Ian Strachan wrote in message ...
In article , Andy
Durbin writes

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LBA certification
prohibits the use of CG hook for aerotow

Does not that tell you something, then?

1. With over 1500 hours in the ASW 19 I am very familiar with aero tow
with CG hooks.

So I have no doubt also thought the glider pilots who got out of
position and killed the tug pilot.


If you have data on those accidents I would be interested in seeing
it. I used to be a tug pilot (2 USA clubs and 1 UK club). The only
tug pilot fatalities I am familiar with that resulted from glider
being too high did not involve a cg hook.


Just do not come to my club and expect to tow on your aft hook, or
anywhere where I am towing. I would have thought where life-and-death
was concerned you could be a tad more humble about your undoubted
handling abilities. But perhaps unlike the rest of us, you never have
an off-day ......

One of the reasons I included the forward hook in my order was the
slim chance that I would return to UK.


What should I do with my ASW 19? I had planned to transition my low
time wife to it but perhaps the risks are just too great. Is there an
approved forward hook modification?


Andy (GY)