At 17:42 30 September 2016, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 1:00:06 PM UTC-4, Michael
Opitz wrote:
During one 15 Meter Nationals back in the early 1980's, we had
scrubbed a day that was having a late afternoon frontal
passage.
I announced that I would auto tow any competitors into the
ridge lift
(after the front passed) if a launch was desired. A number of
competitors took me up on the offer, quite a few of whom did
not
yet have ground launch endorsements. I gave them the
requisite
instruction needed, and used my 1978 Chevy station wagon
with a
small 283 cubic inch V8 (no anti-lock brakes yet either). Dick
Johnson rode "shotgun" next to me, and we used a standard
~250'
aerotow rope. We must have made at least 10 successful auto
launches into the ridge lift that afternoon alone, and every one
of
those pilots that I launched came up to thank me for the
experience
afterwards.

Yep, thanks again for the launch ;-)
See ya, Dave


YO,

That was a long time ago, but you are still welcome. I was glad to
do it, especially for those pilots who had not yet experienced
something like that.

RO