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Old October 23rd 14, 04:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Evan Ludeman[_4_]
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Default Recognizing and reacting to tow plane engine failure

On Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:30:05 AM UTC-4, firsys wrote:
So there are tuggles (new word) who are insensitive
to change in engine note and do not monitor the tach!
No surprise, unfortunately.


The other possibility is that we (mostly) have tow pilots with enough grit that they don't wave off or release at the first hiccup. This has been my experience.

T8