On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:25:38 -0700, unclhank wrote:


Could well be that tug pilot just lost it. When taking off with glider,
it doesn't take a huge amount of effort to stay straight- the rope does
that for you. Now get surprised by engine puke, start to swing off
runway, wake up and try to catch it quick, overcorrect on non skid
pavement, and you are around before you can believe it. Stuff happens
pretty fast sometimes.

It looks the tuggie lost it and ground looped - even a semi-controlled
turn wouldn't put the Wilga's left tip on the floor like that.

The unasked and unanswered question, though, is why didn't the tuggie
abort the launch when his engine almost died just after they started to
roll?


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