Just a brief comment on Eric and Mark’s remarks: I have flown more than 1300 take-offs on my own or with my students on winch. We flew several dozen takeoffs a day. It is priceless for training the flight pattern. And for rope break training, when a lighting-fast reaction is required. With a length of 2790 ft at our airport in Czech, the average height reached was 1000 ft AGL. Enough for students to practice flying on pattern and make a landing decision. Sure, we didn’t have much flights on winch last year. As Larry pointed out, virus restrictions and airport flooding were one of the main factors, in my opinion. I think having a winch in our hangar is a good think.