always told to keep my hand close, but not wrapped around the knob.



Worked well every time.

I think "touching but not gripping" is the best advice.