GP Gliders GP 14 Velo has finally FLOWN!!!

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:33:48 -0800, Tango Eight wrote:

On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 10:50:37 AM UTC-5, Tango Whisky wrote:
Well, on my airfield (and a lot of others here in Europe I know of), an
aborted aerotow at the end of the field (rope brakes, tug enigines
fumes...) will result in a total loss of the glider should there be no
instant supply of alternate propulsion.
Nothing to do with training : in this position at 100 ft off the
ground, the only choise is what to crash into.

Does this describe even 5% of PT3 accidents? It surely doesn't in the
USA, and that was my point.

I'm a UK glider pilot although I have flown ( briefly) in the USA:
however this thread is the first place I can remember seeing the term. As
you say that the eventuality that Tango Whisky described is not a PT3, I
suppose it must be a fairly specific term.

So, can you define it, please?


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