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Old May 25th 17, 03:42 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Letter to the FAA

Isn't there a tow hook available that releases the glider automatically if the angle goes over a certain degree when a glider gets well out of position? Makes sense to me that if the glider pilot cannot control their ship to the point where the tow pilot has run out of elevator control, that they are then immediately disconnected.

Perhaps this would be a better alternative than trying to create more rules..

If you do write the letter, I'd also like to add an earmark to this letter, that towplanes be IFR rated with turbine engines, Heads up Displays, Garmin G-1000's, autopilots, and smoke systems (to allow other aircraft to see them easily when they are descending back to the gliderport), .......🙄 This should be MANDATORY!!

Or maybe just start winch launching and auto launching like the rest of the world does!