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Isn't it tough to fly when you go no yaw?
Yes…Although it is the easiest of the three axis’ to do without. I did attempt to work it into the title, but it seemed a bit try hard….
I salute tow pilots everywhere. Ballsy flying, not knowing what some yahoo at the other end of the tow rope might do.
My first job as a A&P mechanic was at Southern Aviation in Shreveport ,Louisiana . They had tow planes which took a beating but held up amazingly well. The biggest fear was failure to release but we never had one stuck. We sure had to look them over though.
So you use Ag Cats for tugs. Interesting, slow stable planes that can carry a lot of weight.kk
I miss my days with Canberra Gliding Club. Our tug was a Cessna Ag Wagon, often piloted by Heinz who was a great pilot to fly behind and had his first flying experiences between 1939 and 1945.....The gliders I flew all the time, L13 Blaniks are mostly all gone..... These days I would love to live in a country where I could fly a GOAT or BUG ultralight glider and just float about....
I do miss flying! I was checked out all the up to Cessna 210. I lost my medical several years back...I remember flying gliders in Minden, Nevada. Minden is the Mecca of gliders due to the mountain wave the comes over the Sierra Nevadas when the wind from the Pacific is just right. When the wave is "on" those gliders go up to 36000 feet. They are equiped with oxygen and radio for ATC clearance for flight to the flight levels. I had several lessons in gliders and remember that the tow up was, for me at least, the easy part. Flying the glider was incredible; the most challenging part for me was landing the thing! Those huge wings make the thing a bit challenging to get on the ground. It is an incredible view up there, you can see what seems the whole of the Sierra range. Something I will never forget!The tow plane looked like an Ag plane of some kind, I forget what it was...
Yeah.I only qualified as far as the Cessna 172RG in command, did not progress to the 210. The CSU/retract endorsement meant that would have been next, but I went the tail wheel glider towing direction.The 210 and the 182 retract is what I always thought were the real deal.But who knows in the future..?To be brutally honest, at the moment landing little VH-FVC (Cessna 152) in limiting X-winds while keeping the centreline down the middle is enough.
I think your old mate VH-POB might be a Cessna 150 now…
Sure was Huzo!!! Bunyan to be precise. Had some great times, and when I wasn't flying I'd be happy to man the radio and drink tea in the caravan. Never got to solo due to a lack of $$$$$ as I needed the "push" of the intensive 1 week course and could never afford it. So 47 flights spaced out over 1 year But apart from Blanik I flew KA4, Puchatz (wow!) and a real blast from the past ES49 Kookaburra.
We had oxygen.It's interesting flying in an unpowered aircraft while looking down on commercial airliners 40 miles or so from touchdown