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Old November 18th 06, 09:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Frank Whiteley
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Default Methods of Launch


Andy Melville wrote:
There is space in my log book for launching by helicopter...presum
ably taken vertically to a safe height and then 'dropped'?I
dont know anyone who has done this but I am sure someone
will have!?

Was done at the Worlds in 1995 in NZ IIRC, plus other places, both as a
lift and a tow.