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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:18:27 UTC, "Papa3"
wrote: So, this gets me to wondering, "What's the worst (best?) landout count for a single day." I'll admit to a two-bagger twice in my career. Seems hard to believe that there could be more than two... Borders GC in Northumberland started off winching T21's at the ex RAF base in Milfield (approximately 12 feet above where the club is now!). The trick , apparently, was to launch into a north westerly, then immediately head downwind to Doddington crags three or four miles away, arriving rather low. If they were working, you spent half an hour climbing to get just sufficient height for a straight in return. If not ... you landed at the bottom and the glider was derigged and returned by road. T21's have struts and wires and big heavy wings. I am told that the record - a triumph of hope over experience - was derigging the same glider, in the same field, six times in one day. No wonder they embraced aerotowing. Ian |
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