4 Gliders towed by one towplane -picture-

This is crazy:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...xt_ id=981548

-Nik

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Looks like "Ocovski Bacovia" glider aerobatic team, flying 4 Blanik.
Here you'll find some photos of them
http://www.airfoto.pl/?module=Photos...770&type=id_al


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There is a picture on the net with 9 (yes Nine) gliders on tow!

If some one cannot come up with a link, I will send you a copy direct..

Now that's scary indeed !

Malcolm...

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ups.com...
This is crazy:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...xt_ id=981548

-Nik

Page 13 here has a photo of 7 gliders on tow:

http://socalsoaring.com/newsletter/s...sepoct2005.pdf



Malcolm Austin wrote:
There is a picture on the net with 9 (yes Nine) gliders on tow!

If some one cannot come up with a link, I will send you a copy direct..

Now that's scary indeed !

Malcolm...

wrote in message
ups.com...
This is crazy:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...xt_ id=981548

-Nik

At Marfa, west Texas, I've got good VIDEO of the four glider tow done
at Marfa in the early '90's during the 2nd Transcontinental Soaring
Expedition from Marfa, north up the rockies to the US-Canada border.
I show it annually at my "Marfa Gliders" booth at the SSA Conventions,
along with the best flying segments from "The Sunship Game".

Does anybody out there have any other film or video or photos of the
Marfa US National contests 1967 / 1969 / the World Contest of 1970 that
I can duplicate for my archives?

Burt
Marfa Gliders
www.flygliders.com

Could the photograph be a fake ? The wingspan of the tow plane appears
to be almost that of the gliders'. What kind of tow plane is this, and
what it its actual wingspan ?

Cheers, Charles

Cool picture!

Kirk
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Originally Posted by

Could the photograph be a fake ? The wingspan of the tow plane appears
to be almost that of the gliders'. What kind of tow plane is this, and
what it its actual wingspan ?

Cheers, Charles

Plane is Czech Zlin Z-137 Turbo Cmelak ,wingspan is almost 45ft and engine with 520Hp is capable of towing 12 gliders.By the way L-13 tow with two people on board is less than 3 minutes (full power-3000ft-stop)

Specs for the Zlin 137t agro turbo:

http://www.glider-towing.sk/aircraft.html

At 02:18 27 December 2005, wrote:

Could the photograph be a fake ? The wingspan of the
tow plane appears
to be almost that of the gliders'. What kind of tow
plane is this, and
what it its actual wingspan ?

Cheers, Charles

What every towpilot want(ed) for Christmas... ;-)

No mention of air conditioning, but room for the "mechanic" in the back
suggests help will be close at hand...

One fellow I know used to fly turbine Beech 18's, and noted that when
he flew, he logged:
Multiengine
Turbine
Complex
Retractable
High Performance
Taildragger

in his logbook. This aircraft appears to satisfy all but two of those
categories.

I'm guessing that this tug could launch the entire contest for the 1-26
Championships, given enough rope. Well, maybe it would take two
tows...

While it didn't have a turbine or room for the mechanic (unless you
count the chemical hopper), in '94 the Lake Elsinore Soaring Club
acquired a similar "Sky Shark," referred to locally as "Jaws." I had
the privilege (?) of flying it from East Coast to West Coast in
November of '94...only one leg had a tailwind. The rest of the trip
was like flying on a motocross track...

http://www.soarelsinore.org/jaws.gif

-Pete
#309 and former tug pilot


Jeffrey Banks wrote:
Specs for the Zlin 137t agro turbo: