On Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:06:48 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
I tow behind several excellent tug pilots in their 70's, one who is 84, and several 'young' tug pilots who are in their 50s.



Where is the next generation of Tug Pilots? Do pilots suddenly take up towing gliders in their 50's-60's? (perhaps when they retire from the military?)

I was towing at Perry R5N when I was 23, but I also grew up at New Castle, didn't even know what a tricycle gear plane was as a kid. Traded it all in for an ASW20. There are plenty more behind me from BRSS, JP Stewart and Colin Anderson to name two who will be towing in short order (if you can ever pry them out of the club glass)

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