Excluding banner tow pilots, just gliders only, how many would you guess there are? Old Bob, The Purist
Excluding banner tow pilots, just gliders only, how many would you guess there are? Old Bob, The Purist
I think I was towing before there was such a thing as an endorsement. II flew motorgliders before there was an endorsement, I wont do that again either! Old Bob, The Purist
don't think I've ever had one but it doesn't matter; I retired from
towing several years ago.
Dan
5J
On 8/11/22 14:17, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Excluding banner tow pilots, just gliders only, how many would you guess there are? Old Bob, The Purist
On Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 5:12:00 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
I think I was towing before there was such a thing as an endorsement. II flew motorgliders before there was an endorsement, I wont do that again either! Old Bob, The Purist
don't think I've ever had one but it doesn't matter; I retired from
towing several years ago.
Dan
5J
On 8/11/22 14:17, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:
Excluding banner tow pilots, just gliders only, how many would you guess there are? Old Bob, The Purist
While it varies a lot, I think the typical club ratio of active tow pilots to members is approximately 1 to 12. A 50 member club would have about 6 tow pilots, a 100 member club would have about 12 active tow pilots. So, you might be able to figure itfrom that. But that's just a ballpark estimate. Commercial operations would use less tug pilots but flying a lot more.
ROYI would agree with that estimate, and I would think that California, Texas, Arizona and Florida would have the most based on flying sites and activity. Would 500 be a good guess? Old Bob, The Purist
On Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 4:17:07 PM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:One SSA chapter recruited three tow pilots using the Aviation section of CraigsList and also attracted new members through a glider pilots ground school offering in the winter. The internal links are no longer active, as the ads have lapsed but the
Excluding banner tow pilots, just gliders only, how many would you guess there are? Old Bob, The PuristNot enough.
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How many are in compliance with the 24 month rule to keep the endorsement and are legal to tow? In my visits to clubs around the USA conducting Free Site Surveys for the Soaring Safety Foundations (129 surveys so far) I have found some towpilots whohave not met the 24 month tow endorsement recurrency found in FAR 61.69: 3 actual or simulated tows WHILE ACCOMPANIED BY another current endorsed towpilot in a two seat airplane (does not need to be in a "towplane") OR 3 launches in a glider by aerotow
Be sure to review all of the SSA Standard Signals and discuss the towpilot willingness to release a glider the instant it begins to "kite" on tow. The British experiment aloft found that in 3 seconds the towpilot is in jeopardy of being tipped downwardinto the ground. Reference the recent towpilot fatal kite accident in Byron, California. The photo sequence tells the horrifying story of how fast this can happen. All glider pilots must be trained or re-trained regarding "normal" (not the so-called "
On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 9:44:29 AM UTC-4, Burt Compton - Marfa Gliders, west Texas wrote:have not met the 24 month tow endorsement recurrency found in FAR 61.69: 3 actual or simulated tows WHILE ACCOMPANIED BY another current endorsed towpilot in a two seat airplane (does not need to be in a "towplane") OR 3 launches in a glider by aerotow
How many are in compliance with the 24 month rule to keep the endorsement and are legal to tow? In my visits to clubs around the USA conducting Free Site Surveys for the Soaring Safety Foundations (129 surveys so far) I have found some towpilots who
downward into the ground. Reference the recent towpilot fatal kite accident in Byron, California. The photo sequence tells the horrifying story of how fast this can happen. All glider pilots must be trained or re-trained regarding "normal" (not the so-Be sure to review all of the SSA Standard Signals and discuss the towpilot willingness to release a glider the instant it begins to "kite" on tow. The British experiment aloft found that in 3 seconds the towpilot is in jeopardy of being tipped
Burt, I wish it were that easy to find competent tow pilots, long gone are the days of Pablo, Bennie, Alfonso and Scotty. Those were the good old days, brings back some fond memories. Old Bob, The Purist
On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 9:44:29 AM UTC-4, Burt Compton - Marfa Gliders, west Texas wrote:have not met the 24 month tow endorsement recurrency found in FAR 61.69: 3 actual or simulated tows WHILE ACCOMPANIED BY another current endorsed towpilot in a two seat airplane (does not need to be in a "towplane") OR 3 launches in a glider by aerotow
How many are in compliance with the 24 month rule to keep the endorsement and are legal to tow? In my visits to clubs around the USA conducting Free Site Surveys for the Soaring Safety Foundations (129 surveys so far) I have found some towpilots who
downward into the ground. Reference the recent towpilot fatal kite accident in Byron, California. The photo sequence tells the horrifying story of how fast this can happen. All glider pilots must be trained or re-trained regarding "normal" (not the so-Be sure to review all of the SSA Standard Signals and discuss the towpilot willingness to release a glider the instant it begins to "kite" on tow. The British experiment aloft found that in 3 seconds the towpilot is in jeopardy of being tipped
Burt, I wish it were that easy to find competent tow pilots, long gone are the days of Pablo, Bennie, Alfonso and Scotty. Those were the good old days, brings back some fond memories. Old Bob, The Purist
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