As heard on 123.3........

At a regional practice day I was reporting to the CD on ground. He said my transmission was very weak. I repeated a few times with no improvement. My son/crew comes over the radio and says "Are you talking to your water tube again?". I was.
Curt Lewis - 95

At 17:52 20 October 2020, Curt Lewis - 95 wrote:
At a regional practice day I was reporting to the CD on ground. He said
my
transmission was very weak. I repeated a few times with no
improvement.
My son/crew comes over the radio and says "Are you talking to your
water
tube again?". I was.
Curt Lewis - 95


I'm sure many of you remember Trudy and Gren Seibels. Gren's call sign
was "Tango Tango" and Trudy was "Squaredance".

Jimmy Hamilton
H4

At a contest in Region V, i.e., southeastern United States. It was either at Cordele or Perry:

Glider pilot: "Towplane, 5 knots faster, please."
Tow Pilot "Which towplane?"
Glider pilot: "The Pawnee."
Tow Pilot: "Which Pawnee?"
Glider pilot: "The white one."
Tow Pilot: "Which white one?"

There were at least four white Pawnees towing at the contest, all of which had visible identifying letters/numbers. They finally figured out which towplane should fly a little faster.

Ray
W8

On Monday, October 26, 2020 at 11:23:06 AM UTC-7, wrote:
At a contest in Region V, i.e., southeastern United States. It was either at Cordele or Perry:

Glider pilot: "Towplane, 5 knots faster, please."
Tow Pilot "Which towplane?"
Glider pilot: "The Pawnee."
Tow Pilot: "Which Pawnee?"
Glider pilot: "The white one."
Tow Pilot: "Which white one?"

There were at least four white Pawnees towing at the contest, all of which had visible identifying letters/numbers. They finally figured out which towplane should fly a little faster.

Ray
W8

I was once towing out of Truckee when a glider being towed out of Minden called "off tow." My towplane did a sudden turn and began a fast descent, and my only option was to release at a lot lower altitude than I wanted. I climbed out okay and they were apologetic (and tore up my tow ticket!). Moral of the story: include your tail number when communicating with the towplane pilot.

Tom

On Monday, October 26, 2020 at 8:17:42 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:
Moral of the story: include your tail number when communicating
with the towplane pilot.

Even better, use the towplane's tail number!