On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:31:37 -0700, Ian
wrote:

Can your gliders take off using a towing winch?
No. Take off using winches would put excessive load on the airframe.
Our gliders even do not have such attachments in the barycenter.

Perhaps that matters less in other countries, but I suspect it would
hammer resale value in the UK.

Simply put the name "ASW-19E" on the side of the fuselage to raise the
resale value again...

Bye
Andreas