Two for me. One while taking up slack, and one which was weird kind of hookup thing on tow and I sort of "jarred" the rope and it broke.
Dion On 12 April 2011 14:16, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: > I can only recall two real rope breaks in 6000+ aerotows. Both on the > ground: one before the heavy glider started moving, the other shortly > after. > > It pays to be pro-active about cutting worn ends off the rope, removing > extra knots, etc. Tug pilots can't do this on their own: the rope > runner is in the best position to check the rope before hooking it on. > > Cheers. > Pete Siddall (tug pilot, mostly) > > > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:14:09 +1000 > Tim Shirley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My experience is 2 real ones in 36 years and 2000+ aerotows. > > > > Cheers > > > > Tim > > > > On 12/04/2011 1:23, Christopher Mc Donnell wrote: > > > A pilot (a Professor) was killed on the weekend at Blue Ridge Soaring > > > Virginia USA. > > > The FAA has stated that the tow rope broke and he landed in trees > nearby. > > > Having had very few aerotows I was wondering just how common rope > > > breaks are locally. > > > I have heard about 'aerotow upsets' but never a simple rope break. > > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > -- <Peppery> i did get started on that xml thing <Peppery> then got bored and wrote a program that prints random strings and makes my terminal look like the matrix
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