On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:01:51 -0800, John Foster wrote:

My hope is that we can operate a club in a way that makes flying
sailplanes "affordable" and doable for most people of moderate means.

Is there anywhere you could operate a winch? IME, which may be different
from yours since I fly with a UK club with its own airfield, a winch
launch costs around a third of an aero tow. The club owns both winches
and Robin GR300 tugs and thats the price differential between a winch
launch and a 2000 ft aero tow - and the winching operation usually
subsidises aero towing. On our winch 1200-1400 ft is the norm, but with
stronger wind and a decent velocity gradient I've hit 2700ft.


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