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Old May 16th 05, 11:38 AM
Dylan Smith
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In article , Morgans wrote:
What do you have, then? An old airplane with enough power to pull it apart?
Hmmm.


Well, not really. The tow plane at our glider club was built in 1946 and
originally had a Gipsy inline 4 cylinder engine of 85 hp.

It now has an O-320 of 160 hp, and regularly has a glider attached to
the other end. Performance is great when the glider is not attached!

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