On Feb 1, 8:32*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
When are we going to quit loosing sailplanes to poor tie downs?

http://bit.ly/cgioFc

Last year my super cub's left wing and struts were destroyed in a wind
storm,
the double tiedowns held the airplane in place for the wind to twist
the wing.

Would have been nice if it had been in the hangar but then a lot of
very nice
gliders were lost in the Barstow hangar fire a while ago.

Jim