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Old July 19th 09, 10:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Don Johnstone[_4_]
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Default SAFE Winch Launching and automatic gearboxes

At 19:18 19 July 2009, johngalloway wrote:
On 19 July, 16:54, bildan wrote:


Opening the throttle like a little old lady will mask shifts on any
transmission. =A0This obviously depends a great deal on the winch
operator opening the throttle very gingerly.


Bill,


I am a little mystified by this, can you tell us Bill exactly how many
Skylaunch winches you have seen, which particular types, and how many
launches you have witnessed being made by a Skylaunch winch?