Towpilots ignoring turn signals

On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 5:05:07 PM UTC-4, kirk.stant wrote:
A plane's width? Not nearly enough!

i've never had to go further out than wingtip-to-wingtip to steer the tow pilot.

it was obvious that he didn't care a whit anyway, and Dan is right, he probably would have gut me loose if I'da drug his tail around.

Different Dan - not me! I'll take the glider anywhere he wants to go
and be relieved of any responsibility for him getting off in a poor
location.

Most glider pilots know that the local tow pilot knows where the house
thermals are. He's also just landed from several tows and knows the
current conditions. I really hate it when a glider pilot complains that
I "dropped him off in sink". It is he, not I who pulled the release!

Getting off track...

On 4/29/2015 7:34 PM, Bob Pasker wrote:
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 5:05:07 PM UTC-4, kirk.stant wrote:
A plane's width? Not nearly enough!
i've never had to go further out than wingtip-to-wingtip to steer the tow pilot.

it was obvious that he didn't care a whit anyway, and Dan is right, he probably would have gut me loose if I'da drug his tail around.

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Dan Marotta